Anda is great but a honorable mention for Cortot while declaring Romanovksy's recording of the (complete) Etudes Symphoniques the winner is disturbing, to say the least. What's happening to the BBC these days (they were even promoting Parkin's spineless interpretation of the Goyescas)? Romanovsky's version sounds like a box of (very well made, I've to admit) marshmellows.
To say that Anda's BBC recording is the only available is plain
unprofessional. There are no less than seven Anda recordings of
Symphonic Etudes currently available: Testament, Hanssler, Audite,
Orfeo, BBC and two on DG (DG is download only at the moment, but so is
Romanovsky).
>On Oct 21, 1:57 pm, "HvT" <hvtuijl- SPAM- @xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Romanovsky's version sounds like a box of (very well made, I've to admit)
> marshmellows.
It's unclear whether the BBC Romanovsky is the Tchaikovsky; dont think
so.
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:10:20 -0700 (PDT), Sava Savanovic
<mrso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>To say that Anda's BBC recording is the only available is plain
>unprofessional. There are no less than seven Anda recordings of
>Symphonic Etudes currently available: Testament, Hanssler, Audite,
>Orfeo, BBC and two on DG (DG is download only at the moment, but so is
>Romanovsky).
I echo your sentiments about the Anda availability.
On Oct 21, 3:10 pm, Sava Savanovic <mrso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To say that Anda's BBC recording is the only available is plain
> unprofessional. There are no less than seven Anda recordings of
> Symphonic Etudes currently available: Testament, Hanssler, Audite,
> Orfeo, BBC and two on DG (DG is download only at the moment, but so is
> Romanovsky).
Which Anda recording is the one in the Brilliant box?
> On Oct 21, 3:10 pm, Sava Savanovic <mrso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> To say that Anda's BBC recording is the only available is plain
>> unprofessional. There are no less than seven Anda recordings of
>> Symphonic Etudes currently available: Testament, Hanssler, Audite,
>> Orfeo, BBC and two on DG (DG is download only at the moment, but so is
>> Romanovsky).
> Which Anda recording is the one in the Brilliant box?
I am not sure, but believe it to be the later DG recording. The "Troubadour of the piano" DG Box contains one historical recording from the '40ties and one stereo from the 60ties. I figure that the Brilliant Box is a subset of the larger oop DG and probably has the stereo recording.
>On Oct 22, 7:22 am, Dufus <steveha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 22, 3:12 am, longrifle22-fly...@yahoo.co.uk (Don Petter) wrote:
> > Romanovsky is, however, available as a CD:
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Sava Savanovic wrote:
> To say that Anda's BBC recording is the only available is plain
> unprofessional. There are no less than seven Anda recordings of
> Symphonic Etudes currently available: Testament, Hanssler, Audite,
> Orfeo, BBC and two on DG (DG is download only at the moment, but so is
> Romanovsky).
A little web research has turned up 8 Anda recordings, not necessarily
all available.
Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh Festival, 23 August 1955
BBC Legends BBCL41352
This and, I think, the 1956 Salzburg are the only live ones, but I could
be wrong.
I have the DG "Troubadour" set, which includes both the 1943 and the
1963. The same two are included on the Brilliant set, which looks to
me like the solo-piano portion of the Troubadour; but I don't think the
Brilliant is available either at this time.
--
Thanks. That was interesting to listen to (only 2 days left).
It's a bit frustrating to hear different excerpts by different pianists,
and in no case any idea of the coherence of the whole. I rather liked
the Perahia excerpt and, yes, also the LeSage, but we have to take the
reviewer's word for it that their good traits don't work as well overall.
I do, however, have two of Anda's other recordings (1943 and 1963) and
I agree he's very strong in this work -- a very good choice. (I find Cortot harder to take, partly on technical grounds.)
I've heard the work a number of times in concert, the most impressive
of them being by Alexeev a few years ago. There's a 1997 (I think)
recording, on a 2-CD set with late Brahms pieces (available at a
decent used price at Amazon US). Since he didn't appear at all in
the survey, I'm curious if anyone has heard this and can comment.
Thanks.
--
Le vendredi 26 octobre 2012 02:31:26 UTC+2, Al Eisner a écrit :
> I rather liked
> the Perahia excerpt and, yes, also the LeSage, but we have to take the
> reviewer's word for it that their good traits don't work as well overall.
The LeSage Et. Symph. is on an excellent 2cd coupled with Bunte Blätter, Humoreske and the Sonata op. 11. All of these pieces are very well done. Together this 2cd is arguably the high point of Le Sage series, and it shouldn't be so hard to get.
