Brahms's Piano Music
mandryka
I’ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it’s
probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
But I’m enjoying his music so much – early, middle and late – that I
am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
on.
I’ll start this off by mentioning one that I have been completely
overwhelmed by recently – Kocsis in Op 5. The end of the Andante,
especially, has some of the best Brahms playing I have ever heard.
woytek
> of print) recording, with the other 2 Sonatas
> It shows up on EBay now and then, but ends up selling for $300+ each
> time.
>
> The Ballades op 10 are very fine in their austere way. Have you heard
> ABM in these?
I love Richter way with first two piano sonatas. I know three
recordings: great Mantova recording from Decca, not so good version
from Tours on Philips (right now included in Richter the master Decca
series) and the best of them all Praga version which is I'm afraid not
available right now. And very interesting early Moscow recording is
available on Sviatoslavrichter.ru site: http://www.sviatoslavrichter.ru/records.php
David Wake
Rubinstein in pretty much anything.
Richter "in Leipzig" in the E flat minor intermezzo is overwhelming.
Gilels in the Ballades.
David
Prince Myshkin
In my opinion, Stephen Kovacevich's Philips recordings of late Brahms
is his finest achievement on record. Ferociously intense at times. I
can imagine some finding it overheated, but for me, it works. I have
long wished that he would record op. 5.
Prince Myshkin
On a tangent, I see that next month, Murray Perahia is releasing a
Brahms album of the Handel Variations, Rhapsodies, op. 118 & 119.
Some don't like him, I know; think his playing pretty and bland. I
think of him as subtle. Usually the longer I live with his
performance of something, the more it grows on me.
bassppn
> On Oct 28, 9:48 am, mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> of print) recording, with the other 2 Sonatas
> It shows up on EBay now and then, but ends up selling for $300+ each
> time.
>
> The Ballades op 10 are very fine in their austere way. Have you heard
> ABM in these?
also try Kempff
AB
Doug McDonald
more of it in large forms as a youth. A term I hear used on his early
style is "granitic" and I think it applies well. The later works are
more subtle.
Doug McDonald
pianomaven
> On Oct 28, 9:48 am, mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> of print) recording, with the other 2 Sonatas
> It shows up on EBay now and then, but ends up selling for $300+ each
> time.
Ridiculous, John. I bought this set when it was still available.
Normal prices. But that's what happens when you have a real
"collector's item". Unfortunately his Mozart disc was never issued on
CD. He has a problem with the "sound" of these DG recordings. It took
me a half hour to talk him into letting me use the Scherzo in his GPE
volume. He simply wouldn't relent on the Op.5 sonata.
TD
mandryka
Well, there are the big sets of variations. A set of variations is a
large form, no?
But yes, not the same form as a sonata.
mandryka
What was his problem with the sound?
I'm playing his Op 5 now and it doesn't sound at all bad to me. The
pianos a bit closely miked and maybe some of the higher notes are a
bit harsh.
Much better sound than DG at their worst -- Pletnev's Chopin, for
example.
Bob Harper
> I like Brahms�s piano music.
>
> I�ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it�s
> probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> on.
>
> overwhelmed by recently � Kocsis in Op 5. The end of the Andante,
> especially, has some of the best Brahms playing I have ever heard.
Sorry to do this, but I'll mention a recording which, AFAIK, has never
been on CD and is unlikely to appear on CD. That is the live performance
of the Fantasies Op. 116 by Antonin Kubalek which appeared ca. 30 years
ago on a Citadel LP. To this day I've never heard another performance of
these pieces that matched this one. Total conviction--all the others
I've heard sound tame by comparison.
Bob Harper
Steve Emerson
<3143dff5-920c-4f1c...@j25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
pianomaven <1pian...@gmail.com> wrote:
The sound on Op 5 is bad, he's right. It's also a completely
unremarkable performance.
John, if you're reading this, please drop me an e-mail. I sent one to
you a while back and it bounced.
SE.
Matthew�B.�Tepper
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> Rubinstein in pretty much anything.
>
> Richter "in Leipzig" in the E flat minor intermezzo is overwhelming.
>
> Gilels in the Ballades.
In the Capriccio Op. 76 #2 ... B�la Bart�k! Really.
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mandryka says...
>
>I like Brahms=92s piano music.
>
>I=92ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it=92s
>probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
>am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
>stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
>channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
>on.
I strongly recommend the relatively recent recording of op. 118 by Wu Han on an
Artist-Led CD that also features excellent recordings of the two cello sonatas
with David Finckel. Wu Han plays throughout with great imagination.
Donning my asbestos suit (as we used to say here), I also love all of Glenn
Gould's solo Brahms recordings, especially the Ballades, which he plays with
remarkable feeling.
SPAM- @xs4all.nl HvT
"mandryka" <howie...@googlemail.com> schreef in bericht
news:fd55fa84-27a6-4a08...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
>But I�m enjoying his music so much � early, middle and late � that I
>am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
>stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
>channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
>on.
The only version of the first sonata I revisit is Petrov's, on a Melodya CD,
coupled with Baskirov's version of the second sonata.
Among the many recordings of Op. 116-119 I like in particular Markus Groh's
on Avie. There is a certain ease in his approach to these pieces that
reminds me (vaguely, of course) of Rubinstein (the greatest Brahms
performer).
Gavrilyuk performs the Paganini Variations, if you want a truly brilliant
version by a youngster (in the way of Cziffra).
Henk
Steve Emerson
<fd55fa84-27a6-4a08...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I like Brahms�s piano music.
>
> I�ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it�s
> probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
> But I�m enjoying his music so much � early, middle and late � that I
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> on.
