oops. should have known.
A favorite of mine:
It is nice but I have always prefered Van Cliburn's recordings to any others.
oops. should have known.
A favorite of mine:
Welcome!
I can get on board with a number of those, especially all the Fleisher/Szell collaborations and Rubinstein's Chopin.
My favorite Chopin Etudes is actually Earl Wild's, not a guy generally associated with Chopin. But don't miss Hofmann's live performance of the Butterfly Etude. Here's a taste:
I've never really understood the extravagant praise for Kleiber's Brahms 4th. It's not actively bad, but very constrained and unexpressive. Likewise, Mravinsky's Tchaikovsky.
You mean Reiner, right? An excellent recording, but there are better ones. A friend drew my attention years ago to the recording by Igor Markevitch and the Orchestre Lamoureux on DG. Not exactly an obvious choice for austro-german repertoire, but they play magnificently-that finale, simply amazing. Besides, Brahms himself said once "Only the French understand my music, the Germans play it much too heavily"
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll check them out promptly. May I ask what renditions of Brahms 4 and Tchaikovsky 6 that you find exceptional? I'm always looking for more!
I haven't explored much with Tchaikovsky 6, but with Brahms 4, I'm partial to Solti/CSO, Walter/Columbia as well.
May I ask what renditions of Brahms 4 and Tchaikovsky 6 that you find exceptional? I'm always looking for more!
I haven't explored much with Tchaikovsky 6, but with Brahms 4, I'm partial to Solti/CSO, Walter/Columbia as well.
Thanks, I'll give it a listen!
For Tchaikovsky 6, try Gergiev/Kirov and Temirkanov/St.Peterburg.
I like Brahms-4 by Kleiber/VPO, Bernstein/VPO. HvK Berlin isn't bad either.
Tchaikovsky 4-6: Mravinsky/Len Phil, Karajan/BPO, Gergiev/VPO.
You mean Reiner, right? An excellent recording, but there are better ones. A friend drew my attention years ago to the recording by Igor Markevitch and the Orchestre Lamoureux on DG. Not exactly an obvious choice for austro-german repertoire, but they play magnificently-that finale, simply amazing. Besides, Brahms himself said once "Only the French understand my music, the Germans play it much too heavily"
Thanks for your suggestions! I'm proud to say that I actually have most of those in my collection.
I find myself always returning to Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 and Brahms Violin Concerto as favourites. Any suggestions?
Anyway, I'd like to hear some of your guys' favourite works. As for me, I find myself always returning to Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 and Brahms Violin Concerto as favourites. Any suggestions?
Anyway, I'd like to hear some of your guys' favourite works. As for me, I find myself always returning to Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 and Brahms Violin Concerto as favourites. Any suggestions?
Anyway, I'd like to hear some of your guys' favourite works. As for me, I find myself always returning to Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 and Brahms Violin Concerto as favourites. Any suggestions?
As for me, I find myself always returning to Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 …
Anyway, I'd like to hear some of your guys' favourite works.
My DIRs:
https://sites.google.com/site/canadianmaestrosaudiosystem/desert-island-recordings
Indulge!