Currently listening to this................
Tchaikovsky Symphonies
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostCurrently listening to this................
Happy days.
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Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostI remember my Grandad giving me a fiver for my 13th birthday which I spent on the LP that this disc comes from. (Minus the wonderful Italian Caprice which was c/w Ferras's Tchaikovsky violin concerto LP). Previously, I only had the SNO/Gibson CfP disc and I was struck by the obvious superiority of the orchestral playing but not the interpretation which seems to take a bit of time to get going.
Happy days.
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Originally posted by Alison View PostDo you have all of Sir Alex's recordings Pastoralguy ?
I suspect what counted against him was that he was a bit out of the mainstream,what with living and working in Scotland. I also remember An old fiddle player I knew in the SNO reckoned that he sacrificed his development as a conductor in the colossal effort it took to establish Scottish Opera.
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I have:
1 Leaper
2 & 4 Abbado
3 Slatkin
4-6 Mravinsky
4 Szell
5 Jansons
6 Jansons, Mackerras, Pletnev
Manfred Pletnev
All of these are good, IMO, with the Mravinsky set and the Mackerras and Pletnev 'Pathetique's being superb.
Various piano concerto recordings, of which Argerich (with either Chailly or Dutoit) in no.1 and Donohoe in no.2 would be my choices.
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FWIW I can find on disc (LP or CD):
1-6 + Manfred: Jansons and Litton
1: Sinaisky (BBC MM)
2: Masur, Noseda (BBC MM)
3: No single version anywhere, I'm pleased to report!
4. Szell, Bernstein
5: Silvestri, Maazel, Ashkenazy, Mengelberg, Otaka (BBC MM), + Haitink on cassette.
6: Mravinsky, Karajan, A Davis (BBC MM), Rozhdestvensky, Talich, + Giulini on cassette.
Manfred: Muti, Pletnev
Oh, just remembered (slightly rarer fare): 4 & 5 on 78s from Constant Lambert!I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post... having just treated myself to the Mariss Jansons Oslo Philharmonic Orchetra's complete set on emusic and enjoying them immensely i found myself wondering what versions others here might prefer in these works .... i am increasingly drawn to the composer and have no aversion to multiple versions of his works
any thoughts on the Piano Ctos?
In High Resolution sound I would take Pletnev in SACD over Kitaenko or Jarvi, or over Gergiev (Blu-Ray).
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostFWIW I can find on disc (LP or CD):
1-6 + Manfred: Jansons and Litton
1: Sinaisky (BBC MM)
2: Masur, Noseda (BBC MM)
3: No single version anywhere, I'm pleased to report!
4. Szell, Bernstein
5: Silvestri, Maazel, Ashkenazy, Mengelberg, Otaka (BBC MM), + Haitink on cassette.
6: Mravinsky, Karajan, A Davis (BBC MM), Rozhdestvensky, Talich, + Giulini on cassette.
Manfred: Muti, Pletnev
Oh, just remembered (slightly rarer fare): 4 & 5 on 78s from Constant Lambert!
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostRegarding the Chamber works, I would stick with the Borodin Quartet recordings from the 60s.
* for 'always' read 'since a few months back when I got their Shostakovich cycle'
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Originally posted by kea View PostMy preference is the St Petersburg Quartet though that leaves you wanting a Souvenir de Florence (as they chose instead to record some of Tchaikovsky's string quartet fragments). Their sound and interpretations have always* appealed to me quite a bit, which should probably come as no surprise seeing as they're students of the first violinist & leader (Vladimir Ovcharek) of one of my favourite string ensembles in history (the Taneyev Quartet). And it's from the 90s so sound is more modern for those for whom that matters.
* for 'always' read 'since a few months back when I got their Shostakovich cycle'
I haven't heard them. I recommend the Borodin as a safe choice. The members of the Quartet all studied with teachers that had been colleagues of the Composer. The sound is acceptable, particularly as reissued by Chandos on CD.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostRegarding the PCs, I have tried mightily through the years but not developed any fondness for 2 or 3. You are spoiled for choice in 1.
Regarding the Chamber works, I would stick with the Borodin Quartet recordings from the 60s.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostNo. 3 is a can of worms. Do you only play the 1st movement as the composer left it, or do you include the "Andante and Finale", orchestrated by Sergei Taneyev?
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