Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #59)

I remember when I first saw the CD I thought wtf was Zawinul doing on DGG.

 

I've been listening to 'Big Orchestra Music' lately, and finally compiled a list of favorites.

http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Clas...m/R2OX824HSWIH0/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

My question is to anyone that this list resonates with: What's missing, that you would suggest I add?

Thanks

 

All right, off the top of my head, this is what's missing:




Along with the Brahms (the rest), Bruckner and Sibelius symphonies. For the favorite performances, check the previous posts/threads. Some very useful info there.

 

I would also add these two to the list:

 

Bruckner 9 Bruno Walter/Columbia SO

 

You can't upload an image to the site. It has to already be on the web somewhere

 

The late Christiane Jaccottet was a class act and one of the most outstanding harpsichordists of her generation.

 

I was not being very accurate as there are FIVE and not three chords, and, you are right, brass instruments are heard behind the strings. The three chords in the middle (which "impress" me) of the series are in 2nds, then the final one is a minor 5th above the fourth chord and is sustained all the way to the end of the passage, before the quiet ending part begins. But I see what you mean by the sub ponticello effects; they come in at the beginning of that quiet part.

I would need to listen again at some point to "Godzilla". But the part I recall from it sounded like the Rite of Spring to me. Sure was scary for the litte kid I was in the early 60s, the combination of that weird monster coming out of the sea and that dramatic score!

 

You may already know Gulda was quite active in jazz. He played at NYC's Birdland and at the Newport Jazz Festival. He recorded an album with Chick Corea, and one of his own:



His resemblance to Joe Zawinul was probably not accidental. From Wiki:

"In 1988, he cancelled a performance after officials of the Salzburg Festival objected to his including jazz musician Joe Zawinul on the program."

And while I'm on this, let me thank George for recommending Gulda's Beethoven set.



Awesome technique throughout the cycle with very good audio as well. As a bonus you get crackling renditions of the concertos, too.

 

Glad you liked Gulda's quick, clean-shaven readings!

 

(CD Harmonia Mundi HMC 902194) - brand new release featuring the rarely recorded oeuvre of Etienne Moulinie (the last major release is from the early 2000`s by the fantastic Vincent Dumestre and his La Poeme Harmonique on Alpha) by Sebastian Dauce and Ensemble Correspondances....first earfull is promising to say the least and SQ is very good...

 

Thanks for the replies so far (Joe71, JBrahms) - keep 'em coming! Anyone else have suggestions?

 

Fred Gulda was a much better pianist than either Previn or Jarrett, who are also jazz pianists ...

 

Is the SQ of this Decca box any better than the Brilliant Classics box, which I bought a few years ago?

 

I am almost certain that they are the same masterings.

 

The concertos on the Decca box sound the same to me as those included in the latest Brilliant LvB box.

 

NP :



(CD Alpha 057 released 2004) - following the forementioned (btw highly recommended) Moulinie platter I simply had to play one of these superb La Poeme Harmonique recordings from a decade ago...... and decided to go for Anthony Boesset`s "Je Meurs Sans Mourir"...

 

That, I didn't know.

 

(CD Glossa GCD922802)

 

I will defend the jazz piano of Jarrett, which I listen to often. I have virtually no jazz piano by Previn - only as accompanist on a collection of songs by Jerome Kern.

 

I have a Harmonia Mundi disc of Moulinie from the 1980s by Les Arts Florissants. Must give it a spin.

 

I was referring to the classical side of Fred Gulda, as I am no expert of jazz music. I do have a few jazz recordings by Andre Previn though ...

 

I have some Previn jazz albums from a 4 disc set on the EU public domain label Real Gone Jazz. All I can say is I'm happy I didn't spend much on them. They're pretty bland.

 

Enjoying some glorious historically inaccurate performances--great sound, too! (I bought all three volumes, but just these two showed up today.)

 

Andre Previn used to play jazz in Greenwich Village NYC some fifty years ago. The few jazz CD's I have are probably from that era, i.e. they are ancient ...