She played here a few months ago. I thought about going, but based on the recordings I had heard decided against it.
I have found these Beethoven Piano Sonatas by Lili Kraus to be quite good or do I need a hearing test? Your thoughts, George?
Now playing CD5 - Symphony No. 6 & Leonore Overture No. 2 from the following box from my Beethoven collection ...
On the turntable this evening. Something I enjoy about this performance is the energy and unabashed romantic approach of soloist and orchestra...there is none of the sort of "classical restraint" here, it's "heart on the sleeve" and dramatic music making, and I never tire of listening to it.
IMHO, the Jochum RCO combo is quite competitive against the Bohm VPO combo when it comes to the Beethoven 6th ...
I'd heard a story to the effect that Van Cliburn also recorded the Schumann with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony, but RCA decided to shelf it in favor of this recording. Of course, if you want to hear Cliburn with the BSO, it's readily available online:
What an unflattering photo of Fritz. Also it looks like Van is wearing an attractively-patterned skirt until you realize that's the back of a chair Reiner is sitting in.
Good morning everyone! Happy Monday. On the TT.... Direct Metal Master recordings mostly sound really nice.
I really enjoyed this box set of Vivaldi. Beautifully recorded. L'Arte dell'Arco Federico Guglielmo, concertmaster Vivaldi: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Opp. 1-12 Brilliant, 2016 20 CDs Engineer: Fabio Framba Recorded 2010-2014 , Abbazia di Carceri d'Este, Padua, Italy Recording authorized by and based on the Critical Edition by Fabrizio Ammetta, Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
I posted this a while back, but, apart from @drh, there was no response. I was told that the sound on many Music & Arts releases is mediocre at best, and that they do suffer from excessive filtering, cutting off the highs and lows, which results in an aggressive midrange. Has anyone heard the 2013 M&A Toscanini 1939 Beethoven set (above) that was remastered by Aaron Z. Snyder? I understand that he used the "harmonic balancing" tool for this remastering. Snyder's remasterings apparently resemble Andrew Rose/Pristine's mastering work; I don't like Rose's work at all, and all this makes me wary of the Snyder box. I wonder if I would be better off getting the OOP Naxos releases of the 1939 cycle instead. Any opinons?
Halasz plays with tremendous feeling and virtuosity. Excellent sound, though I'm not a fan of his type of guitar, a Matthias Dammann "double-top."
Just found out that Richard Caniell, whose earlier Toscanini work was released by Naxos, released a completely newly remastered set of all 1939 Toscanini Beethoven broadcasts on his own label, Immortal Perforamnces (Canada). This is the set: Immortal Performances
I'd love to get this set, but it doesn't seem to be available in the EU. It's a Canadian label; I e-mailed them about possible distributors in the EU. Wait and see...
Thanks for this--although my wallet is not too happy with you at the moment. FAR too many tempting things on the website, only starting with this set. For those who are wondering: the "stereo" 1939 overtures are reconstructions like a few popular issues that have come out now and then: a mating of the output of one monaural microphone that did the "domestic" feed and another that was dedicated to recordings for South America. I've read elsewhere that for various reasons these constructs' "stereo" character is open to debate; the least out of synch and they will give a false stereo effect. Or so the argument goes.
Although included as a bonus in the Brilliant Vivaldi box I posted above, it has been issued as a single disc with this cover. Francesco Galligioni, cello L'Arte dell'Arco Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas Brilliant, 2016