For those who have said they do not enjoy Beethoven, I am posting his most lyrical symphony, his 6th, Pastorale.
Very nice. I wonder if it's available as a standard redbook CD. Will look...
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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Thanks for this one ... I will go for his Strauss and his Rachmaninoff...
There is no objective best interpretation , but there is an historical ranking by universal acclaim (for example Rubinstein Chopin or Sofronitsky Scriabin ) But one thing is certain, each one of us has his own history with music , and in our heart there is the best interpretation ever and sometimes for ever ... our heart judge not our brain ...It is how sometimes we discover some music by being stunned for life ...I was by Scriabin when i stumble on a pianist able to play him ...Sofronitsky stunned me... I am not alone...
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"I will go for his Strauss and his Rachmaninoff..." I don’t know if you are talking about Bruno Walter. I think he is best known for Wagner and Mahler. It is only on Beethoven’s 6th for which he is famous, and only his latter performance at 80. I have a collection of him playing all of Beethoven’s symphonies prior to stereo. Perhaps made in the early fifties. As I said earlier, Carlos Kleiber is almost undisputed on Beethoven’s 5th. I will paste the youtube. I think, however, he also is first rate on Beethoven’s 7th. I have a bunch of Beethoven symphony collections people gave me when they got rid of their vinyl collections. It’s almost confusing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpyRBVTavQ I am listening to Ivan Moravec playing Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto. Not like anything I've heard before. Very impressive. |
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