There are a hatful of Argerich recordings and I suspect I have all of them but the original LSO/Abbado has never been surpassed.
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I have Pascal Rogé with Charles Dutoit, and the Montreal ..... excellent recording and playing.Comment
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Not really what you might call a front runner but the Philip Fowke/LPO/Serge Baudo appears to still be available, even if not officially in the current catalogue.
It's been re-issued in various forms over the years.Comment
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Same here for me. I have all the Argerich recordings and find I need no other. LSO/Abbado/Argerich the top of the list.Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostComment
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By "original LSO" do you mean the one with the LSO made in 1984 or the earlier DG recording with the Berlin PO, made in 1967? - both are with Abbado, both are on DG and I suspect they get confused sometimes...Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostComment
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Originally posted by Maclintick View PostCali, that slight delay in the right-hand you object to is truly HIPP. Here's Marguerite Long shortly after the G major concerto's premiere...
Many pianists of that vintage & later employ the same technique to either expressive or ruinous effect, according to one's personal predilection, & for me it doesn't disqualify Michelangeli/Philharmonia/Gracis from equal honours with Argerich/BPO/Abbado, which enjoys more refined DG sound. Samson/OSCC/Cluytens is also required listening, despite being holed below-the-waterline by agogic hesitations in the adagio & the failure of OSCC woodwind to agree on tuning, but is eclipsed by the blistering account of the Left Hand Concerto with which it's coupled -- that second cadenza !
A regular broadcaster on France-Musique is Philippe Cassard, no mean pianist himself (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Cassard - only in French, but the names in his track record speak for themselves). He is often very damning about the Marguerite Long 'school' of playing, and in particular her playing of Ravel. It's a fashion thing, I suppose... but I do agree about the split hands. Perhaps it's like portamento for string players? Very much of its era and awfully HIPP but ...
"...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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The Benjamin Grosvenor version is pretty impressive though I didn't have a big craze on it upon purchase unlike the Yundi Li and Bavouzet versions. Tortelier really is a fine accompanist on the Chandos disc.Comment
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How interesting you too pick those two out, Alison. I couldn't stop listening to the Yundi Lee / Ozawa slow movement - wonderfully paced and phrased. Not for the first time we are in accord!Originally posted by Alison 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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Well, not so surprising when we have both received a similar musical education at the Royal Festival Hall !Originally posted by Caliban View PostHow interesting you too pick those two out, Alison. I couldn't stop listening to the Yundi Lee / Ozawa slow movement - wonderfully paced and phrased. Not for the first time we are in accord!Last edited by Alison; 07-02-15, 18:20.Comment
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Michelangeli for me. There's a passage of quiet trills towards the end of the first movement, where he manages the almost impossible and makes them sound like glissandi, absolutely gliding from one note to the next. Unsurpassed.
I first heard this concerto on the Jacqueline Blancard recording with Ansermet, taking it out of a library and "learning" it. Last year I heard it again after an interval of at least 50 years, and I'm sorry to say that it really isn't very good!Comment
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Do you mean you were at that hammer-fisted German's performance? Can you remember who it was? (maybe PM, if so - might be legally safer!)Originally posted by Alison 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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No, I mean our attendance at LPO concerts (and others) down the years has given us a certain taste for what's good and what's not quite so good ....Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Quite so !Originally posted by Alison View Post
Cheating on them on Thursday, however, to hear what Dame Mitsuko makes of it! 
"...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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I mean the 1960s recording apologies if I have mixed up the orchestras .i had it originally on. DG Galleria release coupled with her extraordinary Gaspard and SonatineComment
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It's all a matter of taste I suppose, these are the two version that I have so I've just compared them, for me Argerich is fine and well recorded for 1967 but Michelangeli is very special. Just listening to the opening of the slow movement, within the opening two bars Michelangali has established am amazing atmosphere while Argerich simply plays the notes, his touch is quite extraordinary and the orchestra pick up the whole emotional stillness. Try it and see how you feel.Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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