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Shostakovich as piano soloist in his own piano concertos. :eek:
Excellent mono sound - Cluytens conducting.
Streuth! - what a fabulous pianist our Dmitri was.
He takes them a fair bit faster than we are generally used to these days.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1KcCGOFtkt3vzKwOYTmgTs
Awesome performance of Saint Saens' 2nd piano concerto by Shura Cherkassky with .... wait for it .... the Sofia Phil, as recorded live by Bulgarian Radio. :)
https://open.spotify.com/album/5SaIeznKQFJFi8ytoQC2Ef
Also on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuYQOabkdfA
More Andriessen - very enjoyable. :thumbsup:
Big orchestral - confident and bold.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3rxjzjUEJcZwUJvz3TiT4H
1] Sena Jurinac at the top of her game with Schumann's Frauenliebe & Leben and Liederkreis, Op.39~
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2] Dominique My and Ensemble Modern with Rihm's Jagden und Formen ~
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A somewhat inferior performance to a recording I made of the piece broadcast by Radio 3's 'Here and Now' from the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin some years ago.
Hmm. I'm a bit baffled by the recent turn of events.
I usually find "historic" mono recordings unlistenable.
But last night I was having a desperate time finding a Brahms 4th that hit the spot.
I tried a lot of the usual suspects .... Wand, Karajan, Kleiber, Jochum, Janowski, Bohm, Chailly, Abbado, Klemperer. Klemperer came close, but no, not quite there.
Then in desperation I thought Furtwangler. Cor, no, he don't half maul it about. Gruesome sound, too.
OK - why not, give it a go ..... Toscanini. ..... Bingo! :yay:
Fantastic - and the mono sound is tolerable - the performance is so mind boggling I soon forgot about the sq.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1rs4KbFIE8TGsdc9Xb6ddC
So I am now exploring more of Toscanini's output. Beethoven so far - the 5th then the 6th. :thumbsup:
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1ADFcXPXB0JTwz4FTPhAPr
Toscanini - whodathunkit? Not me. :scratch:
Yesterday eve's listening dominated by YouTube for some reason.
Superb renderings all - Sokolov's Schubert a little dreamy, his op110 Beethoven sonata eye poppingly dramatic and Arthur Rubinstein's Saint Saens concerto jaw droppingly amazing - just watch the elderly Rubinstein tickle the ivories in an astonishing display of virtuosity. :eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCvJZtzkqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G4i...CMC3d0&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQE1...CMC3d0&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCvJZtzkqQ
For reasons outside the scope of AOS, conductor Christopher Seaman came under the spotlight chez Jerry.
I went back to his Barber VC, mentioned previously, to start with - excellent orchestral support - full of Barberian life and energy.
Then this RVW2 - another good'un.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3Exv3AvuRRWhRZVCDyPT5i
And this Rach PC3 is excellent as well. Defo one of the better ones I have heard. :thumbsup:
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https://open.spotify.com/album/5NfVHbeUazXT1ez67EFLtM
Pleasantly soulful for a restful Sunday morning ... :violin: :)
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https://open.spotify.com/album/7vGbxhXpbgnSELH4nA5W8Y
Jerry, I no longer use Spotify but reading your posts makes me think I may have been a bit hasty!