HutchFan Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Copland again. Chamber works this time: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: Yes, this is true. Unlike his friends, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, David Oistrakh was always a "dutiful citizen" of the USSR. I'm not sure whether Oistrakh was a true believer or just appreciated the perks of being "politically reliable" (or, perhaps most likely, some combination of both). Well, apparently Oistrach said to Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich that unlike them "he is not a fighter". He lived through great terror of 1937-38 expecting to be arrested any night (most of the tenants in his apartment building eventually were), and this traumatized him deeply (same goes for Shostakovich who was sleeping on a camp cot right next to the entrance to his apartment so that if "they" came to arrest him in the night his pregnant wife and young daughter would not be woken up). Oistrach made a point of continuing playing Weinberg's Moldavian Rhapsody after his friend Weinberg was arrested in 1952. If not an act of active resistance, this was a principled (and potentially dangerous) stand. Edited February 6 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 1 minute ago, Д.Д. said: Well, apparently Oistrach said to Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich that unlike them "he is not a fighter". He lived through great terror of 1937-38 expecting to be arrested any night (most of the tenants in his apartment building eventually were), and this traumatized him deeply (same goes for Shostakovich who was sleeping on a camp cot right next to the entrance to his apartment so that if "they" came to arrest him in the night his pregnant wife and young daughter would not be woken up). Oistrach made a point of including Weinberg's Moldavian Rhapsody after his friend Weinberg was arrested in 1952. If not an active resistance, this was a principled (and potentially dangerous) stand. Interesting. Thanks for sharing, D.D. I knew that story about DSCH sleeping in the hallway, but I didn't realize that Oistrakh went through that same experience during 1937-38 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 71, Nos. 1-3 Auryn Quartet (Tacet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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soulpope Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 6 hours ago, Д.Д. said: Well, apparently Oistrach said to Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich that unlike them "he is not a fighter". He lived through great terror of 1937-38 expecting to be arrested any night (most of the tenants in his apartment building eventually were), and this traumatized him deeply (same goes for Shostakovich who was sleeping on a camp cot right next to the entrance to his apartment so that if "they" came to arrest him in the night his pregnant wife and young daughter would not be woken up). Oistrach made a point of continuing playing Weinberg's Moldavian Rhapsody after his friend Weinberg was arrested in 1952. If not an act of active resistance, this was a principled (and potentially dangerous) stand. Yep .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 8 hours ago, HutchFan said: Living in that sort of totalitarian state was . . . incredibly complicated. And nearly unimaginable for someone who hasn't lived through it (like me). When the "Prague Spring" endet abruptly with Russian troops invading Czechoslovakia, some musicians of the CPO fled overnight only carrying their instruments with them. These people received shelter @ Vienna. Many of them went on to Munich and reunited with Rafael Kubelik .... some labeled the SOBR as "CPO in exile" at that time ... I still remember it well .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Rafael Kubelik + VPO perform Bruckner 4 "live" @ Musikverein Wien in January 1971 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Recorded "live" @ Philharmonie Berlin in May 2001 .... Rafael Kubelik was an early advocate for the music of Gustav Mahler and subsequently Claudio Abbado kept the revival going .... a subtle performance for sure .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HutchFan Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said: I'm a fan of both Haskil and Fricsay -- but I've never heard that album. I bet it's good. What are your impressions, Peter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 25 minutes ago, HutchFan said: I'm a fan of both Haskil and Fricsay -- but I've never heard that album. I bet it's good. What are your impressions, Peter? Hutchfan, I like this one. The orchestra sounds a little bit recessed, with the piano up front. However, the overall sound is fine. As you like both Haskil and Fricsay, I can easily recommend it to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 NP .... : Recorded in November 1984 .... taken at a lower pace these are Mendelssohn performances to rave about .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 74, Nos. 1-3 Auryn Quartet (Tacet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 (edited) Eric Stokes on New World What an excellent composer! Edited February 7 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Op.44/2 and Op.80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Poulenc, Les Biches--Suite / Les Animaux modeles--Suite / Sinfonietta Jean-Luc Tingaud, RTE National Symphony Orchestra (Naxos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Disc 3 - The Ripening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Pnina Salzman plays Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin and Liszt "live" @ Tel Aviv in October 10th, 1981 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said: Disc 3 - The Ripening Excellent .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Recorded @ Supraphon Studios Praha in 1977 .... the CPO in full force and glory .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Recorded in September 1976 .... hard to coose between this reading and the performance from April 5th, 1977 with Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks (released on Audite) .... the Viennese strings are a bit silkier though .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Danish String Quartet J.S. Bach The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, Fugue in B Minor, BWV 869 Beethoven - String Quartet Op.130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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soulpope Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 12 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: The Fantasy for Violin featuring Josef Suk (recorded January 1984) is a true bonus here .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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