I'm one huge Perlman fan. His refined and silvery tone is really relaxing to hear, and therefore enjoy.
I think Fabio Biondi with his Ensemble Europa Galante as mentioned by Daniel is a must have also.
There are just too many for me to decide. Also I would change my mind weekly. I listen to Mozart and Baroque music most... the performers don't matter much to me.
Yes too many to decide...My present favs: David and Igor Oistrach playing Bach. Gould Brahms 1 st piano conc. and Beethoven 4 th piano concert with Aarrau
Originally posted by becky@Jul 23 2004, 06:07 PM There are just too many for me to decide. Also I would change my mind weekly. I listen to Mozart and Baroque music most... the performers don't matter much to me.
Me too! I have different favorites at different times--really though, I suppose they're all favorites, but I like to go back and forth. I like Mozart and baroque best, too. Also Holberg Suite (but not most of Grieg's other works), and Haydn. I think Handel and Mozart are my favorite composers.
Yes, Grieg's Holberg Suite is fantastic!
so is Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin...
Nothing beats modern creations like Baroque in Modern Dress! B)
Talking about suites...Nvm, I'll post this as a new thread.
Picked up a copy of Menuhin playing Mozart and Beethoven violin Sonatas...beautiful! I especially am entralled by the two Mozart Sonatas (K. 376 in F major and K. 526 in A major)...
...I'm assuming they're very difficult to play...am I right? Anyone know?...
I'm not big on th Rolla concerto. It has some pleasant parts, but it's more interesting from the point of technique rather than genuine musical interest. It's still nowhere even near something like Britten's Lachrymae or Bartok's concerto.
How to put it... Rolla is to the viola what Viotti is to the violin. A virtuoso with good but not great compositional talents. I've only listened to his concerto once a very long time ago... that was my opinion then, I may feel differently now. My opinions change very quickly; I like things one month and hate them the next, then perhaps love them again later.
I´v Rolla's viola concerto on a LP with Joseph Schobert viola concerto, by a fine hungarian violist named Vidor Nagy. Both are nice pieces, very melodic and with no pretentions. But Rolla had very fine duos for violin and viola. Have 2 of them by two monsters: Accardo and Luigi Bianchi. Bianchi is a fantastic violinist and violist!
You can publish your favourite CD and nobody will read it. YOU will speak about your favourite CD without reading other people. I won't take a second speaking about my favorite CD! You won't read it!
I love Madonna or Celine Dion or...White snow....LOL
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