Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #34)

it's george szell with the cleveland symphony... presumably the same performance as what's on emi.

 

From here:

Concerto No.5 for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat, Op.73

29,30/4&1,4/5/1968 - Cleveland - Cleveland S.O./Szell
MELODIYA S 01795-804 (5LP)
MELODIYA S 01803-04 (LP)
MELODIYA D 024623-24 (LP)

 

Anyone have any experience with any of the Rise of the Masters series on Amazon MP3? Good start to classical for someone like myself, or a waste of money?

 

Shostakovich Symphonies

Robin, have you heard any of Mariss Jansons's EMI recordings of Shostakovich Symphonies with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, et al.? What do you think?

 

And you wanna be my latex salesman.

 

Not sure if anyone did a heads up on this yet. Looks pretty amazing for around a hundred bucks. http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=4783566&cookie_test=1

 

Dear SHMF member and friend.

No worries. Remember beauty is in the eyes and ears of the beholder! With that said, I respect your opinion regarding any composer or his music. When I said brilliant I mean that the "treble" is a little to rich for my ears. Could be the concert hall and or the microphones back in 1961. But the key factor, that caught my eye was that the composer was seated in the audience during this live performance. I sure hope he gave it a good grade. Upward and Onward. I like all of Shostakovich's Symphonies, Ballets and Overtures, and Operas. Bernstein's version of D.S. Symphony No. 5 to me is Brilliant and Powerful.

Cheers, Long Play Fan.

 

The 1959 studio recording or the 1979 live one from Japan?

 

Another rare piece of Vinyl from across the Pond released by High Fidelity Magazine in 1958.

 

Eddie, the "only" version I have and heard is:

Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 5, Bernstein, NYP.

Columbia MS 6115 Released in 1959. I have two Stereo and 2 mono LP copies
acquired from local thrift stores.

cheers, Long Play Fan.

 

I love Walter, especially his Brahms. Just listened to this LP

 

Walter fans might like to know his Mahler is coming back to the catalog in Sony Classical Masters series... looks like another batch of these boxes is on the way, I also see new Stokowski, a Heifetz Beethoven box and more...

http://www.amazon.com/Bruno-Walter-Conducts-Mahler/dp/B006XOBFTM/

 

Not Robin, and I'm not authorized to speak on his behalf, so pardon the intrusion. But I could not resist as several years ago I saw Jansons conduct the Sixth here in Philadelphia and it was one of the three or four greatest orchestral concerts I've ever been to (and in fact it was the concert where I "discovered" what is the best seat in Verizon Hall -- front row, second tier, which apparently is no secret as it's now almost always sold out with only an occasional single available). I have all of the EMI discs and I think he is the supreme Shostakovich conductor of our time.

Interestingly, I didn't realize how old he was; he's nearly 70. For some reason I always regarded him as closer to Rattle's generation, not Muti's and Abbado's. Anyhow IMHO he's on that level.

 

A ringing endorsement. Thanks, I'll have to check some of this out.

 

Just got the catalog for the L.A. Phil season 2012-13 subscription renewal. I have one word for the programing next season.. wow.

 

Aficionados of the Compact Disc Format. Does anyone know if this Recording is available in either CD or SACD format.

RCA Victor LM-6094 LSC-6094 Recorded in France. Library of Congress R61 - 1087-88-89-90. Release Date: 1961.

Albeniz: "Iberia" (complete orchestral version) [ TT 60:06 mins ]

Ravel: "Rapsodie Espagnole"

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

Jean Morel, conducting

I picked this LP from KPRI-FM a local classical music radio station that changed to a Pop Music format. LP Price $1.50 Year of Purchase 1961

 

Discuss.

I think YNS ("Yannick," as we're all being encouraged to call him) is generating enthusiasm for the Phila O this season and next. The programming is not all that adventurous (it's Philadelphia, after all), but it does look good.

 

I assume you have the Kondrashin Melodiya set (the best sounding edition is the one with the eyeglasses on the cover) and or some Mravinsky or Rohdestvensky? Those are my picks for Shostakovich symphonies.

 

i have some Russian Disc CDs of Mravinsky but can't find any of him conducting Shostakovich.i have a feeling i have more than i can find now,so i'll keep looking.

 

Decca Eloquence issued this on CD along with music by Chabrier & Bizet.Amazon is showing it as available for $ 9.82.recorded 9/19-23/59,
Maison de la Chimie,Paris.producers:Michael Williamson (mono) & Ray Minshull
(stereo).engineer:Kenneth Wilkinson.

 

http://www.laphil.com/tickets/calendar-fullseason.cfm?season=2012

my choices

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 (10/4 and 10/5)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (10/6 and 10/7)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Robin Ticciati, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No.


Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano

: Program to include:
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Strauss: Burleske

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

Nielsen: Maskarade Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Martin Grubinger, percussion

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil co-commission)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Holst: The Planets


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Midori, violin

Kodály: Háry János Suite
Eötvös: Violin Concerto (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

Dutilleux: Shadows of Time
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano

Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Vivier: Zipangu
Debussy: La mer
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)


Yuja Wang Piano Recital


Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
Ravel: La valse


Hilary Hahn Recital


That is 13 on my must go to list.

 

a nice slice of 1952-61 avant-garde American music.the Feldman sounds
pretty typical of the Morton Feldman i have heard-slow,static-yet-changing,
quiet,minimal but not Minimalist in the sense of Glass & Reich,which is all to the good as far as i'm concerned.Earle Brown is new to me-louder,more assertive & more in the modernist mainstream.the Brown pieces are trios &
a duet,the Feldman a sextet.some of the players were well-known NYC studio
'cats' who appeared on many pop & jazz recordings.
this was part of a "Contemporary Sound Series" on Time Records,a label which seems to have mostly issued easy-listening/stereo-spectacular-type
LPs along with a few jazz records.

 

Cool, thanks for the info, it's a shame that Walter's Mahler (his 4 and 5 for instance) are not easily available.

 

All these are excellent, for the 5 only, I choose Bernstein as my absolute favorite.

 

No, I do not. I think more highly of DSCH than Pierre Boulez — who once famously called his music 'third-pressing Mahler', referring to cheap olive oil — and British composer/critic Robin Holloway:

...but I am not a big Shostakovich fan. I like some works, dislike others. Prokofiev is more to my liking.