Peter Friedman Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 Chopin - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.65 - Du Pre Dvorak - Piano Trio No.3, Op.65 - Heifetz Quote
soulpope Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Referentzhunter said: Anyone on Bruckner 6, Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra ? Pretty controversial version i guess.... Good one, buy with confidence .... Quote
Larry Kart Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 9 hours ago, HutchFan said: I'm neither a Bruckner expert nor a particular fan of Klemperer, but I think that's an outstanding recording. FWIW. Thanks for this, Larry. I've never heard Pfitzner's "Palestrina" -- I'm not much of an opera person -- but your write up makes me want to hear it. Both the Suitner and the Kubelik recordings are on YouTube. Quote
Larry Kart Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 The Schuller "Rite" is something else -- an electrifying and vividly recorded 1971 "live" performance by the New England Conservatory Student Orchestra. Sadly and against all expectations -- the pianist is Russell Sherman, a talented onetime student of Edward Steuermann, who played the work's premiere, the violinist is Rudolf Kolisch, who also played the premiere -- the coupled Berg Chamber Concerto under Schuller, another "live" performance from 1972, never comes to life. I'll try the Schuller-Berg again, hoping that maybe it's just me, but at this point I'm mystified. Could it be that the supposedly meticulous Schuller didn't know the work that well or just didn't "get" it. If so, he wouldn't be the first. IMO Boulez didn't. Heinz Holliger, for one, did, as did Robert Craft on an old Columbia 2-LP Berg set with pianist Pearl Kaufman and violinist. BTW Kaufman, a Hollywood studio mainstay as well as the first-call Los Angeles area modern music pianist, dubbed the piano music for Jack Nicholson's character in "Five Easy Pieces." Quote
Larry Kart Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 How could I forget this recording of the Berg? https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8652809--berg-chamber-concerto-for-piano-violin-and-13-wind-instruments Quote
Referentzhunter Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, HutchFan said: I'm neither a Bruckner expert nor a particular fan of Klemperer, but I think that's an outstanding recording. FWIW. Thanks , maybe time to try this recording. It is slow but i hope it has some glow.... Edited December 31, 2019 by Referentzhunter Quote
Referentzhunter Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) Mwheeee..... Edited December 31, 2019 by Referentzhunter Quote
Balladeer Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 " Spencer Meyer plays William Bolcom "Piano Rags" (Steinway and Sons) Quote
soulpope Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 40 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said: Leonskaja slightly hesitant in 894, but her "Gasteiner" 850 is excellent .... Quote
soulpope Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 Arthur Rubinstein "Plays Schumann" (RCA) 1964/1965 .... Quote
Referentzhunter Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 beautiful 4 hours ago, soulpope said: Leonskaja slightly hesitant in 894, but her "Gasteiner" 850 is excellent .... will keep that in mind... Quote
Peter Friedman Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 Suk - String Quartet No.2, Op.31 Schubert - Piano Sonata D.959 Quote
Larry Kart Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 Another top-notch Berg Chamber Concerto recording, maybe the best I know, is Libor Pesek's rec. 1965 (Quintessence LP, origjnally on Supraphon) with Zdenek Kozina piano and Ivan Straus violin, coupled with an excellent recording of the Berg Violin Concerto, with Josef Suk and Ancerl, also from 1965. Kozina really nails the piano part. Above all, everyone on the Pesek Chamber Concerto recording plays out -- on the Boulez Columbia recording with Barenboim, for example, the players in the ensemble sound like they're afraid to make a mistake. I would say that a certain Central European juiciness is what's called for, as though the work were Mozart's Gran Partita k. 361. Quote
Referentzhunter Posted January 1, 2020 Report Posted January 1, 2020 14 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Another top-notch Berg Chamber Concerto recording, maybe the best I know, is Libor Pesek's rec. 1965 (Quintessence LP, origjnally on Supraphon) with Zdenek Kozina piano and Ivan Straus violin, coupled with an excellent recording of the Berg Violin Concerto, with Josef Suk and Ancerl, also from 1965. Kozina really nails the piano part. Above all, everyone on the Pesek Chamber Concerto recording plays out -- on the Boulez Columbia recording with Barenboim, for example, the players in the ensemble sound like they're afraid to make a mistake. I would say that a certain Central European juiciness is what's called for, as though the work were Mozart's Gran Partita k. 361. Highly enjoyable because of the natural movement indeed. Quote
EKE BBB Posted January 1, 2020 Report Posted January 1, 2020 New Year’s Day concert, Salzburg, on TV. Quote
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