Best "Don Quixote" recording???
Robert Devereaux
I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
of this piece?
Thanks,
--
Robert Devereaux
Author of DEADWEIGHT and WALKING WOUNDED (Dell)
bob...@fc.hp.com
Fort Collins, CO
(970) 229-3423
W. Satterthwaite
In article <4ppksr$s...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>,
Robert Devereaux <bob...@fc.hp.com> wrote:
>
>I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
>the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
>to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
>like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
>of this piece?
>
The Fournier/Szell is hard to beat, and should be available
mid-price.
Bill
JFMist
In article <4ppksr$s...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, bob...@fc.hp.com (Robert
Devereaux) writes:
>I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
>the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
>to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
>like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
>of this piece?
My favorite has been the Fournier/Szell/Cleveland Orchestra performance
which was on a Columbia LP but has not, unfortunately, found its way onto
CD. Of the currently available performances, I would suggest one of the
Paul Tortelier/Rudolf Kempe performances on EMI; the earlier one with the
Berlin Philharmonic, the later one with the Dresden Staatskapelle.
J. Forman
Tor Simensen
Trondheim, Norway, 22/06/96
Robert,
I did'n know this piece untill i bought the newly published EMI Classics
'Jaqueline du Pré'. Beeing a great admirerer of du Pré, I never fail to buy
her recordings. And there i met the exciting DQ introducing me to R Strauss
with bravour. It has become my favourite record, and i strongly reccommend it.
Forman's reccomendation also intrigues me, at DQ evidently is open for
interpretations, and i will try to get that one as well.
If you care, i would like your comments some time.
Good luck.
Regards
Tor Simensen
E-Mail: to...@multinet.no
David Spence
: >
: >I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
: >the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
: >to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
: >like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
: >of this piece?
: The Fournier/Szell is hard to beat, and should be available
: mid-price.
: Bill
The Fournier/Szell may be a little hard to beat, except by the
Fournier/Krauss recording on London/Decca, paired with, IMHO, a definitive
performance of "Also Sprach". I imagine that the Tortelier/Kempe/BPO
recording would be very good. How does it differ from the Dresden
recording?
David d...@neosoft.com
TransfrGuy
I've always had a soft spot for the Feuermann/Ormandy recording from 1940
(currently on a Biddulph CD which I transferred, coupled with the
Feuermann/ Stokowski Bloch "Schelomo"). Not only is Feuermann's playing
as gorgeous as you would expect, but the Philadelphia Orchestra (in its
absolute heyday) play with ravishing beauty under Ormandy's surprisingly
strong direction.
- Mark Obert-Thorn (Trans...@aol.com, who gets no royalties from the
sale of the aforementioned CD)
James C Liu
bob...@fc.hp.com (Robert Devereaux) writes:
>I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
>the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
>to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
>like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
>of this piece?
This reminds me. I have vague memories of a French radio broadcast
performance of D.Q. featuring Janos Starker as the soloist and Jascha
Horenstein conducting. Am I hallucinating, and if not, can anyone
attest to the quality of the performance?
--
/James C.S. Liu "I never say what I mean, but I always
jl...@world.std.com manage to say something similar."
Boston, Massachusetts -- Eugene Ormandy
Robert Devereaux
I was pleased/displeased/nonplussed/plussed to hear Tor Simensen say:
: I did'n know this piece untill i bought the newly published EMI Classics
: her recordings. And there i met the exciting DQ introducing me to R Strauss
: interpretations, and i will try to get that one as well.
: If you care, i would like your comments some time.
I bought the Du Pre recording this week & just listened to it last night.
It's a studio, spur-of-the-moment-let's-turn-the-tape-on recording, with
Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Never before released & quite wonderful. It
makes me want to but all of Du Pre I can find.
BTW, another respondent noted by email, "Hang on for the new DG recording
by the Met Opera Orchestra, under James Levine, with Jerry Grossman as
cello soloist. This is out in Europe, and should be out in the US within
six months."
Have any of you in Europe heard this recording & have comments?
