[VocaloidDude]

That feel when Fritz Wunderlich will never record Winterreise.

 

[Fugue]

 

[Fugue]

Well, I tried to listen to this, but I had to turn it off! His Greg Smallman guitar, which in my mind is already problematic, sounds like the world's tinniest banjo! I'm not sure how the engineer achieved such horrible sound. A pity since the playing is good. Now, to be fair, this is a low-resolution MP3 (111 mbps instead of the normal 320 mbps, which is bad enough!), so that might affect the sound, but probably not to such a degree as to render it unlistenable. I suppose I shouldn't complain since it was free, though.

 

[gerelmx1986]

Buxtehude trio sonatas

 

[Fugue]

Not for the faint of heart...most of the pieces are quite modern. He attacks his guitar with abandon and ferocious intensity, a refreshing change from those who tip toe through music! Excellent sound.

 

[Fugue]

The title is a bit of misnomer since only two of the pieces are chaconnes, but it's a wonderful recording, full of virtuoso playing and fine musicianship. The sound is good if a bit distant/reverberant.

 

[Head1]

It is more the competition culture that is to blame, there is an 'acceptable' approach to playing and interpreting in competitions and this often weeds out some very fine pianists who have a distinctive voice. Also due to the amount of repertoire that must be learned to compete, an disproportionate amount of time is expended on technical aspects, inevitably the academic insight tends to suffer



This is some of the finest piano playing on record, see how he has a total grasp of the contrapuntal nature of the work

Yes I think that is one of the best performances, it would be hard to match, especially today.

I think this is a superlative account of Op 62.1 by Aldo Ciccolini.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Gonna see this next month. Been a long time....

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/6/8/0730/PM/Chamber-Orchestra-of-New-York/

 

[Fugue]

 

[gerelmx1986]

Mendelssohn string sinfonías

 

[gerelmx1986]

Mendelssohn Piano music 24/96

 

[Light - Man]

Gonna see this next month. Been a long time....

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/6/8/0730/PM/Chamber-Orchestra-of-New-York/

Maestro, it should be a good one!

As a little taster, I thought that this short interview with Esther Yoo and Zhang Zuo would be interesting to get a taste of their personalities (they also play a bit at the end).

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Maestro, it should be a good one!

As a little taster, I thought that this short interview with Esther Yoo and Zhang Zuo would be interesting to get a taste of their personalities (they also play a bit at the end).

Thanks lightman. Good talks there. I had never encountered this pianist before.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Finally ponied up and got Horowitz's Schubert D.960, the 1986 recording on DG. Presto had it as a download. Quite good, although Kempff is still my reference for Schubert.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/E4350252#download

 

[gerelmx1986]

Been exploring Mendelssohn music and I like it, the piano music is better than Liszt, his chamber a bit like Beethoven and Haydn. Organ works nice too