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It seems that at least two 'complete' Beethoven surveys are to be released this year. I have not yet found the details of the Brilliant Classics set, but the other, http://www.cascade-medien.com/Beethoven_Complete_Edition.pdf, a very mixed bag, at very low price, includes the the first and fifth piano concertos as recorded by Hanae Nakajima, (the latter of which we discussed here some time back). |
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« Reply #1 on: 18:59:10, 18-04-2007 » |
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Best (only) price I have seen so far is €57.95 (about £39.25) including p&p. So over to others for any better prices. ;-)
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« Reply #2 on: 19:14:23, 18-04-2007 » |
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Does anybody know and can recommend a good CD of Beethoven's violin sonatas. Who is a good performer?
Anna on the other forum wanted to know, but I don't know who to recommend. I have historic performance of several by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler.
This is off topic.
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« Reply #3 on: 19:41:08, 18-04-2007 » |
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Ashkenazy and perlman are very good.
bit too slow in the slow movements, perhaps, but still good.
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« Reply #4 on: 20:02:48, 18-04-2007 » |
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Thank you tonybob. Your avatar makes me smile all the time. What instrument is there? Is it a harmonica. I love that squirrel. (such a difficult word it is, it took me three attemps and checking to write it and I am not sure it is correct).
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« Reply #5 on: 21:10:26, 18-04-2007 » |
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Since the Schröder/Immerseel set is no longer available (thought the 'Spring' and 'Kreutzer' sonatas can still be found), may I suggest http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/main/5557a.html , though the Nimbus approach to recording may not be to everybody's taste. |
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« Reply #6 on: 21:19:30, 18-04-2007 » |
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There are so many violinists around, but I don't believe there are so few recordings of Beethoven violin sonatas.
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« Reply #7 on: 21:27:58, 18-04-2007 » |
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« Reply #8 on: 22:48:27, 18-04-2007 » |
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May be Gidon Kremer & Martha Argerich are good? They should be good I think.
I wonder if Oistrach and Richter played them or recorded them.
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« Reply #10 on: 13:03:24, 19-04-2007 » |
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t-p, I always enjoyed the Grumiaux/Haskil performances. I have them on an old Philips record but haven't heard them for ages because my turntable lost the will to carry on a long time ago. Perhaps you know Clara Haskil from some her solo playing, I have always found her Mozart just wonderful - warm, intelligent, full of humanity. And (as I remember) both she and Grumiaux communicate so naturally with eachother and with their listeners, and they exude this intelligence which seems to ask you in. Anyway, I like it (and I can't even hear it until I get a new turntable). They seem to be available here; http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7388586/a/Beethoven:+Violin+Sonatas+%2F+Grumiaux,+Haskil.htm |
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« Reply #11 on: 14:22:17, 19-04-2007 » |
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Does anyone remember the Deutsche Grammophon complete Beethoven edition from the 1990s? Does anyone here own it? It didn't seem to make the same impact as the Philips Complete Mozart and I remember a Gramophone review at the time saying that Beethoven had written an amount of music that wasn't worth listening to, or words to that effect.
I bought the EMI Beethoven "Collector's Edition" (50 CDs) last week and it could be said that this would satisfy anyone who just wanted a lot of Beethoven, but I suppose it's interesting to have the music that's seldom played and make one's own mind up about the quality.
I'm happy with my set but it's not for those who prefer "period" style. I'd always wanted the Cluytens symphonies, even if they do sometimes show their age now. He's also inconsistent with repeats and that means quite a few bars missed in the fourth. One shouldn't carp at having 50 CDs for £45 (less if you shop around) but it does mean it has been assembled according to previous collections. So, for example, there are two Fidelio overtures (one for the Cluytens collection and one for the full opera with Karajan) when I would have happily swapped one for Leonore 1.
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« Reply #13 on: 04:57:46, 20-04-2007 » |
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Does anyone remember the Deutsche Grammophon complete Beethoven edition from the 1990s? Not the one from the '90s. but I do have Volume 1 of the 1970 set, and most from the revised 1977 version. All LPs, of course. |
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« Reply #14 on: 05:34:21, 20-04-2007 » |
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"Complete Beethoven"... isn't that what Rosemary Brown tried to do?
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