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Post by jandl100 on May 17, 2020 14:55:39 GMT
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Post by Slinger on May 17, 2020 15:01:32 GMT
I think I need to start a quest. I've always favoured the Du Pre/Barbirolli (recorded when she was just 20) version, purely for her raw, emotional approach to the piece. I believe that I probably need to listen to other versions again to see if my opinion has changed. Needless to say, with my love of cello music, I have a few, I just haven't listened to them critically.
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Post by jandl100 on May 17, 2020 15:08:36 GMT
So many E-CCs out there, though. And more every month.
It's a bit like painting the Severn Bridge, by the time you finish you have to start all over again.
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Post by MartinT on May 17, 2020 15:58:15 GMT
For me, I would steer clear of the Rostropovich end of the spectrum and look to Tortelier (there's a nice recording with Boult) or similar. You need an element of cool to offset the music's syrup.
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Post by jandl100 on May 17, 2020 16:01:52 GMT
"Syrup".
I must admit I have never heard syrup in the Elgar cello concerto.
Are you sure we're talking about the same piece?
Emotional, certainly. Syrupy, never.
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Post by MartinT on May 17, 2020 16:03:52 GMT
Perhaps it's just the du Pre version.
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Post by MartinT on May 17, 2020 16:04:47 GMT
Beethoven Triple Concerto - Argerich, Maisky, Capucon
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Post by Slinger on May 17, 2020 16:12:26 GMT
Perhaps it's just the du Pre version. Which one?
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Post by MartinT on May 17, 2020 16:19:45 GMT
I've just played the opening of both versions to be sure. The later one with Barenboim is overwrought, melodramatic and really not to my taste.
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Post by jandl100 on May 18, 2020 4:10:00 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 18, 2020 23:23:14 GMT
This could be of interest to you Beethoven fans ... John Eliot Gardiner in the first of a series examining the Symphonies.
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Post by jandl100 on May 19, 2020 11:18:53 GMT
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Post by TheMooN on May 19, 2020 11:59:42 GMT
Not a bad year that 1966.
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2020 12:40:29 GMT
Solti's Gotterdamerung is awesome.
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2020 15:29:18 GMT
Charles Villiers Stanford - Anthems & Services
The latest NAXOS freebie.
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Post by julesd68 on May 19, 2020 15:50:05 GMT
That 'takes me back' Paul - I used to sing a lot of Stanford as a young 'un ...
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2020 16:28:08 GMT
I enjoy Stanford's choral music, I always find it very relaxing, and this is a very nice (free) album.
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2020 16:49:48 GMT
Alessandro Stradella: Violin Sonatas / Chamber Music From The Catalogue Of Carolyn Gianturco & Eleanor McCrickard.
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Post by jandl100 on May 19, 2020 16:58:54 GMT
Charles Villiers Stanford - Anthems & Services The latest NAXOS freebie. Your description sounded intriguing, so giving it a go now. Nooooo. They sing all the religious drivel in clearly enunciated English. Urgh, I can't be having with that.
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Post by jandl100 on May 19, 2020 17:08:33 GMT
Alessandro Stradella: Violin Sonatas / Chamber Music From The Catalogue Of Carolyn Gianturco & Eleanor McCrickard. Ah, this is more like it. I've not come across this label before, they have a very interesting baroque catalogue.
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