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[Vladimir]

Lazar Berman / Carlo Maria Giulini / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wiener Symphoniker

Switching to my floorstanders for the tempestuous Berman. Let it roar.

I must admit I wasn't his fan back when I played records. I had few from those horrible Soviet ones, dreadful sounding. Much bigger fan now when I'm enjoying crisp clear DG editions.

 

[nopiano]

Lazar Berman / Carlo Maria Giulini / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wiener Symphoniker

Switching to my floorstanders for the tempestuous Berman. Let it roar.

I must admit I wasn't his fan back when I played records. I had few from those horrible Soviet ones, dreadful sounding. Much bigger fan now when I'm enjoying crisp clear DG editions.

I heard Berman play live once at the Royal Festival Hall in London. He began with Mussogrsky's Pictures, and I swear I thought he was going to push the piano through the stage! He made the most colossal sound the instrument could produce. It was shattering!

 

[Vladimir]

Lazar Berman / Carlo Maria Giulini / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wiener Symphoniker

Switching to my floorstanders for the tempestuous Berman. Let it roar.

I must admit I wasn't his fan back when I played records. I had few from those horrible Soviet ones, dreadful sounding. Much bigger fan now when I'm enjoying crisp clear DG editions.

I heard Berman play live once at the Royal Festival Hall in London. He began with Mussogrsky's Pictures, and I swear I thought he was going to push the piano through the stage! He made the most colossal sound the instrument could produce. It was shattering!

I'm green with envy. Would love to have seen a spectacle like that. *ok*

 

[Vladimir]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Alfred Brendel

In expectation of the beautiful month of May...

 

[Vladimir]

Myung-Whun Chung / Paul Meyer / Gil Shaham / Jian Wang

 

[Vladimir]

Hilary Summers / Pierre Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporian

Going atonal in these late hours.

 

[Vladimir]

Anton Rubinstein and Ornette Coleman changed everything.

 

[Vladimir]

Michel Dalberto

Nocturne No. 6 en Ré Bémol Majeur, Op. 63

 

[Vladimir]

Emerson String Quartet

 

[Vladimir]

Sasha Cooke Mezzo-soprano, Scott Gilmore Piano

Four Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 13

On Spotify

 

[nopiano]

Hi Vlad, you would have enjoyed today's lunchtime concert broadcast by the BBC from Lomdon's Wigmore Hall - it was Louis Lortie playing all Chopin's Preludes.

 

[Vladimir]

I'm sure I would have enjoyed that more than digging up english laurel in the yard. But I'll do second best thing and play some of Lortie's repertoire tonight.

 

[nopiano]

I'm sure I would have enjoyed that more than digging up english laurel in the yard. But I'll do second best thing and play some of Lortie's repertoire tonight.

I know you like Liszt. Lortie's concertos, with a Dutch band I think, are much better than you'd suppose. Especially number 2.

 

[Vladimir]

I'm sure I would have enjoyed that more than digging up english laurel in the yard. But I'll do second best thing and play some of Lortie's repertoire tonight.

I know you like Liszt. Lortie's concertos, with a Dutch band I think, are much better than you'd suppose. Especially number 2.

Thank you for the suggestion. I love both Liszt and Chopin, this will be a great addition to this sunny day and the fragrant lilacs on my desk.

 

[Vladimir]

Arthur Grumiaux, Igor Oistrakh

 

[CnoEvil]

You have a very good taste in Composers.

If you like female Classical singers, the ones that my mother (who trained at the Royal Brussels Conservatory) rated most were (probably in this order):

- Janet Baker

- Maria Callas

- Victoria de los Angeles.

- Kiri Te Kanawa

 

[Vladimir]

Paolo Ghidoni

 

[Vladimir]

You have a very good taste in Composers.

If you like female Classical singers, the ones that my mother (who trained at the Royal Brussels Conservatory) rated most were (probably in this order):

- Janet Baker

- Maria Callas

- Victoria de los Angeles.

- Kiri Te Kanawa

Fan of Maria Callas and will try your other suggestions. Thanks signore Cno. *ok*

Currently enjoying some horse hair being fiddled with.

 

[Vladimir]

I have to give it a listen. 😉

 

[steve_1979]

I must say, neighbors lawnmowers and drills sound great together with Vivaldi!

🙂

You can't beat a bit of Vivaldi played by Giulano Carmignola. He does the best version of The Four Seasons too.

Vivaldi - Con Moto

Vivaldi - Concertos for Two Violins

Vivaldi - Late Violin Concertos

 

[nopiano]

I have to give it a listen. 😉

His Mozart concertos are great too.

I remember Victoria Mullova when she was new to the West. She appeared at London's Barbican with Abbado conducting - I think they became an item - and Ivo Pogorelich sharing the Concerto billing.

 

[Vladimir]

Spring yard work and Vivaldi. People on yachts are missing out.

 

[nopiano]

Not sure if competitions interest you, Vlad, but this is live streamed. Started yesterday.

I went in 1999, and sat next to a guy who was writing a biography of Van. A great event, and excellent hospitality. The winner that year, Sultanov, was only twentyish, but he was dead at 35. Flew too close to the sun, as they say.

http://cliburn2017.medici.tv/en/

 

[Pedro]

Excellent (source: Spotify).

 

[Vladimir]

Tõnu Kaljuste, Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra