@jcazador Jeremy i used to love Nathan Milstein and back when I used vinyl I had the main violin concertos and the Bach Sonatas and Partitas and I just loved him. You are talking about the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and the last time I heard it in person was up in Glasgow and it was going to be Ida Haendel playing it. Unfortunately Haendel was ill that night and she was going to be replaced by someone called Nigel Kennedy. Well we sat back and out rolled this little boy to play this tiger of a concerto and all we knew about him at the time was he was a student at the Menuhin School. He dully launched into the work and astonished us with his prowess for a boy he was certainly some player. I am really saddened by what has happened to him over the years because it seems that he squandered his talent but I suppose that is what burnout does to us no matter what you are good at. So sad.
Classical Music for Aficionados
I would like to start a thread, similar to Orpheus’ jazz site, for lovers of classical music.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
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Konstantin Scherbakov Been listening to his Shostakovich preludes, Liszt and Lyapunov Transcendental Etudes, and now his Rachmaninov, mostly especially the Morceaux de fantaisie (5), for piano, Op. 3 and Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano, Op. 22 . As good as it gets. Here is a review (or two): https://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninov-Sonata-Variations-Morceaux-Fantaisie/dp/B06Y18QWFY |
The Russians always say it takes a Russian to play Russian music . After hearing this small but great masterpiece of Rachmaninoff I am inclined to agree . https://youtu.be/XfDreatXYeU |
I heard Milstein in recital months before he died, in Chicago. The outstanding memory is of hom playing the Bach Second Partita (the one with the great Chaconne), simply staggering playing, particularly for an Octagenarian. After he died many CDs were issued on labels such as Doremi of live Milstein concerts through the years, and that Bach Partita was a staple of through the years, so it must have been firmly in his fingers until the end. Milstein DG set of the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas is still my favorites. |
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