Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #45)

Vol. 1
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.83 (LSO/Coates) (1929)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto N0.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 (LSO/ Barbirolli) (1932)

Vol. 2
Chopin
1.Waltz No. 2, Op. 34, No. 1 In A-Flat Major
2.Waltz No. 7, Op. 64, No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor
3.Mazurka No. 23, Op. 33, No. 2 In D Major
4.Mazurka No. 35, Op. 63, No. 1 In B Major
5.Mazurka No. 39, Op. 63, No. 1 In B Major
Liszt
6.Consolation No. 3 In D-Flat Major
7.Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 In E Major
8.Liebestraum No. 3 In A-flat Major
Rachmaninoff
9.Prelude, Op. 3 , No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor
Debussy
10.Preludes, Book I: No. 10: La cathedrale engloutie
11.Pour le piano, No. 1: Prelude In A Minor
Ravel
12.Le tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
Grandos
13.Goyescas, No. 4: The Maiden And The Nightingale
Falla
14.El Amor Brujo: Dance Of Terror
15.El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Villa-Lobos
16. Prole Do Bebe, Book I: No. 2: Moreninha
17. Prole Do Bebe, Book I: No. 6: A pobrezinha
18. Prole Do Bebe, Book I: No. 7: O Polichinelo
(1929-1937)

Vol. 3
Brahms
1-4 Pno Qt No.1 in g, Op.25 with the Pro Arte Qt
5-8 Vn Son No. 3 Op. 108 with Paul Kochanski (1932)
9-11 Vc Son No.1 in e, Op.38 with Gregor Piatigorsky (1936)

Vol. 4
Chopin
1. Polonaise No.1 in c#, Op.26, No.1
2. Polonaise No.2 in e flat, Op.26, No.2
3. Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40, No.1 ('Military')
4. Polonaise No.4 in c, Op.40, No.2
5. Polonaise No.5 in f#, Op.44
6. Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 ('Heroic')
7. Polonaise-Fant in A flat, Op.61
8. Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in E flat, Op.22: Andante Spianato
9. Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in E flat, Op.22: Grande Polonaise
10. Barcarolle in F#, Op.60
11. Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
(1928,1932,1935)

Vol. 5
Chopin
The 2 Concertos
19 Nocturnes
(1937, 1931, 1936/37)

Vol. 6
Chopin
Mazurkas
4 Scherzos
(1938/39, 1932)

Vol. 7
Isaac Albeniz, Gabriel Faure, Cesar Franck, Francis Poulenc
1. Son in A: Allegro Bene Moderato - Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz
2. Son in A: Allegro - Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz
3. Son in A: Recitativo - Fantasia - Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz
4. Son in A: Allegro Poco Mosso - Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz
5. Nocturne No.3 in A flat, Op.33
6. 3 Movts Perpetuels
7. Napoli Ste: Barcarolle
8. Napoli Ste: Nocturne
9. Napoli Ste: Caprice Italienne
10. Cordoba, Op.232 No.4
11. Sevillanas (Ste Espanola No.3)
12. Evocacion (Iberia No.1)
13. Triana (Iberia, No.6)
14. Navarra
(1929.1937,1938,1947)

Vol. 8
Bach:Toccata,Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564 (11/1934)
Schubert:Impromptus D.899 no.4 (04/18/1928)
Sonata D.894,3rdmovement (10/29/1936)
Schumann:Romances Op.28 no.2 (04/02/1937)
Arabeske Op.18 (10/01/1937)
Kinderszenen Op.15 no.7
Myrthen Op.25 no.1 (10/01/1947)
Brahms Pieces for Piano Op.76 no.2 (03/09/1928)
Rhapsodies Op.79 no.2 (04/03/1937)
Songs Op.49 no.4 (10/01/1947)
Valse-Caprice (11/07/1935)

Vol.9
Mozart Piano Concerto no.23 (John Barbirolli,01/09/1931)
Beethoven Piano Concerto no.4 (Sir Thomas Beecham,09/30/1947)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Walter Susskind,09/16/1947)

Vol.10
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 13 (08/26/1946)
Brahms: Rhapsodies Op.79 no.1,no.2
Intermezzo,Op.117 no.1,2; Op.118 no.2,6;Op.119 no.3;Op.76 no.2
Ballade Op.118 no.3
Hungarian Dance no.4
Wiegenlied Op.49 no.4 (1941,1947)

Vol.11
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.81a (12/31/1940)
Cesar Franck: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue
Gershwin: Preludes
Szymanowski: Mazurkas
Darius Milhaud; Heitor Villa-Lobos; Franz Liszt etc(1945,1946)

 

Thanks.

