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post #16 of 262
12/21/04 at 2:32pm
My favourites have been suggested above, so I second....third...fourth the following.

Symphonies: Abbado/BPO and Toscanini. Karajan's early vesrions are well worth listening to.

Piano Concerti: Gilels with Jochum

Violion Concerto: Henryk Szeryng or David Oistrach
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post #17 of 262
12/21/04 at 6:17pm
DA ends up costing us all money. You own many Brahms sets DA, but if you can only have one, what would it be?
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post #18 of 262
12/21/04 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by scottder
DA ends up costing us all money. You own many Brahms sets DA, but if you can only have one, what would it be?
I have no hesitation saying favorite set is:
Jochum/EMI 1,2,3 + Kleiber/DG 4

These are pictured in my earlier post and available used at Amazon, a relatively painless hit to the wallet.
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post #19 of 262
12/21/04 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by DarkAngel
I have no hesitation saying favorite set is:
Jochum/EMI 1,2,3 + Kleiber/DG 4

These are pictured in my earlier post and available used at Amazon, a relatively painless hit to the wallet.
Excellent...I'll have to look into those.
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post #20 of 262
12/21/04 at 8:00pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by DarkAngel
I have no hesitation saying favorite set is:
Jochum/EMI 1,2,3 + Kleiber/DG 4

These are pictured in my earlier post and available used at Amazon, a relatively painless hit to the wallet.
I saw this post and the two words "picture and wallet" sprung up before I read the post and I immediately thought DA had a picture of these in his wallet. No I have not been drinking egg nog.

I looked for these recordings in our local Hastings (pretty bad selection but at least there is a classical selection unlike most of the chains). I will be ordering them from Amazon in the next few days.

Any Serenade comments/recommendations?

dshea
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post #21 of 262
12/22/04 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by dshea_32665
Anybody here familiar with the Orchestral Serenades. I have both of them with the LA Chamber Orchestra/Schwarz. I have always loved these pieces, kind of like Brahms meets Mendelssohn.

cheers,
dshea
I used to listen to these a lot, but haven't in some time. The Kertesz version of the #1 on London is well recorded and a nice transparent performance. The old Stokowski has more zip, but inferior sound.

For #2, I still like the Bernstein on Columbia. I haven't hear the Schwarz yet; looking forward to them!
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post #22 of 262
12/27/04 at 2:05pm
Is that Jochum EMI 1,2,3 out-of print?

PS - I took advantage of the DG sale on the Tower Records web site, ordered the Klieber DG that DA recommended....I think DA works for the record companies

Edit: Never mind, read DA's post more closely...used...yes...duh
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post #23 of 262
12/28/04 at 4:25pm
Jochum is on Amazon in the "buy new and used" area.
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post #24 of 262
12/28/04 at 7:05pm
Also worth considering is Sanderling's set of the symphonies with the Staatskapelle Dresden, on Eurodisc. I am also fond of Bruno Walter's set, available on Sony. Both of these sets are more relaxed than Szell, and this approach seems to suit the music better, at least for me.

For the violin concerto, I still favor Oistrakh, with either Klemperer or Konwitschny.
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post #25 of 262
12/30/04 at 3:22pm
The Klieber 4th is taking it's sweet old time getting here! Argh

Scott
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post #26 of 262
12/30/04 at 3:44pm
Has anybody heard the Mackerras Brahms cycle on Telarc? I've had it for a while, and since this thread has me working my way through various performances, I thought I'd ask. It's a much lighter orchestral sound than I'm accustomed to, supposedly informed by the "original performance practice" movement. I enjoy the transparency and the inner voices Mackerras brings out. On the other hand I sometimes wish the tempi were a bit slower. He shortchanges the listener at times, moving expeditiously whien I'd prefer he linger a bit more.

BW
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post #27 of 262
1/4/05 at 4:41pm
Thread Starter 
Piano Concerti withe Gilels/Jochum ordered. Will comment soon. Stay tuned.

Next wave will be the symphonies.

dshea
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post #28 of 262
1/4/05 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by Bill Ward
Has anybody heard the Mackerras Brahms cycle on Telarc?
Once I have my Klieber 4th in hand I will compare it to the Mackerras, which i finally found
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post #29 of 262
1/7/05 at 12:21am
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Originally Posted by Tyson
Oh yeah, the violin concerto - here ya go, Oistrakh on the DG Originals label

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I second this one!!! It's tough to beat.
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post #30 of 262
1/9/05 at 10:54pm
Today I picked up:



I know it's not the one mentioned before, but I thought I'd give it a whirl. I had some money left on my B&N gift card.

Scott
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