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[Solitary Wanderer]

Wagner ~ Complete Works for Piano Nina Kavtaradze

Disc.1.

[Que]

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[Mozart]

What do you think of Mutter in this program?

She isn't the greatest, I like Perlmans recordings of the violin concertos better, but his legs aren't quite as nice. I like this set because she also has the sinfonia concertante on it and its played well. Theres something about her that really moves me...ohh and the music is quite emotional too. Shes just not the best for Mozart.

[Mozart]

I accidentally stumbled on Brahms e minor cello sonata and what a fortuitous fall! I have been wanting to get more into Brahms chamber works and this is a nice start.

[Harry]

What's with the huge WARNING on the front?

In the olden days they warned you, for protecting your speakers against the huge dynamics of their cd's.

[Que]

I accidentally stumbled on Brahms e minor cello sonata and what a fortuitous fall! I have been wanting to get more into Brahms chamber works and this is a nice start.

Great pieces, and Brahms' chamber music is top!

For the cello sonatas I recommend Rostropovich/Serkin or for HIP: Wispelwey/Komen (Channel Classics)

We also have a nice thread on this: Brahms Chamber Music


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[Mozart]

Awesome dude, those guys have identical hair! They can almost be twins.

The one Im listening to is this one.

[Mozart]

Come to think of it, I remember some Brahms piano trios that I listened to early in my classical music exposure and I liked them...I need to find those again!

[Que]

The one Im listening to is this one.

Nice! Must be excellent with those two performers - didn't know it existed!
New issue?

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[Mozart]

Nice! Must be excellent with those two performers - didn't know it existed!
New issue?

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I dunno, maybe someone else can answer that. The program notes are in Chinese 

It says 1995 on the back cover.

[Que]

I dunno, maybe someone else can answer that. The program notes are in Chinese 

It says 1995 on the back cover.

Thanks!  (Probably a Japanese issue..  )


Currently listening to this: one big exhilarating Haydn party for the natural horn!



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[rubio]

It's nice to start the day with Wunderlich' creamy voice .

[rubio]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 performed by Jochum/SD. Massive brass treatment here, and as always exciting.

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all!

[Thom]

Some more Stenhammar's. Now that I am listening more concentrated I find his music quite powerfull.

[rubio]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 performed by Mravinsky/Leningrad PO. More attacking brass, but here it almost borders to piercing from time to time (and not with the same control like Staatskapelle Dresden). But excitement and Mravinsky go hand in hand, and this recording is an attention-grabber. Not a first choice, but a very fascinating reading quite far away from the more standard Germanic approach.

[The Emperor]

Arvo Pärt - Frates (Kremer)

[The new erato]

Stravinsky Piano Music (from the 22 CD box set) for 1 & 2 pianos
Pletnev in Scriabin

[paul]

She isn't the greatest, I like Perlmans recordings of the violin concertos better, but his legs aren't quite as nice. I like this set because she also has the sinfonia concertante on it and its played well. Theres something about her that really moves me...ohh and the music is quite emotional too. Shes just not the best for Mozart.

I hope you're not talking about the recent set that she released of the Mozart concertos. That Sinfonia Concertante has some of the most embarrassing orchestral playing I've heard recently. Just listen to how they fall apart just after the first minute of the first movement from the violins rushing. Embarrassing that DG would release something like that and just not, you know, record it again. They whole piece feels that way to me, with the soloists pushing against the orchestra and there are some bizarre musical choices which I find to be common in a lot of Mutter's recordings. It looks like she made a mistake recording the set without a conductor. There are definitely a lot of better recordings of this piece and I recommend Heifetz/Primrose, Grumiaux/Pellicia, Kussmaul/Christ, and Oistrakh/Oistrakh.

[Thom]

Richard Arnell
Symphonies 4 & 5
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
William Chandler (leader)
Martin Yates (conductor)
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
19-20 May 2007
CDLX 7194

Especially the 5th is great music.