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Best classical recordings...ever!
Nov 22, 2013 at 12:16 PM Post #706 of 9,368
perhapss said:
   
You're welcome and thanks for the vids!
Can you imagine a popular cartoon doing parodies of a current conductor today??
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You're welcome !
 
Frankly - no. IIRC Andy Warhol got paid for doing the cover for Rolling Stones album he actually never made - because armada of lawyers representing each musician remotely connected with that recording(s) usurped his place for like three days, and after 75K $ worth of consumed alcohol - they could agree on one point only - that they can not agree on anything ! Some 30 or so years ago .
 
With today's PR & lawyer armada(s) - shuddddddeerrr ...
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM Post #708 of 9,368
thanks for posting
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 2:49 PM Post #709 of 9,368
quinto said:
 
 
This recording is not from this world IMO, this amazing pianotrio was dedicated to Shostakovich's good friend Ivan Sollertinsky, who died young and unexpected..
 
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just listened to a sample of this its very good. have you seen the Evgeny Kissing Doc where he plays with kremer? Its very good also
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 3:00 PM Post #710 of 9,368
has anyone heard this? 
 

 
Nov 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM Post #712 of 9,368
quinto said:
 
Yes, I like Bartok, Schumann not so much (I know, it's me..)
 
 
Still my favorite Bartok:
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Do you use speakers for listening mostly or headphones? 
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 3:17 PM Post #713 of 9,368
When I'm behind my pc and late at night, I listen to headphones, else speakers, which I prefer
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..by a large margin I might add
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 5:08 PM Post #715 of 9,368
analogsurviver said:
  You're welcome !
 
Frankly - no. IIRC Andy Warhol got paid for doing the cover for Rolling Stones album he actually never made - because armada of lawyers representing each musician remotely connected with that recording(s) usurped his place for like three days, and after 75K $ worth of consumed alcohol - they could agree on one point only - that they can not agree on anything ! Some 30 or so years ago .
 
With today's PR & lawyer armada(s) - shuddddddeerrr ...
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I don't think there's even been a conductor in the USA the general public could even recognize after Bernstein.
 
NOTE: I did say "general".
 
Bases on your sig I'm guessing you're not living in the USA though.....
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 5:30 PM Post #717 of 9,368
perhapss said:
   
I don't think there's even been a conductor in the USA the general public could even recognize after Bernstein.
 
NOTE: I did say "general".
 
Bases on your sig I'm guessing you're not living in the USA though.....
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I'm afraid you might be right regarding "general" public recognizing conductor in USA these days.
 
Even on global scale, few generate stir anything approaching Stokowski, for example, did. Gerghiev comes to mind.
 
You guess right - so far, never been outside the limits of Europe.
 
>On the sunny side of the Alps< is a direct translation of a slogan for tourism in my country, Slovenia , described
here: http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenija,_moja_de%C5%BEela 
I *guess* you will have to enjoy the online translation(s) though...
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 5:33 PM Post #718 of 9,368

 
I'm a HUGE Bartok fan and also a fan of Boulez and Shaham.
Waited for this with great anticipation and was left feeling a bit cold.
 
I'll give it another go tonight.
Out of curiosity could you tell me what qualities make it 
a "favorite" over all the many other great versions of this piece?
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 6:48 PM Post #719 of 9,368
perhapss said:
 
 
I'm a HUGE Bartok fan and also a fan of Boulez and Shaham.
Waited for this with great anticipation and was left feeling a bit cold.
 
I'll give it another go tonight.
Out of curiosity could you tell me what qualities make it 
a "favorite" over all the many other great versions of this piece?
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Cold is a good word for me to describe how Bartok should sound for my taste ..and the great dynamics and wonderful, very thoughtful violin player is very nice as well
I like everything about it, I don't have that often..
 
Nov 22, 2013 at 7:13 PM Post #720 of 9,368
I like Bartok when it reflects the Hungarian folk element. I'm not so crazy about Boulez.
 
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