So can you get some (if not all) of that in a set, or do you have to order them separately? I can't find Vol. 9 on amazon.co.uk but I can find Vol. 8, for instance.

 

Vanska's recording of Sibelius' Sixth symphony is exemplary.

 

They were all (except Vol. 82, I think) available separately, so used copies should be out there. No sets, unless you want the whole shebang.

 

Enjoying Symphony 6 from Jochum tonight.

 

From that box or the Icon box?

 

The cover shown is of digital recordings made 11/2/84 (Walthamstow Assembly Hall/Stanley Goodall,engineer) & 2/9/85 (St.Barnabas,Woodside Park/John Dunkerley,engineer).

 

Thanks for the endorsement. I've shied away from Vanska as a result of what I considered a very disappointing Beethoven 9th some years ago. Since this disk has the two Sibelius symphonies I enjoy the most, I guess I'll give it a try.

 

Wow.i've got to know what kind of plane that is.

 

what a fantastic album cover!

 

what a fantastic album cover!

 

Happy Birthday J. S.! Thanks for having been born.

 

I have that set (in a different box). For me, Bruckner was an acquired taste, and I find the 6th Symphony the most difficult to warm to. I actually played the first movement on repeat several times last week, trying to grapple with it.

 

I have it in the ICON set myself, I just prefer the cover that I posted. Bruckner didn't click right away for me either, but it was Jochum who cracked the door open. Celibidache's EMI recordings are what really made me a fan of Bruckner. However, these days, I am not sure who I enjoy more. I am glad to have both. FWIW, Wand and Karajan curiously did little for me in this repertoire, while their Beethoven symphonies are among my favorites.

 

Enjoying Symphony 7 from Jochum and the Dresden today, from the fabulous ICON box.

 

Celebrating with Savall/Hespèrion XX's "Kunst der Fuge" now.

 

Now the 7th I like.

 

Just finished listening to this.

 

Ah yes, the mind is a terrible thing to waste. This disc is installed in one of my multiple disc players, and I was relying on my memory on its particulars. I've forgotten that the Ashkenazy Mozert PC project straddled the analog/digital eras, and were not all recorded at Kingsway.

 

For anyone looking for the Arrau/Chopin box, Presto seems to have located a few copies.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4806186

They also have a complete Haydn/Hogwood symphony cycle (which I had never seen before).

 

For Bach's birthday today:

 

Now listening. ^

I find I always seem to come back to this version of the Brahms 2nd - what is your favorite version?

Cliburn's lyricism in the Rachmaninov Rhapsody always gets me as well.

 

I keep going back to Brahms Symphony with the oversized piano part. My ideal would couple Furtwängler's conducting with Andre Watt's piano, though Bernstein is a fair enough collaborator with Watts. Sviatoslav Richter's great, Rudolf Serkin's great [though the Szell recording is technically atrocious], Arrau's great. Definitely a favorite work.

 

So many great Brahms Piano Concerto recordings! Cliburn has yet to win me over for this (or really any) work. I reach for Barenboim/Barbirolli, Gilels/Jochum, Richter/Maazel (his favorite recording of the work, not the Leinsdorf), Fleisher/Szell, Serkin/Szell, Moravec or Arrau. My favorite is yet to be determined, but I would think my finalists would be Barenboim, Richter and Arrau for the second PC. And if I had to guess now, it would be Barenboim. It's a wonderfully rich, romantic reading. And best of all, it's only $5 new for the 1st and 2nd PC on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000B668WW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

 

Now enjoying another recent addition to my Rubinstein Collection collection, Volume 7 featuring performances from 1929-47.