Originally posted by ahinton
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Any link to details of dates and venues, ah?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Sorry to spoil your punning, but it's surely neither 'plummet for' nor 'plumb for' but 'plump for'.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostI think he'll fall for it.
(Having been lead astray.)
(Melnikov + Nikolayeva for me too, for what it's worth)Comment
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... fat chance ferney wd miss the chance to pun on that.Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
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Whatever the pun or non pun, these are Shostakovich piano works I played years ago but haven't had the enthusiasm to ever return too.Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
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Have listened to the Jarrett a lot recently … lovely music and good performance but only, of course, IMVVHO ….Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View PostWell you can't go wrong with the Melnikov HM set. It's marvellous and arguably you need look no further for a first recording.
I was also delighted to find that the wonderful set by Roger Woodward (which I owned on RCA LP as a teenager) belatedly came out on CD - also enthusiastically recommended https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dmitri-Shos.../dp/B003ZZ7IAW
They are some way ahead of the other two I own: Vladimir Ashkenazy and Keith Jarrett.
I never got on with Nikolaeva's way with these pieces (call me a heretic) and returned both to the shop....
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mvvho2Originally posted by antongould View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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This changed everything..... dedicated thread on here somewhere...
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There's also the Profil set, with Gilels (not many), Nicolayeva, Shosty himself, and more of Richter in these pieces than ever before. Dubious sound-wise, very often, as with all these Richter-based Profil sets.Comment
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Hmm, I wouldn't go quite that far. I really like it but it hasn't displaced Alexander Melnikov in my affections.Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostComment
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How many times did Nicolayeva record them? I only know of 2 CD sets (Hyperion and Melodiya) and a DVD. Presumably, there are others.Comment
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There are two Soviet recordings, listed here as 1962 and 1987, as well as the Hyperion set.Originally posted by Bryn View PostComment
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