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Essential Shostakovich Discs
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostHaitink’s Concertgebouw DSCH 8 is amazing. Last year, I downloaded the Nelsons Boston 8, following glowing references from HighlandDougie et al and I think Uncle Bernie more than holds his own. The RCO cellis & basses are phat. Sick.Phat does mean Pretty Hot And Tempting, like the other definitions say. The problem with "phat" is that it is no longer in really. It has kind of phased out and is mostly used by wannabes, lowerclassmen in high school, or middle schoolers. It is now considered a slang faux pas. I wouldn't use it if I was you.
14 year old: "That's phat man."
22 year old: "Um, dude, that word got old in the late '90s"
Haitink is often superb in Shostakovich, and outclasses Petrenko (IMO), despite not being Russian. Compare their versions of 10, for example.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostI think phat has been overtaken by sick in urban lexicon.
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostStill available?
Buy Shostakovich Symphony No 4 (CSO Haitink) includes bonus DVD of Beyond The Score by Gerald McBurney by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink from Amazon's Classical Music Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
... spliced from five events (? - I presume rehearsals and concerts) in May 2008, it is rather puzzling that they chose to include a performance where the percussion get a bit lost at the end of the middle movement! A very good performance in spite of that (and I'm still very grateful to the Forumista who kindly passed an unwanted copy on to me ), but I still prefer the late '70s studio recording with the LPO.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostHaitink’s Concertgebouw DSCH 8 is amazing. Last year, I downloaded the Nelsons Boston 8, following glowing references from HighlandDougie et al and I think Uncle Bernie more than holds his own. The RCO cellis & basses are phat. Sick."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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I have a pretty good Shostakovich collection, including performances by Bernstein, Haitink, Maxim Shostakovich and more. One fun favourite of mine on LP, which I have just ordered on CD for the princely sum of £3.75, is the two piano concertos played by Eugene List. These were originally Westminster recordings with the Berlin Opera Orchestra in No. 1 and the Vienna Opera Orchestra in No. 2.
My copy of the LP is on World Record Club, remember them ? The conductors are Georg Ludwig Jochum and Victor Desarzens.
At the age of 16, List won a youth contest sponsored by Stokowski and gave the American premiere of Concerto No. 1 in 1934, and that started his career.
The playing on this rather creaky LP is full of verve and enthusiasm , and the recording isn't bad although there are some rather alarming close ups, notably the side drum in the right hand speaker, but they are lively performances.
I haven't kept track of other Eugene List performances, I must investigate further.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostDubious use, and you perhaps might not wish to be thought a chav, would you?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sick
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View PostI have a pretty good Shostakovich collection, including performances by Bernstein, Haitink, Maxim Shostakovich and more. One fun favourite of mine on LP, which I have just ordered on CD for the princely sum of £3.75, is the two piano concertos played by Eugene List. These were originally Westminster recordings with the Berlin Opera Orchestra in No. 1 and the Vienna Opera Orchestra in No. 2.
My copy of the LP is on World Record Club, remember them ? The conductors are Georg Ludwig Jochum and Victor Desarzens.
At the age of 16, List won a youth contest sponsored by Stokowski and gave the American premiere of Concerto No. 1 in 1934, and that started his career.
The playing on this rather creaky LP is full of verve and enthusiasm , and the recording isn't bad although there are some rather alarming close ups, notably the side drum in the right hand speaker, but they are lively performances.
I haven't kept track of other Eugene List performances, I must investigate further.
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostOne of my all time great Proms was Haitink and the Concertgebouw in an electrifying performance of the Shostakovich 8 on Sept 5 1983.
The Nelsons 8th has the most terrific bass drum I've ever heard in a recording and will have you cowering behind the sofa.
I bought the Nelsons DSCH 8 on a Hi-Res download, after all the Gramophone, HighlandDougie & Petrushka accolades, and I can safely say it pales against the EMI Celi CD. This is the super-heavyweight world champion of bass drum!!
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostOne of my all time great Proms was Haitink and the Concertgebouw in an electrifying performance of the Shostakovich 8 on Sept 5 1983. The Nelsons 8th has the most terrific bass drum I've ever heard in a recording and will have you cowering behind the sofa.Don’t cry for me
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