Cheers

Flettster

EJ,

I must get Abbado/Gulda. I bet that's good. Pires/Abbado sounds interesting. Grimaud walking out on the gig was probably a blessing in disguise?

So far Abbado's style has been hit and miss for me. Know nothing of Orchestra Mozart but I sort of pegged him as 'pretty' soundtrack guy. :x

What's up with Yuja Wang? Her Rachmaninov disc for DG was full of going nowhere IMO and I didn't come across her since. You seem quite the follower 

C'mon, EJ.

She's sooooo qute!! 

Plus I sort of liked the fact that a pack of Marlboro sitting on her Steinway.

Out of all the 'piano babes' the record labels are popping out these days, I think Yuja actually got something other than good legs. I could not listen to her Rachmaninov tho. I mean after Richter, how can anyone better it?

Going to see her playing/conducting Nos. 17 & 22 next year.

Interesting that Uchida sounds robust as her previous No.20 with Tate was anything but as you said. 

The famous 'pink Machaut'

Outstanding.

Quite different approach compared to usual way; I like a lot.

Very early music; full of secret shine.

I could get a copy very complicated way; if any of you have the original pls alarm me.

(just realized the amazon price...172$..)

Originally Posted by EJS: Kuma, agree with the Serkin, that was a misguided recording project. Abbado was fine with Gulda, in the 70s, and he's again good here with Pires, heading up what sounds like a period instrument band. I listened to some samples of Abbado's other recent recordings with the Orchestra Mozart on DG, and maybe it's the lousy medium or the fact that I'm enjoying my first coffee of the day but those samples sounded as interesting as watching paint dry - it's Pires sparking the fire perhaps? She is wonderful, incidentally, perhaps a shade less fluent than in her younger years but she hasn't lost the knack of coaxing a singing voice out of her instrument.

EJ,

I must get Abbado/Gulda. I bet that's good. Pires/Abbado sounds interesting. Grimaud walking out on the gig was probably a blessing in disguise?

 

So far Abbado's style has been hit and miss for me. Know nothing of Orchestra Mozart but I sort of pegged him as 'pretty' soundtrack guy. :x

What's up with Yuja Wang? Her Rachmaninov disc for DG was full of going nowhere IMO and I didn't come across her since. You seem quite the follower 

C'mon, EJ.

She's sooooo qute!! 

Plus I sort of liked the fact that a pack of Marlboro sitting on her Steinway.

 

Out of all the 'piano babes' the record labels are popping out these days, I think Yuja actually got something other than good legs. I could not listen to her Rachmaninov tho. I mean after Richter, how can anyone better it?

Kuma,

I was thinking the same thing, that this was originally going to be with Grimaud, but I'm not sure. If so, Pires is a pretty luxurious second choice.

wrt Wang: glad you have your priorities straight and clear .  

EJ

Haven't listened to this for years. Great sound

1. Prelude No 1 Op. 35 (Felix Mendelssohn)

2. Fugue No 1 Op. 35

3.Fantaisie Op. 17 in C Major 

4. Variations Sur Le Nom Abegg Op.1

5. Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13

On Vinyl:-

On Vinyl:-

Wispelwey's new, third, recording of the Bach suites. A man intimately familiar with this music is finding new ways - highly recommended. The presentation in cap box and with 'making of' DVD is top notch, too.

Cheers,

EJ

On CD:-

on CD.

When I read Steve's post yesterday in 'What was the last vinyl you bought' thread. It reminded me I had a copy of The Beatles Yesterday & Today which I bought new some time in the late 1970's.  

Graham.

Nice album.

The mono chronology continues today:

Feeling a bit anti...

steve

I had a roommate back in college ('76 - '80) who had a massive album collection, which he let me borrow over Christmas holiday.  He had a copy of this album that had been his older sisters from back in the 60's.  (I know some of you can see where this is going...) 

I brazenly took the liberty of trying to peel back the cover - and lo and behold, he had a "butcher baby" album. 

Of course he was thrilled, and gifted me with a white vinyl white album as a thank you gift.  Which was better than how mad he would have been had my endeavor revealed nothing but to ruin his album cover!

Hi Dr Mark.

What a fantastic story. As you know the originals are worth mucho $. Not mine unfortunately only $12 according to Steve. So it's back to work for me tomorrow.

Regards Graham.

After a long and intense recital with Schubert's last three sonatas, a quick dip into Lewis' new album of the music he toured last year. 

Cheers,

EJ

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater w/ Anna Prohaska adn Bernard Fink