Spinning Today (Classical version)

[jandl100]

I fancied a listen to some early Beethoven piano sonatas but couldn't decide on the pianist, so I tried a few samples ....






To my surprise, it was the Jando I stayed with.
He has a lightness of touch and a carefree sense of impetuous power that makes the music the fun I think it should be, and that seems to elude the others to a greater or lesser extent.
Whodathunkit? Not me.

[jandl100]

Yesterday ..


-- not bad performances, but not wonderful.

[jandl100]

I'd forgotten how good Wand's Brahms is - listened to the whole symphony cycle




Hey, this guy's good if you like Baroque music ....

[Desmo]

Hey, this guy's good if you like Baroque music ....

Thanks Jerry - never heard of him, I'll see what I can find. I'm planning on hitting some record stores in London this afternoon if I get time.

[rdpx]

This is f@#%ing fantastic.
I just read that he won a Pulitzer for the piano concerto...

[jandl100]

More Jando ...



Listened to Pictures. A very percussive interpretation, quite striking in its way. Shame there wasn't a bit more weight to the piano sound.



-- ah, lovely. One of my favourite recordings.

[m10]

[dougmon]

-- ah, lovely. One of my favourite recordings.

Mine as well. Her recording of "Music of The Italian Renaissance" is also quite nice.

To keep in the thread, this is what I'm listening to:

[dougmon]

This is one of those "gifts that keeps on giving"...Karl Richter playing Bach.

[jandl100]

Richter-Bach - magnificent!

We've had a friend staying the last week so not much listening done. Some background niceness, and a few more serious tunes ....