yes, these performances are in the past but my restoration of them is recent and they have given me enormous pleasure which I hope to share with others. If you don't know this version of the Brahms, you are in for a treat!. Solomon's performance is as varied as you could wish for including a "Cathedrale Engloutie" type variation with the pedal held down longer than usual. Some variations are muscular, dynamic whereas other are smooth and subtle. It makes for a satisfying whole and even the fugue doesn't pall. As for the Rachmaninov, today's youngsters can access "Brief Encounter" at the click of a mouse but in my teenage years the new films were all we wished to experience having little regard for the past so growing up with this set of records it was my own incurable romanticism that gave the piece its cachet. Unlike the Brahms, where the discs were somewhat worn, the Rachmaninov has come up with some sparkle and details like the cymbal played unusually quietly in two sections of the third movement show what a great orchestrator the composer was.
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Thanks Clive. I see there have been a few additions since I last looked. I particularly enjoyed Groves' stunning Turangalila and wonder if you have any more tapes lined up?"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink -
Just listened to Solomon's Handel variations, clive.
As you say, it starts very quietly but soon picks up - a stunning performance and a relatively middle period of Solomon's recording career. Fascinating stuff. What a pianist!
Thank you very much, clive!
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Thanks so much. The Moiseiwitch is a joy to listen to. I'm not one for "best ever" or "all time favourite" but Moiseiwitch is a pianist whose playing I have loved for almost 60 years. A great regret that I never heard him in the flesh, I heard numerous live broadcasts of course and bought recordings of him when I could afford them.
I shall now listen to the Solomon.Comment
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