Sonata 1 Katchen, Masselos
Sonata 2 Freire (Internet radio), Arrau
Sonata 3 Bashkirov (Melodiya/Bukok), Gelber (Denon), Rubinstein,
Sokolov, Vedernikov, Kempff
Schumann Variations Webster
Ballades ABM, Gould, Gilels (live only), Kempff
Rhapsodies Argerich and many others
Handel Variations Gelber, Jacqueline Eymar, Anievas
Paganini Variations Arrau, ABM, Rodriguez
Late works Webster, Neuhaus, Cliburn, Leonskaja, Gieseking, Gilels,
Schliessman, Grimaud, and others
SE.
mandryka
> In article <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
Op 117/3 is very good in the final third, where he brings out the
counterpoint. Or maybe he finds voice which aren't really there. I
don't know. But it is memorable.
mandryka
> "mandryka" <howie.st...@googlemail.com> schreef in berichtnews:fd55fa84-27a6-4a08...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
I've never heard Cziffra's PVs. Is it an interesting performance?
What do you make of Nicholas Angelich's PVs? I couldn't see what the
fuss was about at first, but slowly , with repeated listening, I'm
starting to enjoy them.
The Petrov is here, right?
I'm quite tempted by that. I only know the first sonata through
Richter and I kind of thought it wasn't very interesting music for
me. But clearly Richter thought highly enough of it to take it on.
wimpie
>
> - Show quoted text -
What I have never quite understood with Zimerman: when he was
dissatisfied with the sound of his recordings, why did he choose to
stay with DGG? He could have moved to Philips when they were still
active (and this was of course definitely the case when Zimerman
stopped making solo recordings after 1992/3!) and could have made I
don't know how many great recordings that will never see the day
now... And, something else that baffles me, how is it possible that
such a major company DGG cannot provide a pianist with the "right"
sound? Or did Philips only have the secret? Or is Zimerman such a
perfectionist that even that wouldn't have been good enough for him?
W.
mandryka
> In article
> <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
>
That's the sort of thing I was expecting from you
The Masselos seems pretty hard to find. which is a shame because I’m
curious about what can be done with the first sonata. There’s a
torrent – but it looks dead.
Do you know the Kocsis Op 5? I don’t have the Bashkirov (I have the
second sonata)
I'm glad to see you mention Schliessman. I love his Schumann CD. So I
will get the Brahms -- I was looking for an excuse to buy it. Have you
heard his Goldberg Variations?
I haven't got anyone doing the Op 9 Schumann Variations so if you're
ever in the mood to transfer the Webster I will buy you a drink next
time you're in London.
Rodriguez hmm? That's another one I don’t know anything about. I like
the Paganini Variations maybe more that any other Brahms piece.
Glad you mentioned Gieseking -- I get a lot of pleasure from his late
pieces. And the Op 76.
Steve Emerson
<363d5bbd-750e-4692...@j25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 28, 9:02�pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > �mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > I like Brahms1s piano music.
> >
> > > I1ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it1s
> > > probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
> >
> > > But I1m enjoying his music so much - early, middle and late - that I
> > > am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> > > stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> > > channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> > > on.
> >
> > Sonata 1 Katchen, Masselos
> > Sonata 2 Freire (Internet radio), Arrau
> > Sonata 3 Bashkirov (Melodiya/Bukok), Gelber (Denon), Rubinstein,
> > Sokolov, Vedernikov, Kempff
> >
> > Schumann Variations Webster
> >
> > Ballades ABM, Gould, Gilels (live only), Kempff
> >
> > Rhapsodies Argerich and many others
> >
> > Handel Variations Gelber, Jacqueline Eymar, Anievas
> >
> > Paganini Variations Arrau, ABM, Rodriguez
> >
> > Late works Webster, Neuhaus, Cliburn, Leonskaja, Gieseking, Gilels,
> > Schliessman, Grimaud, and others
> >
> > SE.
>
> That's the sort of thing I was expecting from you
I forgot to mention Moravec's late Brahms, which is magnifique. Both
Connoisseur (and on VAI CD, I think) and Nonesuch. The Nonesuch is the
coupling for the splendid Kinderszenen (different from the Supraphon),
which I know you're curious about....
> The Masselos seems pretty hard to find. which is a shame because I�m
> curious about what can be done with the first sonata. There�s a
> torrent � but it looks dead.
>
> Do you know the Kocsis Op 5? I don�t have the Bashkirov (I have the
> second sonata)
I never got around to the Kocsis, which hung around at Berkshire for a
very long time. Thanks for suggesting it.
Bashkirov Melodiya -- you must hear it:
http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=32731
> I'm glad to see you mention Schliessman. I love his Schumann CD. So I
> will get the Brahms -- I was looking for an excuse to buy it. Have you
> heard his Goldberg Variations?
No, but there are two Schumann CDs. A Kreisleriana/Sym. Etudes, and
another with a knockout Fantasy.
> I haven't got anyone doing the Op 9 Schumann Variations so if you're
> ever in the mood to transfer the Webster I will buy you a drink next
> time you're in London.
Check Youtube. I can vouch for the transfer.
> Rodriguez hmm? That's another one I don�t know anything about. I like
> the Paganini Variations maybe more that any other Brahms piece.
Rodriguez is -- riveting.
http://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Brahms-Johann-Sebastian-Bach/dp/B00004WK6Z
/
They seem to offer MP3s as well.
> Glad you mentioned Gieseking -- I get a lot of pleasure from his late
> pieces. And the Op 76.
SE.
M. A.
>
> On Oct 28, 8:51 pm, "HvT" <hvtuijl- SPAM- @xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Gavrilyuk performs the Paganini Variations, if you want a truly
> > brilliant version by a youngster (in the way of Cziffra).
>
I remember Cziffra's performance as quite straining and haven't revisited it
since.
In the Paganini Variations, my vote goes to Arrau, early Michelangeli and
Anda (BBC).
M. A.
O
<31c90873-08af-4e82...@u17g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I was going to mention how good Gould is as well. On seccond thought,
I will.
-Owen
pianomaven
> In article
> <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
>
Among the many you seem either to discount or not to know there is one
glaring omission.
Katchen in Op. 5.
