Veronique Gens with John Axelrod leading the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire in music by Berlioz and Ravel:
Hector Berlioz:
Herminie
Les Nuits d'ete
Maurice Ravel:
Sheherazade
Veronique Gens with John Axelrod leading the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire in music by Berlioz and Ravel:
Hector Berlioz:
Herminie
Les Nuits d'ete
Maurice Ravel:
Sheherazade
I love music. I want music. I need music.
Osvaldo Golijov : The Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind
Kronos Quartet & David Krakauer
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The Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind by Golijov has been recorded a number of times, but this premier recording has remained my favorite.
Liszt
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Gramophone Magazine March 2021
An ideal Liszt Sonata performance requires transcendental virtuosity, prodigious colouristic resources, a sense of drama and narrative flow and a gift for fusing both architecture and passion. Benjamin Grosvenor’s interpretation embodies these qualities and then some...One may miss Arrau’s golden-toned largesse or the gaunter classicism of Fleisher, Curzon and Brendel, yet Grosvenor’s Liszt Sonata clearly belongs in such company.
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
I listened to this recording last week and was not impressed. Since 2015 I've listened to every recording of the Liszt sonata available, at last count 287. I trust my ears more than this reviewer. Grosvenor's playing was sloppy in places, and bland in others, overall a mediocre performance.
And the reviewer did not mention the pianists who have really nailed this work:
Krystian ZIMERMAN
Martha ARGERICH
Marc-André HAMELIN
Louis LORTIE
Jorge BOLET [1]
Dezsö RÁNKI [1]
Jorge BOLET [3]
Nikolai DEMIDENKO
Sviatislav RICHTER [1] (Carnegie Hall)
Vladimir HOROWITZ [1]
The numbers in brackets indicate which of multiple recordings by a pianist.
There is another new recording of the B Minor Sonata, by Vladimir Skomorokhov - it is superior to Grosvenor.
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The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez (2021)
Stile Antico
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Nicely done.
[QUOTE=SanAntone;2024273]I listened to this recording last week and was not impressed. Since 2015 I've listened to every recording of the Liszt sonata available, at last count 287. I trust my ears more than this reviewer. Grosvenor's playing was sloppy in places, and bland in others, overall a mediocre performance.
And the reviewer did not mention the pianists who have really nailed this work:
Krystian ZIMERMAN
Martha ARGERICH
Marc-André HAMELIN
Louis LORTIE
Jorge BOLET [1]
Dezsö RÁNKI [1]
Jorge BOLET [3]
Nikolai DEMIDENKO
Sviatislav RICHTER [1] (Carnegie Hall)
Vladimir HOROWITZ [1]
The numbers in brackets indicate which of multiple recordings by a pianist.
There is another new recording of the B Minor Sonata, by Vladimir Skomorokhov - it is superior to Grosvenor.
In my world Only Pogorelich is lonely at the top but..... this is also good In a room full of love .
Last edited by Rogerx; Mar-06-2021 at 05:09.
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
Early start with Barbirolli and the Halle perfroming two of my long term favourite works by Sibelius....
Karelia Suite and Symphony no.5
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'so where are the strong, who are the trusted and where is the harmony, sweet harmony?'
(Nick Lowe)
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First time hearing this.
"Puritanism:The haunting fear that someone,somewhere,may be happy."
H.L.Mencken
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
USSR Symphony Orchestra and RSFSR Russian Chorus conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov
Larissa Avdeyeva, mezzo-soprano
Not the best sound quality, but it sure has spirit!
Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati
Excellent! Still in a Prokofiev mood.