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Post by jandl100 on Mar 1, 2021 15:46:29 GMT
French composers... Some works by Berlioz, Ravel, Faure, Satie. No problem.
Poulenc might take until the "next turn of the wheel".
On to Buchbinder Beethoven (neither of whom was French)
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 1, 2021 16:21:09 GMT
I think my favourite French composers must be Ravel and Debussy - there are just so many works by them I love but not so many from the others ...
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Post by naim1425 on Mar 1, 2021 19:20:41 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 2, 2021 14:33:26 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2021 18:18:46 GMT
What did you make of that one Jerry?
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 2, 2021 18:51:30 GMT
I've played it a few times now, and keep getting drawn back to it.
It's nicely varied, from solo violin to full orchestra.
And I do often find Penderecki's music interesting.
So, yes, I guess I like it!
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 2, 2021 18:57:45 GMT
... and yes it's ASM.
I find her playing enjoyable away from the core violin repertoire.
I suspect that she enjoys it more as well!
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2021 19:05:24 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 2, 2021 19:57:06 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2021 20:46:44 GMT
... and yes it's ASM. I find her playing enjoyable away from the core violin repertoire. I suspect that she enjoys it more as well! Did you listen to her Club Album from a couple of years ago? I found it a very refreshing diversion indeed. Surprised she hasn't done a follow-up. |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2021 21:59:36 GMT
I have this excellent ASM anthology - it has the Penderecki and lots of other 'smaller' works.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 4:28:28 GMT
... and yes it's ASM. I find her playing enjoyable away from the core violin repertoire. I suspect that she enjoys it more as well! Did you listen to her Club Album from a couple of years ago? I found it a very refreshing diversion indeed. Surprised she hasn't done a follow-up. Ah, musical lollipops. No, not that keen. Enjoying this Lutoslawski atm. I generally find her playing 'dutiful' rather than inspired. I find that works better for me in contemporary not very tonal music. |
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 5:06:04 GMT
Having another go at Previn's violin concerto.
Nope, it still sounds like a series of unrelated and not very interesting musical gestures to me.
The Bernstein piece is better. But not hugely. I can understand why they paired these works together, quite similar in feel.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 5:32:58 GMT
George Crumb and Anton Webern are more her forte imo. I quite enjoyed the Prokofiev sonata as well.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 5:57:21 GMT
Let's see if she can convince me about Stravinsky and Bartok. Not been a fan of these previously.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 6:56:44 GMT
^
Well impressed by ASM in that album.
She actually managed to make the Stravinsky and Bartok concertos sound like music to me - that's a first.
Her talents really are wasted on pre-20th century music imho.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 3, 2021 9:27:02 GMT
Now that I've come across this album again I recall that it's the only one I've heard that turns the Berg violin concerto into music.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 3, 2021 13:01:25 GMT
It's a Mutterfest chez Jerry!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 3, 2021 13:03:47 GMT
One thing I would add about Mutter is that she often plays very different interpretations live than recorded. Her Beethoven a couple of years back at Festival Hall was outstanding.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 3, 2021 13:05:16 GMT
On the other hand I heard her play the Tchaikovsky which was often saddled with a fearsome vibrato.
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