A real performance by the young Katchen which brings this music - with
its weak mvts. 4-5 - to life in a manner unparalleled in my
experience. It was, indeed, the first recording of any solo piano on
Decca and remains for me the touchstone, a riveting performance by a
fiery your musician at the very height of his powers.
TD
Steve Emerson
<764f5d74-8f36-4a7e...@f33g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
pianomaven <1pian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 28, 4:02 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > I like Brahmsąs piano music.
> >
> > > Iąve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so itąs
> > > probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
> >
> > > But Iąm enjoying his music so much early, middle and late that I
> > > am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> > > stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> > > channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> > > on.
> >
> > Sonata 1 Katchen, Masselos
> > Sonata 2 Freire (Internet radio), Arrau
> > Sonata 3 Bashkirov (Melodiya/Bukok), Gelber (Denon), Rubinstein,
> > Sokolov, Vedernikov, Kempff
> >
> > Schumann Variations Webster
> >
> > Ballades ABM, Gould, Gilels (live only), Kempff
> >
> > Rhapsodies Argerich and many others
> >
> > Handel Variations Gelber, Jacqueline Eymar, Anievas
> >
> > Paganini Variations Arrau, ABM, Rodriguez
> >
> > Late works Webster, Neuhaus, Cliburn, Leonskaja, Gieseking, Gilels,
> > Schliessman, Grimaud, and others
>
> Among the many you seem either to discount or not to know there is one
> glaring omission.
>
> Katchen in Op. 5.
>
> A real performance by the young Katchen which brings this music - with
> its weak mvts. 4-5 - to life in a manner unparalleled in my
> experience. It was, indeed, the first recording of any solo piano on
> Decca and remains for me the touchstone, a riveting performance by a
> fiery your musician at the very height of his powers.
I believe you mean the first Katchen recording, in mono. It's a terrific
performance, and one you and I have discussed many times. I even went so
far as to praise the acuity of including it in the Philips series, vs.
his later, stereo recording. I don't think it's as interesting as the
other Op 5's that I mentioned, but it's certainly noteworthy.
SE.
mandryka
unfortunately I can’t hear it!
The Schliesman recording I was thinking of is the one with
Kreisleriana and the Etudes.
I wonder what you think of Yudina's Brahms. There are the late pieces
and two Recordings of the Handel variations -- the better one I think
is on Meldyia.
And Cherkassky too -- I think his Handel Variations are supremely
entertaining. Same, but less so, for the PVs I think.
And me, I love Pogorelich -- especially in the Op 76 and 117/3. The
117/3 is completely off the wall in a way, but it's very nice poetry,
if you know what I mean. You can imagine Brahms spinning in his grave.
I think SE is being quite mean about the sound quality of Zimerman's
sonata. But being brutally accurate about the quality of the
interpretation :)
And I agree with Dirge about Annie Fischer's Hungarian Peasant
Songs.
SPAM- @xs4all.nl HvT
>I've never heard Cziffra's PVs. Is it an interesting performance?
It's above all a very brilliant performance, and I like it as such. My
favourite version is Anda's.
>What do you make of Nicholas Angelich's PVs? I couldn't see what the
>fuss was about at first, but slowly , with repeated listening, I'm
>starting to enjoy them.
I don't have Angelich's PVs. As a matter of fact I don't have any Angelich
recording. He's one of those excellent pianists I find it difficult to
listen to, for no obvious reason.
>The Petrov is here, right?
>http://www.amazon.com/Great-Piano-Music-World-Romantic/dp/B0002IPYQU/ref=sr_1_1?>s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288297483&sr=1-1
Precisely! It's a pity you already have the Bashkirov.
>I'm quite tempted by that. I only know the first sonata through
>Richter and I kind of thought it wasn't very interesting music for
>me. But clearly Richter thought highly enough of it to take it on.
Petrov's version is also interesting because of the pianism. Petrov's
performance of the sonata proves that he could have been one of the very
great. Somehow it didn't work out that way. Perhaps he was too controlled
during live performances.
Henk
mandryka
>
> > I haven't got anyone doing the Op 9 Schumann Variations so if you're
> > ever in the mood to transfer the Webster I will buy you a drink next
> > time you're in London.
>
> Check Youtube. I can vouch for the transfer.
>
>
> SE.
Yes -- that's nice playing and nice music. Thanks for uploading it.
As it turns out I have a recording of it played by Vanessa Wagner --
but that performance is turgid by comparison.
There's Garrick Ohlsson now of course.
mandryka
> "mandryka" <howie.st...@googlemail.com> schreef in berichtnews:bc060eab-8e1b-484a...@a36g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I've never heard Cziffra's PVs. Is it an interesting performance?
>
> It's above all a very brilliant performance, and I like it as such. My
> favourite version is Anda's.
>
> >What do you make of Nicholas Angelich's PVs? I couldn't see what the
> >fuss was about at first, but slowly , with repeated listening, I'm
> >starting to enjoy them.
>
> I don't have Angelich's PVs. As a matter of fact I don't have any Angelich
> recording. He's one of those excellent pianists I find it difficult to
> listen to, for no obvious reason.
>
> >The Petrov is here, right?
>
> Precisely! It's a pity you already have the Bashkirov.
>
> >I'm quite tempted by that. I only know the first sonata through
> >Richter and I kind of thought it wasn't very interesting music for
> >me. But clearly Richter thought highly enough of it to take it on.
>
> Petrov's version is also interesting because of the pianism. Petrov's
> performance of the sonata proves that he could have been one of the very
> great. Somehow it didn't work out that way. Perhaps he was too controlled
> during live performances.
>
> Henk
If you can find it there's a recording of a concert with some late
Brahms "floating" on the web which is the best I've heard from him --
better than the studio Brahms. Let me know if you can't find it and
you want to try it, and I'll upload it for you.
Another good concert of late Brahms floating around on the web is from
Cassard.