Al Eisner wrote:
> I've heard the work a number of times in concert, the most impressive
> of them being by Alexeev a few years ago. There's a 1997 (I think)
> recording, on a 2-CD set with late Brahms pieces (available at a
> decent used price at Amazon US). Since he didn't appear at all in
> the survey, I'm curious if anyone has heard this and can comment.
> Thanks.
It's from 1977 and 1996. The interpretations are excellent. It's just a matter of taste that I prefer Kempff in Brahms and Anda in Schumann (Salzurg, WDR, BBC).
Gramophone praises Alexeev for his vibrant Brahms and for the exceptional continuity and unity of his Schumann. For once I fully agree.
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, HvT wrote:
> Al Eisner wrote:
>> I've heard the work a number of times in concert, the most impressive
>> of them being by Alexeev a few years ago. There's a 1997 (I think)
>> recording, on a 2-CD set with late Brahms pieces (available at a
>> decent used price at Amazon US). Since he didn't appear at all in
>> the survey, I'm curious if anyone has heard this and can comment.
>> Thanks.
> It's from 1977 and 1996. The interpretations are excellent. It's just a
> matter of taste that I prefer Kempff in Brahms and Anda in Schumann
> (Salzurg, WDR, BBC).
> Gramophone praises Alexeev for his vibrant Brahms and for the exceptional
> continuity and unity of his Schumann. For once I fully agree.
Thanks. That very much matches what I heard from him in concert.
Do you know which works on the set are from which year?
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Herman wrote:
> Le vendredi 26 octobre 2012 02:31:26 UTC+2, Al Eisner a écrit :
>> I rather liked
>> the Perahia excerpt and, yes, also the LeSage, but we have to take the
>> reviewer's word for it that their good traits don't work as well overall.
> The LeSage Et. Symph. is on an excellent 2cd coupled with Bunte Blätter, Humoreske and the Sonata op. 11. All of these pieces are very well done. Together this 2cd is arguably the high point of Le Sage series, and it shouldn't be so hard to get.
Good to know. The LeSage I have ranges (IMO, of course) from very good
indeed to one or two cases which don't hit the mark. As I previously
implied, I've advance-ordered the full set from Presto. By the way,
while the indiividual volumes are fancily packaged, it's largely show rather than substance (I'm picking up on an earlier comment on the
LeSage set), and I don't think the program notes are very good -- so
whatever comes or doesn't come with the set won't be a great loss.
--
Al Eisner wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, HvT wrote:
>> Al Eisner wrote:
>>> I've heard the work a number of times in concert, the most
>>> impressive of them being by Alexeev a few years ago. There's a
>>> 1997 (I think) recording, on a 2-CD set with late Brahms pieces
>>> (available at a decent used price at Amazon US). Since he didn't
>>> appear at all in the survey, I'm curious if anyone has heard this
>>> and can comment. Thanks.
>> It's from 1977 and 1996. The interpretations are excellent. It's
>> just a matter of taste that I prefer Kempff in Brahms and Anda in
>> Schumann (Salzurg, WDR, BBC).
>> Gramophone praises Alexeev for his vibrant Brahms and for the
>> exceptional continuity and unity of his Schumann. For once I fully
>> agree.
> Thanks. That very much matches what I heard from him in concert.
> Do you know which works on the set are from which year?
Brahms Op. 76 and Op. 116 was recorded in 1979, Brahms Op. 117-119 in 1976 and Schumann in 1987.
>On Oct 26, 12:00 pm, Robert Marshall <s...@capuchin.co.uk> wrote:
> Are the podcasts not available outside the UK?
BBC3 will let me listen from the USA to live and to the week of "
listen again" , but not download podcasts as "available only to UK
listeners." BBC4 wont let me listen at all. Fine, as I pay no license.
BBC also wont let me comment in their occasional listener surveys,
which many here would probably agree is a good BBC decision.
Le vendredi 26 octobre 2012 23:10:41 UTC+2, Al Eisner a écrit :
> By the way,
> while the indiividual volumes are fancily packaged, it's largely show
> rather than substance (I'm picking up on an earlier comment on the
> LeSage set), and I don't think the program notes are very good -- so
> whatever comes or doesn't come with the set won't be a great loss.
I agree. The notes don't seem to be up to snuff on the more recent biographical scholarship I'm familiar with. So getting the integrale box is a good idea - it just so happened I have too many single releases already to do so. And I'm a sucker for a pretty cover, alas.
