Hi All, Soon I will start to post the translation of one "story", which is a true "piece of life", and concern the Richter residence in Paris in March...
Dear Mr.Sairanen, I heard recently about your Richter's biography. Some questions I have, if you please... How you clarified some crucial moments from the...
I would encourage you to post your story about the making of the Richter-Gavrilov recording of the Handel suites. It has always struck me as one of the real...
Dear you, All the subjects listed by you are discussed more or bit less in detail in the Richter bio written by Prof. Rasmussen, in close co-operation with me,...
A while back we discussed the question of what recordings of the Hammerklavier were the best ones The questioner especially asked about the playing of the...
... Dick, A very interesting and penetrating review. I don't see the name Solomon in your discussion. As his name has appeared favourably in past discussions...
Dear Dick, I agree with you: Richter, Pollini and Backhaus(in this order) are my favourites. The fourth in my opinion is Gilels(you didn't mention him) and I...
in some of the books I have on Beethoven they try to give the reader an idea of the best sonate recordings available in the Beethoven compendium they talk...
Dick, A very impressive list indeed. I would only suggest a single addition to check out. The EMI mono recording by Solomon. I seem to go from this performance...
Guido, In my very first impressions of the various Hammerklavier recordings, some two years ago, I rated Gilels highly. In fact, my first ranking was Backhaus,...
Keigo, Thanks for your perceptive comment. If I had thought about it, I would certainly have included the Solomon recording in my marathon listening session. I...
... Hammerklavier were the best ones The questioner especially asked about the playing of the fugue. Have you heard Gulda's Amadeo recording? I noticed it...
Hello Dmitri, why, when talking of the "no nonsense pianists" don´t you mention Friedrich Gulda ? Isn´t he in your opinion on the same level as Barenboim ?...
Yes, I have the Amadeo recording of Gulda's Beethoven cycle. I also heard Gulda in person performing the Hammerklavier in New York City, a concert I still...
don't know the Gulda hammerklavier. but just like Brendel I have never felt drawn to him as a person, and I have always felt Beethoven to be a completely...
Even so, Lill still falls short of the record Adagio length of 25:02 by Anton Kuerti. ... I think you will find that Edith Vogel on BBC is even longer. 26 mins...
Hi Dmitri, well, that´s exactly what surprises me: I don´t consider Brendel and Gulda too similar at all ! I find Gulda a lot more fiery in Beethoven and not...
... Thanks a lot, David. A great addition indeed! By the way, it is more than worth your while to learn the cyrillic alphabet. As long as it concerns music,...
... And Vogel’s Adagio is handicapped with some truly annoying pedaling, if memory serves. Eschenbach also tops 25 minutes, and is successful. Has anybody...
Dear Group, I must say I find all this ranking of Hammerklavier recordings both odd and very silly. It is as if, we were talking about golfers or tennis...
... if memory serves. Eschenbach also tops 25 minutes, and is successful. ... very impressive (with and adagio twice as fast as the above mentioned.) ... I was...
was there a ranking ? well..... some recordings are better then others..... if that would be irrelevant.... we can leave the Richters and Goulds for what they...
Of course some sort of ranking is unavoidable and should by no means be avoided: All recordings aren't of equal merrit. However I do agree with Albert in so...
I finally took on the quest to listen with a few friends to all the recordings of the Chopin etudes I have in my library to narrow them down since we do not...
On the matter of ranking, I admit to a strong bias. I have spent the better part of the past 2 1/2 years buying almost every recording of Beethoven sonatas I...
... And that is a very good question. Our lists are bound to be subjective. Before I can decide whether your list can help me find performances that I might...
... piece? One can rank interpretations because of some compulsive drive, as Dmitri suggested, but one can also rank from pure love of a piece, a quest for its...
I agree about the ideal of "the best" performance as tempting for certain recordings, but a dangerous label. Speaking of Prokofiev 3rd, have you heard the live...
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