Lots of good French pianists these days. And yet only two French
conservetoires, I think (Paris and Lyon)
mandryka
This recital from Sokolov -- which has quite a bit of late Brahms,
from a concert in Heidelberg in April this year, is well worth
catching. It's much better than his Op 118s on an old LP you may know.
Much less unctious.
There's also a Rotterdam (March 2010) concert in the same upload --
but the Heidelberg has excellent sound.
http://megaupload.com/?d=0UYZ50HG
Let me know if there's a problem and I'll put it on mediafire
Christopher Howell
> There's Garrick Ohlsson now of course.
Deszo Ranki for the op. 4 Scherzo.
His Brahms recital on Harmonia Mundi is generally fine but that's the
piece I remember particularly
Chris Howell
pianomaven
Wrong.
They are all over the place.
Most have some affiliation with Paris. You know the French. Everything
starts and ends in Paris.
TD
pianomaven
>
>
>
>
>
> pianomaven <1pianoma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 28, 4:02 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <fd55fa84-27a6-4a08-83f5-186fcc311...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
>
> > > mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
Well, I put it right up at the top.
I certainly had no memory of your prior advocacy. Steve.
Mind you, this is weak Brahms in my opinion. The last two
movements are almost embarrassing, whoever plays it.
TD
JohnGavin
Steve,
It's the same prefix @gmail.com
Matthew B. Tepper
letters to be typed in news:iacis...@drn.newsguy.com:
> Donning my asbestos suit (as we used to say here), I also love all of
> Glenn Gould's solo Brahms recordings, especially the Ballades, which he
> plays with remarkable feeling.
Made after he had his emotion circuits installed?
Matthew B. Tepper
to be typed in news:733addc2-c7f3-4c3c-aa71-8289712afac3
@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com:
> What I have never quite understood with Zimerman: when he was dissatisfied
> with the sound of his recordings, why did he choose to stay with DGG?
He had a contract and he was stuck?
JohnGavin
> wimpie <willembo...@hotmail.com> appears to have caused the following letters
I found the sound on the LP of Sonatas 1 & 2 more than acceptable.
The playing of these Sonatas is exceptional - on the refined side,
certainly when compared to Richter's more massive, orchestral approach
(also quite wonderful IMO).
Perhaps the transfers to CD are harsh?
JohnGavin
The last mvt of op. 5 strikes me as structurally chaotic - but it's
endearing in a youthful/heroic sort of way, don't you think?
By the way, since you have the ZImerman set, what is your opinion of
his op. 10 Ballades?
pianomaven
Well, it IS youthful, but another word might be childish? Endearing?
LIke a child who whines all the time?
> By the way, since you have the ZImerman set, what is your opinion of
> his op. 10 Ballades?
I have to say, John, that it has ben ages - decades? - since I
listened to them. Not my favourite pieces by Brahms, I would hasten to
add. So, no opinion. I do like and remember ABM's Brahms Ballades,
specially No. 4 which always reminds me of Faure somehow. And Gould,
because of its deconstructed quality.
Kempff and Kovacevich are also very fine, in my opinion.
But as I say, Op. 10 is not among my list of great Brahms. I prefer
the Variations on an original theme. Now there's the Brahms I like.
TD
AGrey
For the Handel Variations, I can suggest:-
Solomon
Moiseiwitsch - uneven but an antidote if you find many in this work
are dry or bloated
Arrau (Ermitage)
Bolet
Katchen
Not all of these conform to the request for 'sleepers' but probably
the first three do. And Bolet, if you can find a live performance
(none issued, AFAIK) rather than the studio LP.
Solomon's Intermezzo in B flat minor 117 no.2 is also one to hunt out.
Alan
mandryka
Talking of 117/2 I was picked up Ignaz Tiegerman's CDs on Arbiter
today and played it in the car. I enjoyed the Brahms -- including
117/2. But most of all the Romance 118/6. He makes it sound melancholy
and noble. Very different from Gieseking, who I normally listen to in
this. Gieseking is light and whimsical.
As far as the Handel Variations goes, I seem to play Lubimov most
these days. And Yudina.
The studio Bolet has never done much for me. It just seems slick and
flashy. You saw him play this one live did you?
Cherkassky's better on record IMO.
Moiseiwitsch recorded it twice -- I can't say I have noticed much
difference between them. I like them both.
And I like Arrau's live one.
Levy is another one who has never done much for me in this.
BTW the thing which impressed me most on the Tiegerman CD was the
Fauré -- such strong and powerful playing.
Steve Emerson
"HvT" <hvtuijl- SPAM- @xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >The Petrov is here, right?
>
> >http://www.amazon.com/Great-Piano-Music-World-Romantic/dp/B0002IPYQU/ref=sr_1
> >_1?>s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288297483&sr=1-1
>
> Precisely! It's a pity you already have the Bashkirov.
I think B. recorded #2 twice, as with Schubert's D.664 and the Schumann
Fantasy. The Melodiya versions (as above) are usually preferable.
SE.
Andrej Kluge
mandryka wrote:
> But I’m enjoying his music so much – early, middle and late – that I
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through
> normal channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his
> music, and so on.
I think Peter Rösel has recorded all of Brahms' solo piano music. However,
not being a Brahms fan myself, I would not dare to recommend or condemn him.
I just thought -- noone has mentioned him yet, so what the heck :-)
Ciao
AK
M. A.
>
> I may as well put this here.
>
> This recital from Sokolov -- which has quite a bit of late Brahms,
> from a concert in Heidelberg in April this year, is well worth
> catching. It's much better than his Op 118s on an old LP you may know.
> Much less unctious.
Thank you very much! I attended that recital in Heidelberg, but I missed
the Bach Partita due to heavy traffic.
