Been dipping into Martha Argerich's marvelous Warner Bros box of Solos and Duos. Well worth getting, iof you haven't any of them right now. Her Chopin and Schumann are something else, imo.
Whose solo piano music floats your boat?
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostEvening BeefO
Surely you need Ronald Smith in the complete Op 39?
Hamelin has only recorded the Symphony and Concerto and No 12 from Op 39 AFAIK but they are fab and his Festin is the best ever IMO.
I don't find Gibbons the least bit fatiguing and Maltempo (great name)is superb
I can never make my mind up which is my favourite,we are blessed to have so many great Alkan recordings available.
According to his website Jack Gibbons was performing in July of this year,he may also be busy composing too.
Jonathan of this parish may have some more enlightening views and news if he is around.
CVA is my favourite composer for the piano by a mile
I haven't heard the Ronald Smith or the Hamelin. Will keep an eye/ear out for them.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostThanks for this, Rob.
I haven't heard the Ronald Smith or the Hamelin. Will keep an eye/ear out for them.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostI don't know whether you can order it from such places, like amazon but the pianist Jack Gibbons, on ASV had recorded an excellent double=cd for ASV. Well worth it if you can!
He also gave an interesting commentary in between each of the works/movements.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostThanks BBM - I've often repeated myself that I saw Jack Gibbons perform the whole of that ASV set in 1995 (?) at the RFH and I bought the CDs very soon after the concert and therefore have had them for about 22 years!
He also gave an interesting commentary in between each of the works/movements.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostCharles-Valentin Alkan - 12 Études dans les tons mineurs, Op. 39: Nos. 8 - 12 Concerto, Overture & Le festin d'Ésope
Vicenzo Maltempo. Brilliant Classics download.
I really was in two minds (for about 20 seconds) about buying this set after Bryn flagged it up on another thread. I already have a 2 CD Jack Gibbons set that I bought more than 20 years ago following a 2 hour JG Alkan concert at the RFH.
Did I need another set?
Yes!
I've been dipping in and out of this set since downloading it last night and I've been surprised at how much I enjoy the playing and sound of Vicenzo Maltempo, Mark Viner et al. In fact I keep getting drawn back to listen more and more, something that never really happened with the JG set, no matter how good it is. By comparison I find JG a tad aggressive and mechanical. VM, for example, is a much better listen for me. I wonder if the recording has much to do with it. The JG set on ASV is quite in yer face (?).
Does anyone have the JB set and this one? Any views?
Afterthought: I love the Jack Gibbons set, and would not be without it, but I think I find it fatiguing. I've only just realised this after so many years!
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostEvening BeefO
Surely you need Ronald Smith in the complete Op 39?
Hamelin has only recorded the Symphony and Concerto and No 12 from Op 39 AFAIK but they are fab and his Festin is the best ever IMO.
I don't find Gibbons the least bit fatiguing and Maltempo (great name)is superb
I can never make my mind up which is my favourite,we are blessed to have so many great Alkan recordings available.
According to his website Jack Gibbons was performing in July of this year,he may also be busy composing too.
Jonathan of this parish may have some more enlightening views and news if he is around.
CVA is my favourite composer for the piano by a mile
I originally planned to see the Jack Gibbons performance in Oxford however not having a job for 3 months put pay to that idea.
I've also ordered Mark Viner's Op.35 (didn't think it was worth buying the Brilliant Classics boxed set as I have almost all the recordings in it anyway) - I was really impressed with his Liszt and Thalberg discs.Best regards,
Jonathan
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostHi Jonathan, thank you for your interesting thoughts on this. I had only ever heard the Jack Gibbons until this week when I downloaded the Brilliant Classics set and listened to the op.39 performed by Vincenzo Maltempo and instantly preferred it.
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