[CanadianMaestro]

    I picked up Abbado fairly recently, and it may be the best I have when both performance and SQ are taken into account.
 
 

I agree. Try Dohnanyi/Cleveland.

 

[Arcamera]

Thanks for the tips

 

[pbarach]

  I agree. Try Dohnanyi/Cleveland.

I didn't like the SQ for either Abbado or Dohnanyi's set. Chailly/Leipzig seems excellent in both performance and SQ.
 
Of my good headphones (Sennheiser HD600, Koss K702, HifiMan HE-400i), I almost always go with the Senns for classical music, which is all I listen to.

 

[jegnyc]

  I didn't like the SQ for either Abbado or Dohnanyi's set. Chailly/Leipzig seems excellent in both performance and SQ.
 
Of my good headphones (Sennheiser HD600, Koss K702, HifiMan HE-400i), I almost always go with the Senns for classical music, which is all I listen to.

As I posted several days ago, Caveat Emptor if you buy the Blu-Ray of the Chailly.  Maybe it's fixed by now.  Maybe.
 
I listened to some of it on Tidal, and the performance did not inspire to repurchase it (in any format).

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Discovered this album. Clara Schumann wrote some exquisite pieces that I'm starting to discover.
 
http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/10151

 

[gerelmx1986]

 
Quote:

  Discovered this album. Clara Schumann wrote some exquisite pieces that I'm starting to discover.
 
http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/10151

​I have clara Schumann Piano Works too on CPO
 

 

[LugBug1]

Of course most of us see through the marketing of musicians involved in classical music. But this guy deserves any fame he gets IMO. I've got his earlier Bach disc and thought it was refreshing, especially his own transcriptions of the Lute sonatas. The recorded sound also helps here.. The harpsichord can sound nightmarish if not recorded right. The sound engineers have went overboard producing a sound that is full warm and dynamic (as dynamic as this instrument can sound) 
 
This new recording is for look of a better word stupendous. And very brave to have the Bach family recorded on one disc for good or bad. I'm even going to go the extra mile and say that this could bring both Bach purists and the rest.. together to rejoice! 
 

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  Of course most of us see through the marketing of musicians involved in classical music. But this guy deserves any fame he gets IMO. I've got his earlier Bach disc and thought it was refreshing, especially his own transcriptions of the Lute sonatas. The recorded sound also helps here.. The harpsichord can sound nightmarish if not recorded right. The sound engineers have went overboard producing a sound that is full warm and dynamic (as dynamic as this instrument can sound) 
 
This new recording is for look of a better word stupendous. And very brave to have the Bach family recorded on one disc for good or bad. I'm even going to go the extra mile and say that this could bring both Bach purists and the rest.. together to rejoice! 
 

Looks interesting. I am only starting to discover CPE Bach's piano solos (Markovina). They're quite good, so far, even rivaling JS.

 

[perhapss]

 
Looks interesting. I am only starting to discover CPE Bach's piano solos (Markovina). They're quite good, so far, even rivaling JS.

 
 
"They're quite good, so far, even rivaling JS"
 
Please elaborate. CPE was a fine composer IMO but "rivaling".
 

 

[CanadianMaestro]

JS is the Father, CPE the Son.
The Son is excellent composer +1, but the Father is still supreme imo.

 

[perhapss]

   
 
"They're quite good, so far, even rivaling JS"
 
Please elaborate. CPE was a fine composer IMO but "rivaling".
 

For folks (like me!) in the northern hemisphere.
 
In the context of "Best classical recordings...ever"(As opposed to everything I listen to,for example) here's my favorite recording of The "Spring" symphony. I can't speak to this cd version as the only hard copy I have is the original lp. 
 

 

[perhapss]

   
 
"They're quite good, so far, even rivaling JS"
 
Please elaborate. CPE was a fine composer IMO but "rivaling".
 

 
 
If you like CPE Bach his double concertos are very fine IMO. Especially his concerto for fortepiano and harpsichord. Good clean fun!
Might be problematic for those with HIP issues however.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

   
 
If you like CPE Bach his double concertos are very fine IMO. Especially his concerto for fortepiano and harpsichord. Good clean fun!
 

I am allergic to harpsi and to fortepiano.
My doctor says earplugs are the only remedy for recordings containing these instruments.
 
Now if I can find these same pieces on modern pianos.....

 

[pbarach]

 
I am allergic to harpsi and to fortepiano.
My doctor says earplugs are the only remedy for recordings containing these instruments.
 
Now if I can find these same pieces on modern pianos.....

There are excellent recordings of the (single) piano concertos by Michael Rische on Hanssler Classics, on a modern piano.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  There are excellent recordings of the (single) piano concertos by Michael Rische on Hanssler Classics, on a modern piano.

Thanks, will check them out.
 
Listened to several selections from Markovina's CPE Bach solo piano box set (I dowloaded 15 select tracks from iTunes last wk), very very nice on my floor system.