M. A.
Alan Cooper
news:8j0ch4...@mid.individual.net:
And speaking of the unmentioned (unless I missed it), am I the only one who is a
fan of Backhaus's Brahms from the '30s? I mean, Moravec, Katchen, et al, aren't
exactly "sleepers" or "younger pianists," although they're more recent than
Backhaus, I suppose. I still find his Paganini Variations jaw-dropping, and on
Naxos they're c/w a breathtaking d-m concerto. The Naxos companion CD of solo
works includes many splendid performances. And speaking of historicals, for the
op. 5 sonata does anyone listen to Bauer or Fischer any more? Their performances
stands up well in comparison to the likes of Gelber and Sokolov (two other
favorites of mine), imo. I should confess that I'm not a huge fan of the piece,
though.
I guess the closest thing to a sleeper that I particularly like has been mentioned
already: Anievas in the Paganini and (especially) Handel Variations.
AC
JohnGavin
Not sure how available Rosel's recordings are. I have a Bach-Busoni
CD of his.
Strong technique - very very straightforward playing - to the extreme
I'd say.
I do remember seeing his Brahms on the shelves about a decade ago.
Sol L. Siegel
f387a0...@j25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:
> The Ballades op 10 are very fine in their austere way. Have you heard
> ABM in these?
One of my favorite recordings of anything, by anybody; certainly my
favorite ABM recording. He gives the first real tragic import and turns
the last into some kind of great romantic poem. Too bad the Schubert
sonata (the early A minor, D. 537) it's usually paired with is such a
static performance of a decidedly lesser work.
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
Matthew B. Tepper
following letters to be typed in
> I guess the closest thing to a sleeper that I particularly like has been
> mentioned already: Anievas in the Paganini and (especially) Handel
> Variations.
Considering all the stuff EMI has already issued on CD over and over again,
it's a crying shame these great performances aren't among them. Maybe I'll
mention to Gus on Facebook that his Brahms recordings have many admirers.
Sol L. Siegel
> I think Peter Rösel has recorded all of Brahms' solo piano music.
> However, not being a Brahms fan myself, I would not dare to recommend
> or condemn him. I just thought -- noone has mentioned him yet, so what
> the heck
I have his Paganini Variations, and enjoy them. No fancy tricks, yet, as
with much of his playing that I've heard, I really find myself liking the
music.
In the meantime, why has no one mentioned Lupu? His Opp. 117 & 119 haven't
been beaten by anyone I know, and his 118 isn't exactly the proverbial
chopped liver, either. I also recall a very good rendition of the piano
version of the variations movement from the Op. 18 sextet.
Ray Hall
> I like Brahms’s piano music.
>
> I’ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it’s
> probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> on.
>
> overwhelmed by recently – Kocsis in Op 5. The end of the Andante,
> especially, has some of the best Brahms playing I have ever heard.
There are some early sonatas on Regis by Grimaud. As a known Brahmsian,
anyone know these recordings from the wolf-woman?
Ray Hall, Taree
PS: and how about Fleisher in this repertoire?
Andrej Kluge
JohnGavin wrote:
> Not sure how available Rosel's recordings are.
It seems to be readily available, also as MP3 (at least here in Germany):
http://www.amazon.de/Brahms-J--Klavierwerke-Peter-R%C3%B6sel/dp/B0006TROEK/
Ciao
AK
Gerard
> Alan Cooper <amco...@NOSPAMoptonline.net> appears to have caused the
> following letters to be typed in
> news:Xns9E20A8605C7FCam...@209.197.15.254:
>
> > I guess the closest thing to a sleeper that I particularly like has
> > been mentioned already: Anievas in the Paganini and (especially)
> > Handel Variations.
>
> Considering all the stuff EMI has already issued on CD over and over
> again, it's a crying shame these great performances aren't among
> them. Maybe I'll mention to Gus on Facebook that his Brahms
> recordings have many admirers.
You'ld better put Schwarzenegger on this world shocking affair.
Gerard
>
> There are some early sonatas on Regis by Grimaud. As a known
> Brahmsian, anyone know these recordings from the wolf-woman?
>
I have those on Brilliant Classics (I suppose they are Denon recordings). But
I'm not a 'known Brahmsian' re his piano works.
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"mandryka" <howie...@googlemail.com> schreef in bericht
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>If you can find it there's a recording of a concert with some late
>Brahms "floating" on the web which is the best I've heard from him --
>better than the studio Brahms. Let me know if you can't find it and
>you want to try it, and I'll upload it for you.
Many thanks! I did find the Brahms.
Henk
CharlesSmith
> "Andrej Kluge" <kl...@wizzy.de> wrote innews:8j0ch4...@mid.individual.net:
>
> > I think Peter R sel has recorded all of Brahms' solo piano music.
> > However, not being a Brahms fan myself, I would not dare to recommend
> > or condemn him. I just thought -- noone has mentioned him yet, so what
> > the heck
>
> I have his Paganini Variations, and enjoy them. No fancy tricks, yet, as
> with much of his playing that I've heard, I really find myself liking the
> music.
Thanks for this recommendation. Available at bargain price in the UK,
and from the samples sounds like good straightforward playing, so I've
sent for the set.
>
> In the meantime, why has no one mentioned Lupu? His Opp. 117 & 119 haven't
> been beaten by anyone I know, and his 118 isn't exactly the proverbial
> chopped liver, either. I also recall a very good rendition of the piano
> version of the variations movement from the Op. 18 sextet.
I like lots of Lupu's playing but I find his Brahms too dreamy. Lives
in a completely different world from Rösel.
Charles
Steve Emerson
<c595d54e-031e-4fd2...@g13g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> It sure sounds like Moravecıs Nonsuch recording is good but
> unfortunately I canıt hear it!
The "Live in Brussels" CD on Supraphon is material from the same period.
Op 76/2 and Op 79/2 appear on both. Of the two Op 118 pieces on the
disc, he had previously done Op 118/2 (exquisitely) for Connoisseur. Op
118/1 appears only here AFAIK.
> The Schliesman recording I was thinking of is the one with
> Kreisleriana and the Etudes.
