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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
that Ashkenazy cd is awesome, unfortunately the other concerto recordings of his that i've heard are mediocre at best.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
WinterWind_23 wrote:
My most cherished recording is the Rachmaninoff Concerto no.2 and no.3 played Ashkenazy. The first recording, of course. It is among the best Rach 2 and 3. It was also nostalgic for me because it is one of my first recordings I got.

I have some other ones, but I can't think of now.

How about the Alkan concerto for Solo piano played by Hamelin? Legendary recording.


best Rach2: William kapell
best Rach3: Byron Janis
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
best Rach3: Horowitz
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brewtality wrote:
best Rach3: Horowitz

I used to think the same

I listened to all 5 (and 6 for the video) version of it

I personally think 1941 (Barbeilli) or 1954 (Reiner) are the best.

Until I have heard Janis', same technique, same electricity, more excitment.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
are you talking about the janis/munch recording? i have this one and i agree that its a great version but to me it sounds too much like Horowitz without being as good. Its a little too exciting and there seems to be times when the orchestra and soloist are slightly out of sync.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I agree with SMD. Horowitz is great, but his pupil, janis, is better. I like it moret han Horowitz version.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
funnily enough man, just as i opened dis thread, i just put on da song - TNT by AC/DC

dis sheeyat is da perfect marriage of australian and geordie genius Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ashkenazy may not be the best, but it is very unique. Not bombastic, but very lucid and well done. Those other recordings are also fantastic, of course.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
WinterWind_23 wrote:
My most cherished recording is the Rachmaninoff Concerto no.2 and no.3 played Ashkenazy. The first recording, of course. It is among the best Rach 2 and 3. It was also nostalgic for me because it is one of my first recordings I got.

Ashkenazy's Rach3 is............. Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Philip Daniel wrote:
My favorite recordings are those of Walter Gieseking, my favorite modern pianist Wink. I most admire his performances of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Mozart's Sonatas, and Debussy's Complete Piano Works, for his nobility of thought and technical ease.


I agree. I love his Debussy recordings especially (though not all his recordings are my favourite of that piece).

At the moment, it's Ziff's Rach 2 - he gives the piece a real personality and passion, along with Mini Ziff.
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ATM, Scriabin's Black Mass, Horowitz live in Carnegie 1965
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