What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

Saturday mornig dance .... btw now on backorder @ cdjapan, so the chances to grab these extraordinary performances are fading ....

[soulpope]

More dancing - this time powered by orchestra - guaranteed .....

[Peter Friedman]

Petersen Quartet - Mozart - String Quartet K.421  and  K.465

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

This Gewandhaus Quartett recording from April 2000 boasts sheer class ....

[soulpope]

On 12/7/2024 at 8:33 AM, soulpope said:

 @ "Referenzhunter" : should have mentioned Beethoven 6 by Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra too .... remembrance fading ....

Addendum : Suitner/Staatskapelle Dresden (Denon) ....

[soulpope]

As the Bruckner anniversary year is fading slowly a good reason for late Günter Wand coming up to the fore ....

[soulpope]

The cold from the east is approaching .... Schubert`s "Winterreise" an obvious choice .... Hermann Prey and Helmut Deutsch melt admirably ....

[soulpope]

Treasure trove .... thereof the late Sonatas ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

On 12/7/2024 at 8:33 AM, soulpope said:

 @ "Referenzhunter" : should have mentioned Beethoven 6 by Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra too .... remembrance fading ....

my favorite

[soulpope]

28 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

my favorite

Reasonable ....

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Symphonies No.25, 30, 33 Krips / RCO

[soulpope]

7 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Mozart - Symphonies No.25, 30, 33 Krips / RCO

Outstanding ....

[mjzee]

Brahms needed an editor.  His compositions run too long.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mjzee said:

Brahms needed an editor.  His compositions run too long.

Probably not all of them, but some "quality control" would haven been of help .... btw it is particularly ironic that he accused Bruckner of this (and was part of a movement which destroyed Bruckner's career during his lifetime) .....

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert - String Quartets D.32, D.74, D.353

[mjzee]

11 hours ago, soulpope said:

Probably not all of them, but some "quality control" would haven been of help .... btw it is particularly ironic that he accused Bruckner of this (and was part of a movement which destroyed Bruckner's career during his lifetime) .....

For instance, I just listened to this Brahms's Piano Concerto #1.  Should it really take 52 minutes?  Couldn't it have been shortened to 30 or even 25?

[soulpope]

8 minutes ago, mjzee said:

For instance, I just listened to this Brahms's Piano Concerto #1.  Should it really take 52 minutes?  Couldn't it have been shortened to 30 or even 25?

Both Brahms Piano Concertos are monoliths, no question ....

[HutchFan]

I strongly disagree with the sentiment that Brahms' piano concertos (or his works in general) are too long.  . . .  However, there might be problems with that particular Barenboim/Barbirolli interpretation.  (I'm not familiar with it.)

But listen to Szell/Serkin (for a faster, leaner reading) or Gilels/Jochum (for a slower, massive reading).

Yes, Brahms' piano concertos are BIG -- they're symphonies with piano accompaniment as much as they're concertos.  But they're also MAGNIFICENT.

IMO, of course.   

 

Edited December 9, 2024 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

11 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I strongly disagree with the sentiment that Brahms' piano concertos (or his works in general) are too long.  . . .  However, there might be problems with that particular Barenboim/Barbirolli interpretation.  (I'm not familiar with it.)

But listen to Szell/Serkin (for a faster, leaner reading) or Gilels/Jochum (for a slower, massive reading).

Yes, Brahms' piano concertos are BIG -- they're symphonies with piano accompaniment as much as they're concertos.  But they're also MAGNIFICENT.

IMO, of course.   

 

@ "HutchFan" : could not resist 😎 .... off course a complete exaggeration, still making ironically the point his Piano Concertos are hard to digest ....

[HutchFan]

Yeah.  I understand that the assertion that "Brahms' compositions are too long" is NOT a new opinion. *

 

 

* However, the same sorts of accusations have been brought against Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, Mahler, Bruckner, and probably every other composer of the Romantic era.

 

 

[soulpope]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yeah.  I understand that the assertion that "Brahms' compositions are too long" is NOT a new opinion. *

* However, the same sorts of accusations have been brought against Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, Mahler, Bruckner, and probably every other composer of the Romantic era.

 

Btw Brahms suffered life long from excessive self-criticism .... what a irony ....

[Peter Friedman]

Mahler is the composer where the length of his compositions makes it hard for me to connect with them. I would much rather listen to Brahms symphonies and concertos.

Currently listening to Chopin's Mazurkas by Nedia Reisenberg.

[mjzee]

Thanks all for your comments.