And the Fantasy CD includes the Liszt sonata as its coupling.
> I wonder what you think of Yudina's Brahms. There are the late pieces
> and two Recordings of the Handel variations -- the better one I think
> is on Meldyia.
I like the HV on Melodiya, which is the only one I know. There's also an
Op 5, which I think came up here last spring.
SE.
mandryka
Neuhaus plays it -- I think he sounds hard and he's too fast. And I
didn't find Gould very convincing in the couple he recorded, though I
can't remember why!
I know other pianists who have done odd ones from the set. Pogorelich
does one brilliantly, and it's very personal of course. Rubinstein did
one very nicely two, and Bashkirov did a couple.
Anyone else?-- I know Kempff recorded the whole set -- it's years
since I listened to it though. Probably it's pretty good.
Steve Emerson
<c26b7a97-fb29-4aff...@a37g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Alexeev, who should have been mentioned long before now, does all of
Opus 76 in his exemplary set.
Firkusny recorded two of them. F's Brahms is well worth hearing,
although not sure how easy it is to find.
Katchen's complete Brahms naturally includes Op 76. Can it be that you
lack the Katchen box?
SE.
pianomaven
I recall a DG LP with John Lill playing Op. 76. Very good, indeed.
TD
Steve Emerson
<93031b0b-d5fc-4063...@32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>,
CharlesSmith <sigma....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
That has been my reservation about it too. But I have to admit, it has
grown on me. In part -- it seems a little more anchored, and a little
more gutsy and virile, when heard via the LP, which has a more robust
sound.
> Lives in a completely different world from Rösel.
[dunno Rosel]
SE.
wimpie
As far as I remember Fleisher only recorded the Handel Variations and
the Walzes op 39, but they are good!
W.
Ray Hall
Have this box. Thx for reminding me.
Ray Hall, Taree
mandryka
it's quite striking the variety of styles in this piece. As usual.
We had - Lupu, Rubinstein (a very early recording), Kempff (1950s),
Afanassiev, Richter (twice - Hungary and Leipzig), Yudina, Gieseking,
Ranki, Nichols Angelich, Van Cliburn, Gould, Grimaud and Zilberstien.
None of them were turkeys. Some were excellent performances but maybe
not very interesting. Ranki, Angelich, Zilbersiien.
Others made good poetry - Gieseking, Kempff, Rubinstein, Gould,
Grimaud, Van Cliburn and Richter in Leipzig, Lupu . You can hear these
guys love Brahms and they make very amusing and enjoyable music.
Some were so strange that I need more time to understand what they
were up to - Afanassiev is like this. A noble interpretation but just
so different, I wonder what he thinks this music is about.
The ones that sort of leapt out and said "hey - this music really
matters" were Yudina and Richter in 1954 in Hungary.
Brutal Yudina. The only way of describing what she does is by lapsing
into clichés and metaphors - granite, tidal wave, force of
nature . . .
Richter in 1954 is so poetic it's unbelievable. He makes the
intermezzo tell a story - terrible anguish followed by unchained
wildness followed by something which I can't find the words for -
stillness maybe.
Bob Lombard
"mandryka" <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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I hope you realize that what you are passing on to us is interpretation
squared. The musician interprets the score, and then you interpret the
music - emotionally. Then you put your interpretation of the interpretation
into words as best you can. What your readers gain from this is the
knowledge that some of the music you heard works on you. This knowledge has
a positive value, but it is not great. There probably is a Latin phrase (or
a pseudo-Latin phrase) for this. The pseudo-Latin phrase may not include the
word 'carborundum'.
bl
scott...@gmail.com
> the live performance
> of the Fantasies Op. 116 by Antonin Kubalek which appeared ca. 30 years
> ago on a Citadel LP. To this day I've never heard another performance of
> these pieces that matched this one. Total conviction--all the others
> I've heard sound tame by comparison.
>
> Bob Harper
There is hope. I've been helping Anton prepare and release some
recordings not available on commercial CD - one Dorian Brahms which
got shelved when Dorian got into trouble, plus some live recordings
and someLP's which never made it to CD. There are 6 to date (http://
tiny.cc/kubalek for an electronic brochure). The 7th (which we were
discussing today) will include that performance of the Brahms Op. 116.
David Wake
Your description of Richter in Hungary sounds like my memory of Richter
in Leipzig (which apparently made less of an impact on you). Oh well, I
shall have to get the Hungarian recording as well. Thanks for the
post!
David
David Wake
Posts like this are the best thing about rmcr, in my opinion. To each
his own...
David
mandryka
The description is really Yudina’s, or at least I was aware of what
Yudina wrote about 118/6:
"We hear the despair of soul and human fate about the destiny of the
passing life in the variety of rhythmic shifts, in movements of the
center of gravity, in the pile-up of foreign harmonies. The wrongs of
the sinful past tear the soul and heart apart. However, the torn soul,
its broken pieces, or rather its sawdust, is picked up by the calming
gigantic wings of archangels in the enormous arches of chords through
the whole keyboard, in the unthinkable range of swift modulations. The
fragments of nearly late repentance are collected in the treasury of
Forgiveness in the minor, in the depression of the minor, in the
pianissimo at the very end of the "Universal Drama.”"
The interesting thing is, as far as I can hear, she doesn't play it
like that at all!
mandryka
wrote:
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=941911
Gerard
Maybe, if Lombard should make a very clearly visible difference between his own
words and the words he quotes (he did not make any).
CharlesSmith
>
> I hope you realize that what you are passing on to us is interpretation
> squared. The musician interprets the score, and then you interpret the
> music - emotionally. Then you put your interpretation of the interpretation
> into words as best you can.
Much preferred to posts that say nothing.
Charles
Norman Schwartz
They are equal to virtually nothing, except one given particular listener's
feelings on one particular given occassion.
> Charles
Norman Schwartz
As you are undoubtedly aware this applies to nearly everything on this ng.
