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canninator

#12260
June 30, 2009, 06:38:09 AM


As the poor relation to the guitar and lute family of instruments  ;), I don't have a tremendous amount of piano music. Sure, I have a lot of Bach, but that's a given for me.

I have listened a lot to what the guitarist composers were purveying in the Parisian salons of the period so decided to check out what was happening on the dark side. Can't comment on the recording compared to others but I am astounded by the quality of the music. This is a bit of an epiphany for me. I've never gone beyond the Transcendental Studies in Liszt and I'm a bit nervous of what might happen if I do because I can't stop spinning this set. I have seven Ligeti and two Lutoslawski CDs just arrived and haven't touched them yet because of this.

Michael

#12261
June 30, 2009, 07:45:38 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 30, 2009, 06:23:37 AM
The works are a wonderful introduction.  I haven't heard the recording but it has garnered high praise.  How do you like it so far?
Well, after first listening, I must say I am impressed by the fourth, it's fantastic piece, I really like it. The first is also good, much more romantic piece.

DavidW

#12262
June 30, 2009, 10:32:14 AM Last Edit: June 30, 2009, 01:07:38 PM by Que
Brahms chamber set performed by Amadeus Q and company, it's a very passionate if sometime rough and tumble set that finally got me into Brahms chamber works.  I was a little ADD back then, and always starved for cash (grad student stipend is very low) and I sold it off before I should have.



Mozart string quartets performed by the Hagen Quartet.  I just need to break out from my earlier prejudices and tastes for recordings and listen to something very different.  I had gotten to the point where I had solidified into one specific flavor of performance style and sold everything that didn't match it.  My collection is boringly narrow in scope.

DavidRoss

#12263
June 30, 2009, 10:45:34 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:32:14 AM
My collection is boringly narrow in scope.
Have you considered adding some Mahler?  ;)

BTW, it's good to see you back!
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

DavidW

#12264
June 30, 2009, 11:19:47 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 30, 2009, 10:45:34 AM
Have you considered adding some Mahler?  ;)

BTW, it's good to see you back!

Hahaha! :D  Yeah need more Mahler. ;D

It's good to be back, thanks. :)

Opus106

#12265
June 30, 2009, 11:23:17 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 11:19:47 AM
Hahaha! :D  Yeah need more Mahler. ;D

It's good to be back, thanks. :)

*Double take* Woah! Now you're trying to pull off a (the occassional) ChamberNut? ;D
Regards,
Navneeth

DavidW

#12266
June 30, 2009, 11:32:19 AM
Quote from: opus106 on June 30, 2009, 11:23:17 AM
*Double take* Woah! Now you're trying to pull off a (the occassional) ChamberNut? ;D

Well as long as he's not using that avatar right now, I'm good to go.  Sheesh, I just changed it... ;D

Scarpia

#12267
June 30, 2009, 11:40:50 AM Last Edit: June 30, 2009, 01:08:51 PM by Que
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:32:14 AM
Brahms chamber set performed by Amadeus Q and company, it's a very passionate if sometime rough and tumble set that finally got me into Brahms chamber works.  I was a little ADD back then, and always starved for cash (grad student stipend is very low) and I sold it off before I should have.



Mozart string quartets performed by the Hagen Quartet.  I just need to break out from my earlier prejudices and tastes for recordings and listen to something very different.  I had gotten to the point where I had solidified into one specific flavor of performance style and sold everything that didn't match it.  My collection is boringly narrow in scope.



Amadeus rough and tumble?  I'd say unctuous and saccharine.  I sold it long ago and never have and never will regret it.  The Hagen is "da bomb," however.

DavidW

#12268
June 30, 2009, 11:49:37 AM
You know so many people on these forums and rmcr despite Amadeus Q's affected, romanticized playing so much that I'm surprised that their cds keep selling! :D

DavidW

#12269
June 30, 2009, 12:39:54 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 11:19:47 AM
Hahaha! :D  Yeah need more Mahler. ;D

It's good to be back, thanks. :)

Actually yeah I do! :D  I didn't know that they remastered the Bernstein recordings until I read the Mahler thread.  Wow!  Those are great recordings and sound quality was uneven on the previous releases and I need contrast with what I have.  Alright that's it, that's enough spending for now.

George

#12270
June 30, 2009, 12:47:01 PM
Quote from: opus106 on June 30, 2009, 11:23:17 AM
*Double take* Woah! Now you're trying to pull off a (the occassional) ChamberNut? ;D

I thought the same thing too.  ;D

DavidW

#12271
June 30, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
Alright, how about now? 8)

George

#12272
June 30, 2009, 01:04:58 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
Alright, how about now? 8)

Perfect!  :)

Bogey

#12273
June 30, 2009, 01:27:24 PM


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ChamberNut

#12275
June 30, 2009, 01:55:17 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
Alright, how about now? 8)

That's better!  ;D  Because you have good taste in avatars, I will let it slide and forego the avatar royalty payment.  ;) $:)

ChamberNut

#12276
June 30, 2009, 05:16:34 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 30, 2009, 11:40:50 AM
Amadeus rough and tumble?  I'd say unctuous and saccharine.  I sold it long ago and never have and never will regret it. 

Regarding the Brahms' Amadeus set, what about it makes you say it is unctuous and saccharine?  Which set do you like for Brahms' string quartets, et al?

The new erato

#12277
June 30, 2009, 10:28:21 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 30, 2009, 05:16:34 PM
Regarding the Brahms' Amadeus set, what about it makes you say it is unctuous and saccharine?  Which set do you like for Brahms' string quartets, et al?
I have known this set for 25 years  in both its LP and CD incarnations and love it, even though the Amadeus usually is not my cup of tea. They play very oldfashioned,  with extreme feeling and sentimentality. I understand the characterization as unctuous and saccharine here, but my interpretation of it is rather a kind of oldfashioned sentimentality as one sometimes can see in old oictures, and a quality that I somehow find suits Brahms to a t.

Harry

#12278
July 01, 2009, 04:42:45 AM
A long wished recording, I ordered today.

pi2000

#12279
July 01, 2009, 07:28:41 AM
Rara Avis!
Recordings from 1957-1958
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