soulpope Posted December 31, 2024 Report Posted December 31, 2024 Deeply touching performances .... wonderful ..... Quote
soulpope Posted December 31, 2024 Report Posted December 31, 2024 Ending this year with these Mozart Sonata recordings by Friedrich Gulda .... a privilege .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 After a short sleep resuming the Mozart festival with Friedrich Gulda .... both Mozart`s revolutionary ideas and the performer`s insights are stunning .... Quote
mjzee Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Happy New Year, everyone! Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 19. Quote
soulpope Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 52 minutes ago, mjzee said: Happy New Year, everyone! Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 19. 👌👍 .... Quote
mjzee Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Artur Rodziński - New York Philharmonic, The Complete Columbia Album Collection, disc 3. Quote
soulpope Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, mjzee said: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/bbcsso-runnicles-review-prom-24-macmillan-mahler Sounds interesting 🧐 .... Quote
mjzee Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 1 hour ago, soulpope said: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/bbcsso-runnicles-review-prom-24-macmillan-mahler Sounds interesting 🧐 .... "...being locked into someone else’s nervous breakdown." LOL! I'm not the biggest fan of Mahler's work, so I'm probably not the best judge of the performance. Quote
JSngry Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Mahler's nervous breakdown has more sanity to me than what passes for normalcy these days. Exponentially more. Heard Runnicles guest-conduct with the DSO once, and on several CDs since. He deals! Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 5 hours ago, mjzee said: "...being locked into someone else’s nervous breakdown." LOL! I'm not the biggest fan of Mahler's work, so I'm probably not the best judge of the performance. While being dedicated Mahler follower (don't know said performance though) I found this short review witty .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Earlier .... : Glorious dismay .... this recording hits the spot .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Another Schubert "Lieder" classic in re-rotation .... wundervoll .... Quote
T.D. Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 On 12/30/2024 at 9:56 AM, soulpope said: These are steep pirces indeed .... btw but do remember that a new copy of the Naive had a cost of some Euro 50 back then (btw was a special offer) ..... I bought this [Vegh complete Beethoven / Valois] back in the '90s. I don't think it was ever cheap in the US (Auvidis has always been a pricey European import), but at the time the price was "in the pack" with alternatives. I was a new collector and bought based on the Penguin Guide, which I haven't looked at in decades. 🤪 The performances are good indeed, but the sound quality might not satisfy audiophiles (though it's fine to me) and Sandor Vegh does not have perfect intonation. I think the OP would enjoy hearing this set, but by now there's so much competition that it's difficult to justify paying a lot. There are some moderately priced (Euros) Valois sets on discogs if you're willing to forego the slipcase. Is it streamable? I see complete Vegh sets on both Spotify and Youtube, but am not certain they're from the original Valois releases. [ISTR there was another, less highly regarded Vegh set, but could be wrong.] Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 6 minutes ago, T.D. said: I bought this [Vegh complete Beethoven / Valois] back in the '90s. I don't think it was ever cheap in the US (Auvidis has always been a pricey European import), but at the time the price was "in the pack" with alternatives. I was a new collector and bought based on the Penguin Guide, which I haven't looked at in decades. 🤪 The performances are good indeed, but the sound quality might not satisfy audiophiles (though it's fine to me) and Sandor Vegh does not have perfect intonation. I think the OP would enjoy hearing this set, but by now there's so much competition that it's difficult to justify paying a lot. There are some moderately priced (Euros) Valois sets on discogs if you're willing to forego the slipcase. Is it streamable? I see complete Vegh sets on both Spotify and Youtube, but am not certain they're from the original Valois releases. [ISTR there was another, less highly regarded Vegh set, but could be wrong.] Have the Naive edition and the sound is fine (to my ears) .... off course there is stiff competition, nevertheless these performances have their merits .... btw which recording(s) do you appreciate/value most .... ? Quote
T.D. Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 (edited) 3 hours ago, soulpope said: Have the Naive edition and the sound is fine (to my ears) .... off course there is stiff competition, nevertheless these performances have their merits .... btw which recording(s) do you appreciate/value most .... ? My recommendations are not worth much, as I'm cheap and don't often go for multiple recordings of the same work. I have the aforementioned Vegh and the 1951-1952 Budapest on UA. Both are excellent and I enjoy their "old-fashioned" style, so I stopped there. A while back I bought the Quatuor Stanislas on Forgotten Recordings, on a whim because I liked the project and am a Francophile when it comes to classical performance. It's pretty good but I can't recommend it over the usual suspects. I'm getting old and have more than enough CDs, so not likely to add more. If so, being old-fashioned I'd probably go for the old Hungarian Q set, which got a really inexpensive reissue a few years ago. Edited January 2 by T.D. Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 2 minutes ago, T.D. said: My recommendations are not worth much, as I'm cheap and don't often go for multiple recordings of the same work. I have the aforementioned Vegh and the 1951-1952 Budapest on UA. Both are excellent and I enjoy their "old-fashioned" style, so I stopped there. A while back I bought the Stanislas Quartet on Forgotten Recordings, on a whim because I liked the project and am a Francophile when it comes to classical performance. It's pretty good but I can't recommend it over the usual suspects. I'm getting old and have more than enough CDs, so not likely to add more. If so, being old-fashioned I'd probably go for the old Hungarian Q set, which got a really inexpensive reissue a few years ago. Thnx for your feedback, agree on Hungarian Quartet .... otherwise also the Smetana Quartet and Suske Quartett come to my mind .... Quote
T.D. Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 (edited) 23 minutes ago, soulpope said: Thnx for your feedback, agree on Hungarian Quartet .... otherwise also the Smetana Quartet and Suske Quartett come to my mind .... No doubt, both winners and I'm a fan of the Suske (own their Mozart). Like what I've heard from Takacs (which is pricey) and ABQ as well. I seriously considered the recent Quatuor Ébène set, as performances greatly impressed me on computer audio. But the CDs were audio engineered with really blatant "brickwalling" which turned me off (despite not being an audiophile). 👎 Edited January 2 by T.D. Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 1 hour ago, T.D. said: No doubt, both winners and I'm a fan of the Suske (own their Mozart). Like what I've heard from Takacs (which is pricey) and ABQ as well. I seriously considered the recent Quatuor Ébène set, as performances greatly impressed me on computer audio. But the CDs were audio engineered with really blatant "brickwalling" which turned me off (despite not being an audiophile). 👎 Thnx for the info regarding Quatuor Ebene .... Quote
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