Moreover the same listener might have different opinions at some later time
all depending on his/her 'mood'.
> bl
CharlesSmith
occasion, but I don't share it.
SPAM- @xs4all.nl HvT
"Norman Schwartz" <nm...@optonline.net> schreef in bericht
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> As you are undoubtedly aware this applies to nearly everything on this ng.
> Moreover the same listener might have different opinions at some later
> time all depending on his/her 'mood'.
Indeed! It makes one wonder. Why is there something rather than nothing (to
paraphrase Leibniz)?
Henk
Steve Emerson
<99e95d33-10c0-4556...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Thanks for your survey. A magnificent piece to call attention to.
I haven't heard Yudina or either of the Richters.
There are two by Grimaud. I hope you have the one on Erato, recorded
beautifully on a splendid Hamburg Steinway. Have the low notes on a
piano ever been more extraordinarily used than in the late Brahms
intermezzi?
Grimaud's Erato account is celebratory and rapturous in the B section.
Her take makes better sense to me than the description you give above,
but maybe that would change if I heard Richter.
Leonskaja's is similar to Grimaud's, although she is slower by about 45
seconds. Her B section isn't as big as Grimaud's, but when heard in
context, it produces a similar effect. Hers is recorded wonderfully as
well, on a 1901 Steinway undoubtedly of the German variety.
Lupu struck me as too attenuated. Gieseking and Firkusny too
matter-of-fact. I love Cliburn's set, but his 118-6, in isolation,
didn't particularly stand out.
Katchen is terrific. Alexeev's B section is unusual; more staccato than
most, an effect that works although it's still not my favorite way. His
B section is also extremely loud. I suspect the meter is about pegged
here, but knowing Richter and Yudina, that could be wrong.
SE.
jrsnfld
> I like Brahms’s piano music.
>
> I’ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it’s
> probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
>
> But I’m enjoying his music so much – early, middle and late – that I
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> on.
>
> I’ll start this off by mentioning one that I have been completely
> overwhelmed by recently – Kocsis in Op 5. The end of the Andante,
> especially, has some of the best Brahms playing I have ever heard.
I'm wondering if anyone else is fond of Brahms discs by Dubravka
Tomsic (op. 116, etc.), Francois-Frederic Guy (the sonatas--someone
here said Brahms was "granitic" and perhaps this is it, if perhaps too
much glint and angular muscularity for some listeners), and Antonio
Pampa-Baldi (Op. 79, PV) who makes a richly romantic, flexible
approach work beautifully.
--Jeff
weary flake
> Op 76 is nice -- at least when Gieseking plays it. But maybe not when
> Neuhaus plays it -- I think he sounds hard and he's too fast. And I
> didn't find Gould very convincing in the couple he recorded, though I
> can't remember why!
Walter Klien's opening of opus 76 on Vox sounds right to me,
others I've heard begin too fast. I'm set on Klien for
76 no. 1.
SPAM- @xs4all.nl HvT
"jrsnfld" <jrs...@aol.com> schreef in bericht
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>I'm wondering if anyone else is fond of Brahms discs by Dubravka
>Tomsic (op. 116, etc.), Francois-Frederic Guy (the sonatas--someone
>here said Brahms was "granitic" and perhaps this is it, if perhaps too
>much glint and angular muscularity for some listeners), and Antonio
>Pampa-Baldi (Op. 79, PV) who makes a richly romantic, flexible
>approach work beautifully.
Tomsic is a great pianist. I'll probably like her Brahms when I hear it.
There is nothing wrong with Guy's Brahms but nothing special either. I'm a
collector of Pompa-Baldi's recordings. He should have won the Cliburn,
instead of Olga Kern. His Brahms is great. Even Grieg's Norwegian dances
sound like great music when he performs them.
Henk
Norman Schwartz
"CharlesSmith" <sigma....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Sure but for one example, a particular conductor (Lenny) is going to give us
recordings of a particular work (P.I.T's Sym No. 6) on differing particular
occasions. Actually it goes on all the time, artists see things differently
at different times, why then shouldn't the listener?
CharlesSmith
> "CharlesSmith" <sigma.onl...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
Absolutely, I agree with all of that. Hearing a work differently on
different occasions is a part of the pleasure. My objection was to the
implication - which I thought I read in your post - that a consequence
of this argument was that a posting here about a personal response to
a performance was "equal to virtually nothing". I enjoy reading these
posts. Sometimes an interpretation that's different from my own can
send me back to the music with new ears.
Charles
mandryka
> In article
> <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> There are two by Grimaud. I hope you have the one on Erato, recorded
> beautifully on a splendid Hamburg Steinway. Have the low notes on a
> piano ever been more extraordinarily used than in the late Brahms
> intermezzi?
>
>
> SE.
Good point.
I had the DG Brahms when I listened last week, but I managed to find
the Erato CD today. And yes, it’s a considerably richer experience.
One thing that has stayed with me all day is some growling in the LH
just as the second section makes its transition in third (I’ll find
timings if anyone is interested). I guess that's the sort of thing
that you meant by the comment on low notes.
So what happened to her betweem Erato and DG? And I wonder how many
people have undervalued her Brahms as a result of the DG album.
On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> In article
> <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> I haven't heard Yudina or either of the Richters. . . .
>
> Grimaud's Erato account is celebratory and rapturous in the B section.
> Her take makes better sense to me than the description you give above,
> but maybe that would change if I heard Richter.
>
>
> SE.
One thing about Richter 1954 is that the bass voices sound so spooky
and mysterious in the opening of the piece. And Yudina – well you wait
till you hear what she does with the low notes – I think you’re in for
a surprise:)
Steve Emerson
<ed6f258a-75e1-46e2...@c20g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
mandryka <howie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
> > There are two by Grimaud. I hope you have the one on Erato, recorded
> > beautifully on a splendid Hamburg Steinway. Have the low notes on a
> > piano ever been more extraordinarily used than in the late Brahms
> > intermezzi?
