At the time of this recording (1972), Galway was principal flute with the Berlin Philharmonic. He didn't leave his post there until 1975 to start his solo career.
There's no times on my lp but I'm certain I don't have 65 minutes spread over two sides of an lp, so what else is on your disc? My cover has a photo of Richter performing. Sorry I can't post a pic.
Great story Respect due to them both. 8-year-old with leukemia plays violin in front of Itzhak Perlman
Thanks for the info. It is quite interesting. Looks like Emmanuel Pahud followed the footsteps of Galway some forty years later. I bought the following Nielsen recording mostly out of curiosity, as Sabine Meyer was the principal figure that led to that epic struggle between Karajan and the BPO that ultimately led to Karajan's resignation ...
Hi guys, just to say hi from this amazing and fascinating city....listening to Brahms No 1 witb Serkin under Szell on Spotify. Here's a pic of my husband and I on the rooftop pooldeck upon artival last Sunday. Cheers! Such a great record. Wish I could post my evil twin. ..but my apps don't cooperate. ....Cheers!
I'm considering buying the Accardo/Dutoit box of Paganini found here - https://www.amazon.com/Paganini-Accardo-Complete-Recordings-Niccolo/dp/B00004SA88 Does this review summarize it accurately or if anyone owns this and another would you recommend the other? Customer Review Thanks I just played Mozart Edition CD7 Sym 24, 26, K196, 29, 32 Now playing this video. Both sound great to me.
I have the Accardo box but have not gone beyond the first listen, which probably happened a number of years ago ...
Starting Prokofiev Symphony 3, all live recordings in this set. What are the best performances from Gulda/Brilliant Classics Beethoven sonatas? I usually go through the named sonatas first to get a feel for a complete cycle, since it's unfeasible time wise to listen to an entire cycle if I'm not enjoying the named ones. I have so far just listened to Pathetique and it's a serviceable performance, and not much beyond that. I was not moved by the performance. Annie Fischer on Hungaroton remains my favorite.
Some folks actually think the BC version of Gulda Beethoven Sonatas to be better than the Decca version. I have the BC version and that Decca version came much later ...
It is indeed the Brilliant Classics/Amadeo that has received good reviews by critics and George P (whose tastes often align with mine) mentioned it in the mega box thread.
To my ears Gulda's Beethoven Sonatas cycle that was released by Brilliant Classics is generally competent and certainly not bad, but not much more than that, he more or less stays on the surface, i.e. doesn't go very "deep" into the music. There are more rewarding sets in my opinion, like 1960s Arrau, Kempff's 1950s mono cycle (his 1960s stereo remake isn't bad either), the incomplete Gilels and Solomon, and Sviatoslav Richter and Rudolf Serkin have done several sonatas. Brendel's second and third cycles, both on Philips (now Decca), and András Schiff's recent cycle are personal favourites, but they are an acquired taste. Lucchesini is good, and Brautigam is the one to get if a good sounding fortepiano is preferred. It took me a while to appreciate François-Frédéric Guy's cycle, but it's grown on me. There are more, of course, but let me stop here P.S. Annie Fischer's cycle is good, but maybe a bit too "constructed" - ske kept redoing stuff over and over again because she was never satisfied, and maybe that did the music more harm than good in the end. Schnabel's Beethoven belongs in every classical collection in my opinion.
Thank you very much, I am familiar with nearly all of the "classics" from that list, I will check out Andras Schiff and also need to hear Serkin's post-humous Op.110. Not much depth is exactly how I would characterize Gulda's Pathetique and I was wondering if it was perhaps just not one of his better ones, though to miss on Pathetique is IMO a cardinal sin . Fischer's is not without its flaws and I only listen to selected works from it these days. Pathetique is one of the good ones.