Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #51)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by George P, Nov 3, 2013.

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  1. Fafner88

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    *cough* Pollini *cough*
     
  2. Robin L

    Robin L Musical Omnivore

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    In what sense?
     
  3. Fafner88

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    Talking about badly recorded/mastered piano in digital.
     
  4. Robin L

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    Odd . . . I'm not at all fond of his piano tone, analog or digital. Having never heard the man in situ, I have no idea if the sound I hear on his DGG records is the sound he makes in concert. Always sounds like bad solid state to me. Love his Schoenberg disc by the way. Another pianist that has attracted bizarre engineering choices is Alexis Weissenberg. There's an EMI collaboration with HvK/Berlin where the piano sounds like it's 18 feet long and made of solid aluminum.
     
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  5. Fafner88

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    I don't know what his piano tone is like, but his DGG early recordings of Chopin etc. are virtually unlistanable because of the way they were recorded.

    LOL, your description of Weissenberg's recordings with Karajan is very accurate. I'm a fan of the Beethoven concerto cycle, but I have to admit that the piano was indeed recorded very oddly. The orchestra sounds glorious though.
     
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  6. Robin L

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    I was lucky enough to record and meet Peter Serkin. He has an exceptional quality of touch that eludes the microphone. I have not heard his father in concert, but the tone Rudolf Serkin produced was not congenial to the microphone. The instruments and music with the farthest dynamic extremes—Dramatic Sopranos, Virtuoso music for grand piano—are the most likely to blow out a microphone, overload it with too much level. And a piano has an unusual complexity of sound. Not an easy instrument to get right. I've had my best luck by using a pair of small diaphragm omnis spaced about 30 inches apart and about four feet up, positioned at the tail of the instrument, about a foot or two from the instrument. Plenty of bass, the image "centers" itself in your stereo-opticon, providing a more realistic presentation.
     
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  7. Fafner88

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    Interesting, is this recording available on a commercial CD?
     
  8. Fafner88

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    Hands down, the best Tintagel out there.

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  9. Robin L

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  11. sgb

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    Add Kempff and Anda to that list; Richter is often right at the line, and I mean in both analog and digital.
     
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  12. 5-String

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    Speaking of well recorded piano cds, here's one that tops my list. Rachmaninov's ghost playing some of his music.

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    NB: My recommendation is only for the sound quality of this cd and not for the zenph re-performance.
     
  13. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    I have that and will listen to it tonight.
     
  14. sgb

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    Of late I've moved to the digital sound for best piano reproduction. It has already been mentioned that wow and flutter degrade piano — and other stringed instruments, often — tremendously. I maintain, too that the quality of one's home playback equipment is crucial to satisfactory piano sound.
     
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  15. John S

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    Anyone with a favorite Ravel Daphnis and Chloe to recommend?
    I have this as my one-and-only, and I like it well enough, except for the fact that the whole nearly one hour work is indexed on one track (3 suites). This isn't a deal breaker as I tend to listen to it all straight through. Audio is acceptable, in spite of its early digital provenance. Performance wise I can't fault it, but I don't have a lot of listening experience:

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    I see you can still get the Munch/Boston SACD cheap, and of course the Monteaux/London 1959 recording is supposed to be THE ONE.....
    I'm also curious about more modern accounts.
     
  16. George P

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    The Munch would be my recommendation, John.
     
  17. Fafner88

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    Among modern recordings I recommend very much Boulez/BPO and Abbado/LSO. The Dutiot is also a fine recording.
     
  18. alankin1

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    Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" (Movement I, II-V), Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
    — Maureen Forrester, contralto, Emilia Cundari, soprano — New York Philarmonic & Westminster Choir, John Finlay Williamson, chorus master — Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)

    Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
    — Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano — Columbia Symphony Orchestra — Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)


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  19. sgb

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    My favorite is the overlooked Martinon, which has state of the art sound as a lagniappe. Monteux's famous recording with the LSO would be my second choice for a recording of all 3 suites.

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  20. TeacFan

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    I have been collecting the (small) HP series as they are usually inexpensive & OOP. Just got the above Ravel & plan on listening tonight.
     
  21. alankin1

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    The New York School (hat ART)
    Earle Brown – Folio, Music for Cello and Piano
    John Cage – Variations I, Seven Haiku, Solo for Flute, Alto Flute, and Piccolo
    Morton Feldman – Projection 1, Extension 3, Intersection 4, Duration 2
    Christian Wolff – For Prepared Piano, For 1- 2- or 3 People

    Eberhard Blum, flute, Frances-Marie Uitti, violincello, Nils Vigeland, piano


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  22. John S

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  23. john greenwood

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    just sampled the disc with the two Brahms sonatas. Sounded all right to me.
     
  24. 5-String

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    I agree that it sounds alright but there is something I don't like about the way the violin sounds. There is no warmth or much of a woody tone (for lack of a better word). Maybe I am splitting hairs here but I was wondering if this is the way RCA captured it in the recording, that's why I was asking about the LP, or if it's because of the mastering.
     
  25. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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    I think it's the violinists tone. That guy doesn't have the sweetest tone.
     
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