Deryk Barker
James C Liu (jl...@world.std.com) wrote:
: bob...@fc.hp.com (Robert Devereaux) writes:
: >I heard a wonderful recording of the Strauss tone poem *Don Quixote*
: >the other night on the radio, but unfortunately couldn't hang around
: >to hear who was performing it. I have Yo-Yo Ma's rendition, but I'd
: >like to hear if anyone out there has a hands-down favorite recording
: >of this piece?
: This reminds me. I have vague memories of a French radio broadcast
: performance of D.Q. featuring Janos Starker as the soloist and Jascha
: Horenstein conducting. Am I hallucinating, and if not, can anyone
: attest to the quality of the performance?
ONF 24 Feb 1971, Theatre des Champs-Elysees. Issued on Disques
Montaignes TCE8862 as filler for a French Mahler 9 under Horenstein.
You're not hallucinating James, but I'm not enough of a Straussophile
to comment on the performance.
--
Deryk.
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James C Liu
bob...@fc.hp.com (Robert Devereaux) writes:
(re Don Quixote)
>I bought the Du Pre recording this week & just listened to it last night.
>It's a studio, spur-of-the-moment-let's-turn-the-tape-on recording, with
>Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Never before released & quite wonderful. It
>makes me want to but all of Du Pre I can find.
If what you're saying is that you're not familiar with duPre's art, and
want to learn more, a few things worth checking out include a 4-CD set on EMI
called "Les introuvables de J dP" which includes her staggering Elgar concerto
with Barbirolli conducting, a wonderful Dvorak and much else to admire,
and a 2-CD set of the complete Beethoven cello sonatas with husband Daniel
Barenboim accompanying. The high point of this set (for me) is Op. 102/1,
where duPre takes the wayward turns of phrase and ties them together in
sweeping, fully passionate fashion.
Robert Orr
: (re Don Quixote)
: >I bought the Du Pre recording this week & just listened to it last night.
: >It's a studio, spur-of-the-moment-let's-turn-the-tape-on recording, with
: >Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Never before released & quite wonderful. It
: >makes me want to but all of Du Pre I can find.
: If what you're saying is that you're not familiar with duPre's art, and
: want to learn more, a few things worth checking out include a 4-CD set on EMI
: called "Les introuvables de J dP" which includes her staggering Elgar concerto
: with Barbirolli conducting, a wonderful Dvorak and much else to admire,
: and a 2-CD set of the complete Beethoven cello sonatas with husband Daniel
: Barenboim accompanying. The high point of this set (for me) is Op. 102/1,
: where duPre takes the wayward turns of phrase and ties them together in
: sweeping, fully passionate fashion.
Sumptuous was a phrase Jackie liked to use to describe that manuever.
Can also strongly recommend the Beethoven Piano Trios with Barenboim
and Zukerman. Recorded in the mid 60s, these are on EMI and nicely
budget priced set of three cds. There are also three videos put out
by TELDEC and produced by Christopher Nupin (?) which will give you
some wonderful insights into this genius of the cello.
Bob Orr
: --
James C Liu
>Can also strongly recommend the Beethoven Piano Trios with Barenboim
>and Zukerman. Recorded in the mid 60s, these are on EMI and nicely
>budget priced set of three cds. There are also three videos put out
>by TELDEC and produced by Christopher Nupin (?) which will give you
>some wonderful insights into this genius of the cello.
I'm afraid I can't chime in on this one. I wish I could say that I
loved this set, but I never warmed to it -- Ashkenazy/Perlman/Harrell have
a closer sense of ensemble, I think, than these three, and there are many
more involving chamber music performances (Kempff/Szeryng/Fournier on DG,
Cortot/Thibaud/Casals anywhere, the Chungs on EMI, etc.).
Neil Tingley
In article <4quovh$r...@aim.et.iupui.edu>, Robert Orr
<o...@tech.iupui.edu> writes
>: (re Don Quixote)
>: >I bought the Du Pre recording this week & just listened to it last night.
>: >It's a studio, spur-of-the-moment-let's-turn-the-tape-on recording, with
>: >Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Never before released & quite wonderful. It
>: >makes me want to but all of Du Pre I can find.
Boult stepped in for an indisposed Klemperer, who conducted one session
and then broke off.
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