BaL 9.06.12 - Dvorak's Cello Concerto (merged threads)

[pastoralguy]

Slava & Herbie for me, too.

And the Tchaikovsky coupling (IMHO) contains some of the most wonderful music making ever commited to disc.

[verismissimo]

Having grown up in Bloomington, Indiana, I was fortunate to hear Starker perform the work live 2 times, as he was on the faculty of Indiana University.J

What a great player Starker was. Would love to have heard him live in the Dvorak.

[jayne lee wilson]

For me it's the first Rostropovich with Talich and the Czech Phil, a recent, very splendid transfer at Pristine Classical; and the HDTT download of Janigro, with Dean Dixon and the Vienna SOO - this last from an Open reel tape, stunning in its impact and clarity.

[Pabmusic]

(Does anyone have an opinion on the recently re-released Wallfisch/Mackerras version on Chandos?)

As I said in post 3, this is one of my two most-played versions. It is unfussy, well played, well recorded, and allows you to hear the music as music.

[Chris Newman]

I have a soft spot for Antonio Janigro with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra under Dean Dixon which recording was the first time I ever heard the concerto in 1962.

Jayne, I praised this recording back in Message 9. It was my introduction to Dvorak. I am just listening to it on YouTube. With the clarity of sound it is hard to believe that it was recorded back in 1953 by the Vienna Phil (in their day job) and with Dean Dixon, the first black conductor. In those days Dvorak was only really known by the New World Symphony (usually called Symphony No 5 back then!). Janigro is very fine with the tragic parts of the concerto. Although originally a Westminster recording I got it on the World Record Club label.

[Barbirollians]

Ivan March raved in Gramophone about the new Telarc disc from Zuoll Bailey and the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Jun markl .

Just listened to it on Spotify . Cannot imagine what excited old IM so much . The cellist's tone sounded pinched on the highest notes and the performance struck me as generally routine .. Anyone else heard it ?

[pastoralguy]

Ivan March raved in Gramophone about the new Telarc disc from Zuoll Bailey and the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Jun markl .

Anyone else heard it ?

Yes! I bought the cd as a result of that review and was left with much the same impression. It's ok and I'm sure I would have enjoyed the concert had I been there but as a lasting document...?

[Keraulophone]

Lynn Harrell and James Levine - also very good.

I was going to mention that gutsy version. Seem to remember it was one of those too-tempting [for an impecunious student] half price limited offers on RCA Red Seal, £1.49 at the time IIRC. (Levine's Brahms 1 in Chicago was another such - a stunner in the Toscanini mould, taped in a single spare recording session.)

'The Prom by Jean-Guihen Queyras with Jirí Belohlávek (and the BBCSO) last year was something special and I discovered that they have recorded it (with the Prague Philharmonia, the orchestra founded by JB' Quoted from Chris Newman's msg 27. I was so impressed by the extract from this recording that AMcG played in a CDR some time back, that I rushed out up the Am*zon to buy it. Queyras and the (?) chamber orchestra have a wonderful rapport.

[Barbirollians]

Yes the Harrell/Levine is very good and fascinating compared with the Tortelier/Previn recorded at about the same time . The latter was my introduction to the work and I still love it but the Harrell and Levine sounds like the protagonists are young and just going for it .

[formbyman]

Home>DVORAK Antonin> Dvorak Cello Concerto by Piatigorsky
DVORAK CELLO CONCERTO BY PIATIGORSKY

- Cello Concerto (STEREO)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
Recorded in 1960
Duration: 42 minutes 3 seconds
File: DvorakCelloPiatigorsky.mp3 This from Classical Mobil for one euro.

[formbyman]

Did not mean to include list of other composers,sorry.

[Chris Newman]

Did not mean to include list of other composers,sorry.

It's easily done. I hope I have not jumped the gun by cleaaning it up. There is an Edit Post facility at the bottom right of the message box if you want to make changes to your messages.

[formbyman]

Many thanks Chris,its all a bit new to me.

[Barbirollians]

Many thanks Chris,its all a bit new to me.

Just listening to Casals/Szell and the CPO a marvellous aural cleanser after those buffoons on Maestro !

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

BaL 9.06.12 - Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor

0930 Building a Library: Jan Smaczny with a personal recommendation from recordings of Dvorak's Cello Concerto

Available versions:

Edmond Baeyens (cello), Brtn Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels, Fernand Terby
Zuill Bailey (cello), Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
Jiri Barta (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Kout
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello), Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel
Peter Bruns (cello), Staatskapelle Dresden, Michael Helmath
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Pablo Casals (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell
Pablo Casals (cello), Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona, George Szell
Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Taube
David Finckel (cello) Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Felix Chiu-Sen Chen
Pierre Fournier (cello), Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Pierre Fournier (cello), Wiener Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik
Pierre Fournier (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Pierre Fournier (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Szell
Anne Gastinel (Cello), Lyon National Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine
Natalia Gutman (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Frans Helmerson (cello), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, Myung-Whun Chung
Ludwig Hoelscher (cello), Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Joseph Keilberth
Tomáš Jamník (cello), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil
Antonio Janigro (cello), Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kleiber
Ádám Jávorkai (cello), Szeged Symphony Orchestra, Sándor Gyüdi
Maria Kliegel (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Alexander Kniazev (cello), Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev
James Kreger (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Djong Victorin Yu
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Tibor de Machula (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra
Mischa Maisky (cello). Israel Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Mischa Maisky (cello), Prague Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek
Angelica May (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann
Perényi Miklós (cello), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Truls Mørk (cello), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
André Navarra, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
Zara Nelsova (cello), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Arto Noras (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Jan Palenicek (cello), Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), The Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek
Gustav Rivinius (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann (DVD)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Boult
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (2 versions)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Celibidache
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves
Milo Sádlo (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann
Heinrich Schiff (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Daniil Shafran (Cello), USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Neeme Jarvi
Yacov Slobodkin (cello), Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Igor Guzman
Janos Starker (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati
Torleif Thedéen (cello), Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kees Bakels
Paul Tortelier (cello), Le Grand Orchestre de Radio-Paris Theatre Des Champs Elysees, Willem Mengelberg
Tortelier (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Previn
Saša Večtomov (cello), Central Bohemia Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Renes
Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Deutsches Kammerorchester, Sinfonica Helvetica, Grzegorz Nowak