Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #19)

Did you get any EMI boxes during the ImportCDs blow-out?

 

Yup that be it....home of Rod Serling from the Original Twilight Zone!

 

Viotti chamber music

There are samples of the album streaming on Amazon. It is not challenging, complex music, just some relatively simple melodies for flute and piano. What you hear is what you get.

 

I love the flute sonatas by Bach. I have the 2 Naxos CDs of these works.

 

No, I did not. I already have many of the EMI box sets and was not actively looking for more.

 

Now playing CD2 from this set for a first listen ...

 

CD2 is the same as the following CD ...

 

Tonight...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy



In response to drh's query in thread #17 about the use of the piano to supplement the chimes (or gongs if you will) in the finale, I found this:

http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/berliozsym.html

I have not heard the recordings cited above, but I can tell you that of my four versions of this piece, the above Ormandy sounds like it may be the closest to Berlioz's wishes regarding the bells. (The others are Dutoit/Montreal, Abbado/Chicago, and Davis/Concertgebouw.) While Ormandy doesn't double the chimes with a piano, his bells are suitably ominous. It almost sounds like he pressed into service that famous cracked bell in his town.

I'm not ready to claim that the Ormandy is the "rip-snorting" performance sought, but his tempi are faster than any of the other ones I have, for what that's worth. (Maybe that's why they had room for two other works on that disc.) Also, those Ormandy era strings are gorgeous.

 

These are the two I have on the shelf. Cannot remember which I preferred, or both.

 

Now:



K 449 features Serkin.

 

My word--the elephant has nothing on you for a memory! Thanks for the info--an interesting read.

 

Absolutely!
She makes a great Violin partner to Manze!!
This CD I own and few others have here is a classic example of how the two work together.

"[Manze and Podger] allow the poetry of Bach's
music to unfold in a comfortably measured, lucidly punctuated
and eloquently inflected way." - Gramophone

 

Ahhhh yes and I have this exceptional one myself that shouldn't be overlooked!!

 

From my cute little girls collection...

Bach
Concerto in d, BWV 1043
Vivaldi
Concerto in c, RV 199
Bach
Concerto in E, BWV 1042
Vivaldi
Concerto in a, Op.3 No. 8. RV 522
Pinchas Zukerman - violin
Midori - violin
Saint Paul Chamber Orch.
Pinchas Zukerman
1986
(Midori at 14)

Nothing like Bach in the morning. Come to think of it, he's good to go anytime.

 

A lovely set.

Do you have the Handel Sonatas for Flute and Recorder?

 

Just picked up this nice little disc. Yevgeny Schubert: Wander Fantasie

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-m...0E51O/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0

I was interested in getting the Liszt transcription of Gretchen am Spinnrade.
He plays it well along with all the other material on the disc. there does not seem to be many versions of this piece on record. i wonder why. It is quite amazing piece of music. Is it just too difficult for most others to take on?

 

Haydn
SQ Op.76 No. 1
Buchberger Quartet
Recorded 2008

and

Haydn
SQ Op.76 No. 1
Quatuor Mosaïques
Recorded 2000

Stark differences. Hubert Buchberger seems to think that this composition should be like Vivaldi's Four Seasons in which he is the feature. In the the Quatuor Mosaïques' recording Christopher Coin's cello is allowed to breathe (not featured) and be on equal ground throughout. Also, the Buchberger performance seems to be like "sharp cheddar" and they try hard to make the composition theirs and not Haydn's. The Mosaïques' recording is better blended and they are truly a quartet throughout without being too soft in their response. The sound engineering on the Mosaïques' is superior as well, though I do pick up a bit of breathing from one or more of the performers. This does not bother me much though, as it does not on the second Vegh LvB cycle, which is my favorite.

 

So, you're trying to tell us that the Buchberger production is kinda cheesy? I guess it's a good thing they chose cheddar and not Swiss, or they would play nothing but hole notes. OK, I now shall retire for the public gouda.

 

From 1967(?) this recital on the turntable:


http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sviatoslav_richter/debussy__preludes__book_ii/

 

Nice!

 

All I have is this Handel Recorder Sonatas.



I think there is newer cover art now?

 

I love the Ormandy version on Sony Essential Classics.

 

Does Jarrett play the harpsichord?

I have Petri with members of the Academy Chamber Ensemble on Philips.

Currently listening to a particularly ghostly "Ghost Trio" courtest of Du Pre, Barenboim and Zukerman.

 

A very good version of Op. 76, one that can be had for a song, is the Kodaly Quartet on Naxos (two volumes). It's always a matter of opinion as which version of any work is "the best" but the Kodaly Quartet certainly does a nice job with Hayden SQ's by any measure.