Yeah, that Karajan was such a hack )(...
It's amazing the Berlin Phil. was able to endure the lean years of his tenure.
There are moments when you ask yourselves why you have 10,000 CDs, LPs and downloads when just this one would do. A momentary madness, but Elizabeth Schwarzkopf's Strauss 'Four Last Songs' with Szell plus other Strauss lieder is doing it for me at the moment. 24bit version from HDtracks, through a Naim Unitiserve, to a Gumby and then to a Woo WA6 SE feeding the HD800 down Cardas Clear is just music. Szell is just marvellous. Yes I do know the performances with Karajan and Ackermann...
EDIT: Well, I just switched to the HE-500 with Q cable and this recording sounds even better. Maybe. Joy.
Been enjoying this recent discovery. I'd never heard any music by Boulanger before, nor much Hindemith.
If anyone has any Hindemith cello recordings worth recommending I would very much welcome them! I have been streaming Starker/Planès recordings over the weekend. The works are really something I could get my teeth into
Wispelwey's recording of the sonata is the one I have and is good, and I have Chailly's recording of the Kammermusik which has a cello concerto (you should try the Kammermusik anyway).
This is about cinematography, not abilities as a conductor or music director
Been enjoying this recent discovery. I'd never heard any music by Boulanger before, nor much Hindemith.
If anyone has any Hindemith cello recordings worth recommending I would very much welcome them! I have been streaming Starker/Planès recordings over the weekend. The works are really something I could get my teeth into
Hmm.. the same Schonberg who once suggested Glenn Gould did the Brahms piano concerto (with Bernstein) at such a slow tempi because he missed the technical skills.. never took him serious since
@Quinto do you have both Gould box sets (the complete bach, and remastered complete Columbia)? I seem to remember a discussion on the box sets a while back on this thread.
I wondered if the Columbia set would have all the ones in the bach box? A bit confused with what to purchase.
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On a different topic, I just wanted to pass my appreciation to this thread and members.
Earlier this summer I went on a father-son bonding camping trip on his motorhome. There was a period where until recently we hadn't been speaking, but have since been mending bridges.
During the trip we listened to a lot of classical, both in the car and on his floor system at home. We had our first proper long conversations about music, which despite his previous career as an orchestra member he never indulged in. Our tastes philosophies turned out to be 'broadly' similar, and as with any musician, their take having played the piece was very enlightening.
I have to give credit to this thread and the (ex)members for curating the amazing library of knowledge that it is. Long may it continue! I can honestly say I have listened to and checked out the vast majority of posts added since I joined. Cheers guys!
