Have any of you listened to Vikingur Ollafson's new Mozart recording, it is playing of stupendous quality. It is the type of playing that makes you say it's only Mozart then you start saying listen to those runs they are super fast and crystalline and then you start saying they are not only fast and super clear they don't slow down the impetus of the piece one jot. No this is one truly great pianist.
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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@jim204 -- I actually listened to Vikingur Ollafsson's Mozart earlier today. It seems his DG album was featured on my Qobuz home page. Yeah, he's truly excellent, and I enjoyed the heck out of his readings. But he still needs a bit more time to fully tap the depths that lie beneath the stuff that the kid from Salzburg brought to us. In other words, I'm still not ready to give up Perahia or Brendel. |
@edcyn928 Yes I wholeheartedly agree about these young pianists needing more time to mature but so do all pianists and not just the young. i do think Perahia a much better pianist than Brendel was but that is only me. I spent a life time going to the Edinburgh Festival every year only to get jaded with Brendel with his mannerisms and finger slips and he certainly never ever had the technique that Olaffson has but I have never heard Schubert played live better than Brendel, but I for sure will stick with Olaffson. |
Johann Strauss WALTZES Wiener Symphoniker Yakov Kreizberg PentaTone 2006 SACD Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 "Emperor Waltz" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4f-EWGp2iw An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 "The Beautiful Blue Danube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfDiR2Ie7k Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 "Tales from the Vienna Woods" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP22qGAZQ4I Cheers |
Jim, I played this Mozart on same record I have today. What do you think of this lady, Jim . I rather like it https://youtu.be/MmX-lVH3XWU |
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