Spinning Today (Classical version)

[m10]

^ Weird - we must have been listeng to the Tchaik concerto at about the same time, Malcolm.

I'm sort of addicted to Tchaikovsky at the moment. What with the Nutcracker, the first piano concerto, and Eugene Onegin all on the playlist at the moment. I'm off to see an all Tchaikovsky concert in Middlesbrough on the first.

As far as the violin concerto goes, I think I prefer Campoli / Argenta to Heifetz / Reiner. They are both excellent though, and I also like the Viktoria Mullova recording on Phillips.

The Heifetz Brahms is quite bracing and refreshing compared to the (infamously slow but still lovely) Nigel Kennedy that I have on LP. I need to find a knockout version of the Beethoven concerto, which up in till now has failed to engage me in the way that his piano concertos do. I did rather enjoy it live, though.

[jandl100]

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

[m10]

I'll check that out - Karajan is kind of my go-to for Beethoven symphonies, so I'm likely to enjoy that. I'm listening to the 1963 Pastoral symphony now. (I do rather like the late 50s Solti-Vienna-Culshaw third, fifth and seventh though - wish it was a complete cycle.)

The Mullova Tchaikovsky disc has a nice Sibelius, too. Ozawa conducts:

[m10]

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

Ooh, yeah - this is more like it...

[m10]

[jandl100]

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

Ooh, yeah - this is more like it...

To what do you refer?

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Was instructed by an American friend to have a listen to this set ...

https://open.spotify.com/album/5NTCKkq2UgwuSjRvTcPQBJ
Very good. Thanks, Conrad.
Quite varied, too, well worth listening to them all.

[m10]

To what do you refer

The Ferras/Karajan Beethoven - thanks for the tip.

[jandl100]

Aha, right.

try the Ferras HvK Sibelius, too. Stunning.

[m10]

Will do

Right now I'm having a little Easter opera ---


Might have a whirl with Parsifal later if I can get my hands on a libretto...

[m10]

Maybe just the first act for now.