Actually, I haven't gone out of my way. I have 16 of her CDs , including a 7-CD Decca 'The Art of Alicia de Larrocha' box, all of which I came across in the used bins. Maybe that means others didn't think they were worth keeping, but I'm glad they recycled them.
What is A list, anyway? Most of the reviews I've read of her work were highly positive. I have 11 CDs of her Decca recordings & 5 of her later RCA work.
Good for you. If I find a LP this summer of her Spanish composer interpretations....I will get it and see what I think of it. Mozart definitely not .
Is that based on hearing her Mozart? I'm not trying to argue taste (we all know it can't be done), just curious.
A fine recording made for Reader's Digest, 3/31/67, Walthamstow Town Hall, London. Producer: Charles Gerhardt. Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson. This 1980 reissue was supervised by Teresa Sterne & remastered by Terry Dunavan. I also have this in a 3-CD Reader's Digest Beethoven box. By the way, I didn't violate my $1 limit; got this in a 25-cent sale.
I mean highest of the high - Richter, Argerich, Rubinstein etc. Pianists who drew big crowds, are critical darlings with extensive discography etc. I don't mean that others aren't excellent pianists or not favorably reviewed or that someone should look down on them. I said I have a couple of her LPs and she was excellent in Spanish repertoire. I don't like all A listers in everything and it has nothing to do with personal preference.
CD from the Philips Classics - The Stereo Years box. Includes overtures from Rossini's The Barber of Seville and An Italian in Algiers.
First listen to "Moulinie, Boesset - L'air italien au temps de Louis XIII" performed by Dagmar Saskova with Il Festino led by Manuel de Grange on Musica Ficta. The Italian Air in France at the time of Louis XIII. Also includes works by Frescobaldi, Sanz and Ballard.
Yeah, the interpretations I have heard didn't impress me. I definitely prefer Brendel, Gulda, Peraiah, Barenboim, Casadesus, etc etc
Got a few versions of this piece, this one comes out now and then it's in German and it's fun, from 1970.
First listen to "Zorn - Midsummer Moons" performed by Julian Lage (guitar) and Gyan Riley (guitar) on Tzadik.
First listen to CD 2 from "Alban Berg - Collection" on DG. Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments performed by Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman and Ensemble Intercontemporain led by Pierre Boulez Sonata for Piano Op. 1 performed by Daniel Barenboim Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 5 performed by Sabine Meyer and Oleg Maisenberg Adagio from the Chamber Concerto (transcription for violin, clarinet and piano) performed by Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer and Oleg Maisenberg Johann Strauss - Wein, Weib and Gesang (transcribed by Alban Berg) performed by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Ripped the following CD to my MP3 player last night and that was what I listened to over my 2-mile walk this morning ...
How do you like this recording? I have the following CD box and IIRC, I may have Symphonies 5 & 6 on open reels as well ...
Found a nice, heavy gray & white Columbia Masterworks Bach Organ Works Mono (Biggs) for $1 yesterday. Now the proud owner of two monos and 1 stereo and 1 CD (my favorite classical LP of all time).
In a world where recordings of Ginger Baker drum solos exist, the need for compositions such as Rebonds is questionable IMO.
