Quinto
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Love Haitink's 9th
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^ Is that supposed to be that harlot, Wallace Simpson?
Peter Hyatt: get her to listen to Schubert's 9th, esp. the Scherzo (3rd mvt). Never fails to get me outta my chair.
Beethoven's Choral Fantasy is considered LvB's "pre-flight" experiment for His 9th. The piano part is exquisite. It's about 17-20 mins. in length.
Thanks for the tip.
We’ve got Christian Thielleman Munchner Philharmoniker Schubert’s 9th on this morning for coffee and offline download for her commute.
Great! Tell me what you/she thinks about Schubert's 9th. Take your time. It's a LONG piece, but still shorter than many other symphs. I listen to it about once a week. A true masterpiece that doesn't try to imitate past symphs, esp. Beethoven's.
Try to hear the DSD64 version of Josef Krip's 9th (Lond Symph). On a floor system. My jaw dropped.
I got a text from my wife last night....................
"Don't bother coming home, your dinner is in the dog!"
Quinto: I went thru my Argerich "phase" a while back, having bought a box of her recs. She's certainly excellent, in the Romantic repertoire. Not so much in stuff like Schubert and Beethoven, which she hasn't recorded much of (or any Bach, if I remember correctly).
Lately, I've been listening to Bach, played by the younger gen -- Goldbergs by Igor Levit. Beatrice Rana, Simone Dinnerstein, and Alexandre Tharaud are three pianists I hadn't even heard before, and yet, their Goldbergs are refreshing ear-openers. None approach Gould's Goldbergs, but I think that's intentional on their part. For e.g., Dinnerstein's GB is quite slow and very mellow. Levit, I'm not so sure his Bach is as fine as his Beethoven late sonatas, which I like a lot. (His upcoming complete LvB sonata cycle on Sony is long overdue -- let's see how he fares with the earlier sonatas).
cheers