BaL 2.11.13 - Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor

[amateur51]

Bernstein already had "history" with slow Brahms' D minor performances:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvWPM783TOE

"The age-old question: who is the boss? The conductor or the soloist?"

How typical of Bernstein, and a harbinger of things to come, that he does not admit the other possibility: that the composer might come into the equation.

[Nick Armstrong]

78? Is that a record?

.... still don't get what "a missing 78 in the first movement" means... You mean it was recorded straight on to 78s and someone's lost/smashed one of the "master" discs?

[amateur51]

.... still don't get what "a missing 78 in the first movement" means... You mean it was recorded straight on to 78s and someone's lost/smashed one of the "master" discs?

That's what it says in the CD notes. The music fades down and then fades up and you're into the second movement.

[Nick Armstrong]

That's what it says in the CD notes. The music fades down and then fades up and you're into the second movement.

Then again: ... still, better some of it than none of it I s'pose.

[vinteuil]

78? Is that a record?

... no, it's a 69 gone wrong

[amateur51]

Then again: ... still, better some of it than none of it I s'pose.

Indeed - like the Furtwaengler recording of Bruckner symphony no6, innit

[amateur51]

... no, it's a 69 gone wrong

There's a problem on the 69? Do the good people of Canning Town know?



Not many posts linking vinteuil to Canning Town, I bet

[Nick Armstrong]

... no, it's a 69 gone wrong

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Here goes!

[Barbirollians]

Gilels/Jochum discarded for being too drawn out . Tosh !

[muzzer]

Hmm. No great surprises there.

[Barbirollians]

So the Freire/Chailly wins. I am not surprised these recordings were raved about when they came out and I bought them then . I like the performance but I thought it was a bit safe and did not quite get why they were so lauded .

The interesting record this morning for me was the Kovacevich/Davis. I have and love his later recording with Sawallisch and shortly after that came out saw him play the concerto magnificently at the RFH but I think I might have to add the Davis- the extracts played sounded very special indeed .

[Alain Maréchal]

I am amazed that this excellent performance from 2008 appears already to be deleted ! Worrying signs of what Warners may be doing to the EMI/Virgin catalogue ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Piano...words=angelich

I'd like to propose Angelich as the soloist in a HIP recording, on an Erard, with Les Siecles and Maitre Roth: a couple of years ago I heard them in Beethoven's 5th Concerto, and the sound was a revelation. (I didn't know that Brahms liked Erard pianos - I had assumed a Bosendorfer would have been his choice).

[Guest]

Hmm. No great surprises there.

Agreed. Sounded just a bit to me as if HS may well have made up her mind from the off that Szell / Chailly would be up there. The Abbado/BPO was so good, I was a tad surprised. But the Chailly / Nelson F recording certainly no slouch. For once, listening to the last hour of Essential Clunkies on Monday might be worth it!

[muzzer]

I slightly take issue with AMcG saying the Freire is at midprice when amazon has it at c.£18, even if a 2cd set........