> >
>
> >
>
> > SE.
>
> Good point.
>
> I had the DG Brahms when I listened last week, but I managed to find
> the Erato CD today. And yes, itıs a considerably richer experience.
>
> One thing that has stayed with me all day is some growling in the LH
> just as the second section makes its transition in third (Iıll find
> timings if anyone is interested). I guess that's the sort of thing
> that you meant by the comment on low notes.
Yes, there's a lot of growling. I wouldn't mind knowing the timing for
what you mention, in something we both have.
>
> So what happened to her betweem Erato and DG? And I wonder how many
> people have undervalued her Brahms as a result of the DG album.
There's a 118 on Denon too. I don't know her discography very well. Have
seen her perform and enjoyed it. I bought this Erato Brahms disc because
I happened to hear it in a store. It continues to please. I bought a
Schumann disc (Kreisleriana), also Erato IIRC, and got rid of it. (more
below)
> > On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> >
> > I haven't heard Yudina or either of the Richters. . . .
>
> >
> > Grimaud's Erato account is celebratory and rapturous in the B section.
> > Her take makes better sense to me than the description you give above,
> > but maybe that would change if I heard Richter.
> One thing about Richter 1954 is that the bass voices sound so spooky
> and mysterious in the opening of the piece. And Yudina well you wait
> till you hear what she does with the low notes I think youıre in for
> a surprise:)
That does sound promising. What disc are Yudina's intermezzi found on?
SE.
Steve Emerson
"HvT" <hvtuijl- SPAM- @xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >I've never heard Cziffra's PVs. Is it an interesting performance?
>
> It's above all a very brilliant performance, and I like it as such.
My thanks to Henk for mentioning this. I think I heard it only in part a
number of years ago and dismissed it out of hand for being over-the-top.
It may be that, but it's also magnificent. Cziffra really has an idea
worked out for the PV. Often demonic, even sinister, propelled by the
trademark FFFFFFs. Lisztian (no big surprise there), or simply a sendup
of soul-sold-to-devil fiddling.
I wouldn't hesitate to put it alongside ABM, Rodriguez, Arrau, and
Anievas. (I'm still making peace with Backhaus's Brahms, mentioned
elsewhere by Alan.)
SE.
mandryka
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> mandryka <howie.st...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> > > There are two by Grimaud. I hope you have the one on Erato, recorded
> > > beautifully on a splendid Hamburg Steinway. Have the low notes on a
> > > piano ever been more extraordinarily used than in the lateBrahms
> > > intermezzi?
>
> > > SE.
>
> > Good point.
>
> > the Erato CD today. And yes, it¹s a considerably richer experience.
>
> > One thing that has stayed with me all day is some growling in the LH
> > timings if anyone is interested). I guess that's the sort of thing
> > that you meant by the comment on low notes.
>
> Yes, there's a lot of growling. I wouldn't mind knowing the timing for
> what you mention, in something we both have.
>
>
>
> > So what happened to her betweem Erato and DG? And I wonder how many
>
> There's a 118 on Denon too. I don't know her discography very well. Have
> I happened to hear it in a store. It continues to please. I bought a
> Schumann disc (Kreisleriana), also Erato IIRC, and got rid of it. (more
> below)
>
> > > On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Steve Emerson <eme...@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <99e95d33-10c0-4556-9f40-b7f6bf110...@t13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
> > > Grimaud's Erato account is celebratory and rapturous in the B section.
> > > Her take makes better sense to me than the description you give above,
> > > but maybe that would change if I heard Richter.
> > One thing about Richter 1954 is that the bass voices sound so spooky
> > till you hear what she does with the low notes I think you¹re in for
> > a surprise:)
>
> That does sound promising. What disc areYudina'sintermezzi found on?
>
> SE.
The bit from the Grimaud performance which I find so striking is at
2:58
Yudina's is here --
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maria-Yudina-Legacy-Vol/dp/B0009EM0WI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288808432&sr=1-1
CharlesSmith
> On 30 Oct, 03:03, "Sol L. Siegel" <vod...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > "Andrej Kluge" <kl...@wizzy.de> wrote innews:8j0ch4...@mid.individual.net:
>
> > > I think Peter R sel has recorded all of Brahms' solo piano music.
> > > However, not being a Brahms fan myself, I would not dare to recommend
> > > or condemn him. I just thought -- noone has mentioned him yet, so what
> > > the heck
>
> > I have his Paganini Variations, and enjoy them. No fancy tricks, yet, as
> > with much of his playing that I've heard, I really find myself liking the
> > music.
>
> Thanks for this recommendation. Available at bargain price in the UK,
> and from the samples sounds like good straightforward playing, so I've
> sent for the set.
>
The Peter Rösel box has arrived and I've listened to the lot. All
recorded in 1974/5. The basic ethos is of superb clarity - playing,
piano, recording. Tempi are generally on the faster side, no hanging
around. Extremely effective in the variations and faster pieces (eg
capriccios 116/1 and 7). Beautiful touch in the more poetic late
works, but still keeps them moving along. One specific quibble I have
is 117/2 which, although marked andante he takes at a brisk
allegretto, finishing in under 4 mins (others generally take 4.30 -
5.30).
So I'm pleased with the purchase (5 CDs for £14.99).
Charles
gggg gggg
> I like Brahms’s piano music.
> I’ve got quite a big collection of recordings already, so it’s
> probably a bit silly to be asking about recordings.
> But I’m enjoying his music so much – early, middle and late – that I
> am wondering whether there are any sleepers you have discovered, any
> stuff you have found on line which may not be available through normal
> channels, any younger pianists who are successful in his music, and so
> on.
> I’ll start this off by mentioning one that I have been completely
> overwhelmed by recently – Kocsis in Op 5. The end of the Andante,
> especially, has some of the best Brahms playing I have ever heard.
https://www.wfmt.com/programs/collectors-corner-with-henry-fogel/