Lisa Batiashvili CD bargains

[Barbirollians]

I see that Amazon currently are listing her recent Prokofiev VC and Tchaikovsky/Sibelius CDs for £5 .

I would not have needed to buy them at full price but ....

[pastoralguy]

I see that Amazon currently are listing her recent Prokofiev VC and Tchaikovsky/Sibelius CDs for £5 .

I would not have needed to buy them at full price but ....

A bargain, Barbie! Ms. Batiashvili is a wonderful player. Snap them up while you can.

[Dave2002]

There are 3 Batiashvili CDs at £5, and also a Bruckner 3 with Nelsons for a fiver. Brahms and Clara Schumann in addition to the concertos mentioned earlier.

[Parry1912]

There's also some Yuja Wang and Seong-Jin Cho.

[Dave2002]

I don't know much about either Wang or Cho, though I heard that the recent Prom with Wang was excellent. Cho won the 17th International Chopin competition in 2015 - but I've not heard anything by him.

Which of the Wang and/or Cho CDs should I prioritise? There are too many to have them all - even at £5 each, and I've already reversed my decision not to buy more CDs for a while! Maybe two from each artist.

[Parry1912]

Wang’s Ravel Concertos disc is excellent.

[Dave2002]

I've dealt with Wang now - what about Cho? Seems to be a choice between some Chopin CDs and one Debussy recital - with variable reviews on Amazon (but not necessarily about the pianist).

[zola]

I've dealt with Wang now - what about Cho? Seems to be a choice between some Chopin CDs and one Debussy recital - with variable reviews on Amazon (but not necessarily about the pianist).

The Chopin disc got an award from BBC Music, best newcomer or some such. And he did win the Chopin competition !

[mathias broucek]

There are 3 Batiashvili CDs at £5, and also a Bruckner 3 with Nelsons for a fiver. Brahms and Clara Schumann in addition to the concertos mentioned earlier.

From what everyone has said about the Nelsons Bruckner, 5 quid may be expensive....

[Pulcinella]

Just realised that she is a former R3 New Generation Artist, whose debut recording (as Elisabeth!) was apparently this BBC MM cover CD (volume 9, number 11; July 2001):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BACH-BATIASHVILI-ALEXANDER-MELNIKOV-RECORDINGS/dp/B00ARWAIQC/ref=sr_1_17?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1536411566&sr=1-17&keywords=batiashvili

It's next up for a spin this rainy afternoon.

[zola]

Just realised that she is a former R3 New Generation Artist, whose debut recording (as Elisabeth!) was apparently this BBC MM cover CD (volume 9, number 11; July 2001):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BACH-BATIASHVILI-ALEXANDER-MELNIKOV-RECORDINGS/dp/B00ARWAIQC/ref=sr_1_17?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1536411566&sr=1-17&keywords=batiashvili

It's next up for a spin this rainy afternoon.

If you have BBC Music discs from that era, you may also have Vol 11 No 1 with her playing the Brahms double concerto with Alban Gerhardt.

[pastoralguy]

From what everyone has said about the Nelsons Bruckner, 5 quid may be expensive....

I wondered that too...

[Pulcinella]

If you have BBC Music discs from that era, you may also have Vol 11 No 1 with her playing the Brahms double concerto with Alban Gerhardt.

Indeed I do.
Not my favourite Brahms concerto, but taken off the shelves for a spin too, as it's still raining!

[Barbirollians]

Missed that = Cho is outstanding especially his Debussy recital disc and his Chopin concerto recording.

[Dave2002]

Missed that = Cho is outstanding especially his Debussy recital disc and his Chopin concerto recording.

I was hoping you wouldn't write that - that's going to be another £10!

Which of the Chopin concerto recordings do you recommend - the Live Competition one, or the LSO Noseda?

PS: I think I got that wrong. There may not currently be a CD of the live concerto performance. The CD of the Live Competition is (mostly?) solo pieces. Possibly the competition performance outclassed the available CD, but I ordered that anyway.