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

[PJPJ]

Probably unwise - look at what happens every time the fascist party member Goodall is mentioned !

It is unwise - Goodall was not only a Nazi sympathiser but also a holocaust denier, and it is this second attribute which I find disgusting.

[Roehre]

Clemens Krauss was Austrian, having been born in Vienna, though during WWII that could be considered as part of Germany after its annexation.

I am afraid one Adolf Hitler was Austrian too.....
Apart from the fact that in Austria the NSöAP was as active as the NSDAP in Germany itself.

[Pabmusic]

Clemens Krauss was Austrian, having been born in Vienna, though during WWII that could be considered as part of Germany after its annexation.

I guess the original mention of Ansermet (msg 113) has now been corrected. He was, of course, Swiss.

I don't follow you. Richard Tarleton was not listing German conductors, rather those who worked in Berlin during the Nazi era. Austria was absorbed into greater Germany, as a province, in 1938.

[PJPJ]

.....I think this may be the start of a separate thread

Well, I have tried, and will persevere.

[Nick Armstrong]

Fournier/BPO/Szell.

Excellent choice.

FYI (as mentioned on the BaL secrets thread) the French critics on France Musique in their 2009 blind tasting programme "La Tribune" also chose this version as head and shoulders above the competition...

[Barbirollians]

I love it but I would not call it head and shoulders above .

[Barbirollians]

I love it but I would not call it head and shoulders above .

Having listened to it again today ... I have decided I might be wrong - it is a stupendous account .

[visualnickmos]

Having listened to it again today ... I have decided I might be wrong - it is a stupendous account .

It is indeed, (and his Elgar isn't bad, either!)

[Barbirollians]

The Thauer/Macal recording is my absolute favourite, as released on a DGG LP in the early 1970s.
That one and Rostropovich/Karajan (on DGG) are the only ones in my collection, even though this concerto -and certainly the middle mvt- is for me one of the most cherished and treasured works.

Thauer's recording has been re-released expensively on a small German label and I got a copy through Amazon - but for the very positive mentions on here I would never have thought to buy it .

It is marvellous - there is something about her tone that absolutely pulls on the heart strings and it is superbly accompanied . Various details in the orchestration I am hearing as never before .

I might say I am not all that surprised after hearing it that you felt you did not need many other performances . It has gone right up to the top table in my numerous recordings of the piece.

[Roehre]

Thauer's recording has been re-released expensively on a small German label and I got a copy through Amazon - but for the very positive mentions on here I would never have thought to buy it .

It is marvellous - there is something about her tone that absolutely pulls on the heart strings and it is superbly accompanied . Various details in the orchestration I am hearing as never before .

I might say I am not all that surprised after hearing it that you felt you did not need many other performances . It has gone right up to the top table in my numerous recordings of the piece.

Many thanks Barbirollians

[Barbirollians]

Many thanks Barbirollians

Someone has now uploaded the complete performance on to You Tube for anyone interested in hearing Thauer's account.

[Richard Tarleton]

This has been garnering good reviews. Questionable use of wind machine though.

[Lento]

Am rather rather enjoying the newish Isserlis recording, which has some interesting extras, such as the alternative ending.

[richardfinegold]

This has been garnering good reviews. Questionable use of wind machine though.

It looks like Dvorak as played by Batman

[Nick Armstrong]

Questionable use of wind machine though.

Wind machine + Dvorak Cello Concerto = "Did someone record the Richard Strauss re-orchestration"?

But clicking the link, I see what you mean.

Looks like La Derham's hair presenting that Peter Donohoe Ogdon tribute concert....






PS: great use of the word "questionable", Richard!