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[#1105] What are you listening to? ( classical mus dwan, Old recording are not always better, but Grumiaux is my favorite violinist and his playing of Mozart violin sonata with Haskil is really good, even better than the remake Grumiaux recorded in 1980.		chankaiming 正式會員 203.xxx.xxx.106	2007-05-22 09:36

[#1106] What are you listening to? ( classical mus
早晨...

doctorjohn提及的貝多芬boxset我都在CD warehouse見到，好似要近五百。都有諗過買一套送俾侄仔，等年青人學下聽古典。

邊個邊個

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158.xxx.xxx.114

2007-05-22 09:48

[#1107] What are you listening to? ( classical mus
Last night listened to Brahms piano sonata played by Katchen, although Brahms write these two sonata in his teenage, these are romantic work which can rival with Schumann's work. Recording in 1960 by Decca was trueful and Katchen's playing was fiery and fully justified its classic status.

chankaiming

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203.xxx.xxx.106

2007-05-22 10:02

[#1108] What are you listening to? ( classical mus
邊個邊個:

PRO SOUND in Central is $4xx. Mention you're net friend of Doctorjohn and you may (or may not?) receive a small discount!

doctorjohn

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218.xxx.xxx.173

2007-05-22 12:03

[#1109] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD30
-CD30 (****)

Thw wind ensemble music played beautifully by the little known group "Mozzafiato".

Previous incarnation is a full-priced SONY CD:

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Octet-Op-Rondino-WoO25/dp/B0000028Z4

doctorjohn

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218.xxx.xxx.173

2007-05-22 12:36

[#1110] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD27
-CD27 (****)

The early (Op 9) string trios are given an excellent reading from yet another little known German ensemble with a great name, "Kandinsky Trio".

Originally issued on budget Arte Nova, and here's a review by Fanfare:

"...Beethoven’s last series of string trios is often damned with faint praise: described as preparation for the mighty string quartets or as a farewell to his student days, either description undercuts the seminal importance of these imaginative masterworks. At Arte Nova’s budget price, the Hannover based Kandinsky Trio provides a fine introduction to these works.

It is a well-balanced ensemble and plays with a rich, compelling tone. Even closely microphoned, one cannot miss Kathrin Rabus’s superb control of the bow. Although the warm and expansive performances lack the explosive virtuosity of DGG’s Mutter-Guiranna-Rostropovich collection or the silken suavity of the Grumiaux Trio on Philips, the Kandinskys play with skill and style. It would be quibbling to note that there are minor occasional problems of ensemble, while some of the transitions, particularly in the Allegro of the G-Major Trio, are tentative. Happily, all three slow movements are sonorously and eloquently played; the Kandinskys capture the bucolic and Haydneseque moments with charm and elegance. The last trio, dark and dramatic, is most successful. Here, Beethoven sounds most like his more familiar and later self and here the Kandinskys excel as they achieve a genuinely symphonic sound, reminiscent of the soon-to-follow Quartets.

FANFARE: Michael Fine..."

Since he mentioned the DG set, which I have, I have to say I prefer the more stylistically flowing Kandinsky.

doctorjohn

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218.xxx.xxx.173

2007-05-22 12:50

[#1111] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD27
早晨...

唔該晒doctorjohn...:-)

個人幾鍾意leppard平穩的指揮風格，岉Y謹之餘唔會square，流暢而有感情。可惜一直紅不起來。

邊個邊個

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158.xxx.xxx.114

2007-05-23 09:20

[#1112] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD27
Some exciting new experience after tired of yet another Beethoven or Brahms Violin concerto. Listened to Myaskovsky and Vainberg's violin concerto last night, the music are more modern than Tchaikovsky but more romantic than Prokofiev.

Recording by Naxos was of very high standard, but I need some time before I can comment on performance.

chankaiming

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203.xxx.xxx.106

2007-05-23 10:27

[#1113] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD27
Listened to Beethoven's trio last night, masterfully played by Perlman, Askenazy and Harrell. Although these pieces are not major work by Beethoven, they were played with great respect ny this star trio.

chankaiming

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203.xxx.xxx.106

2007-05-25 08:32

[#1114] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD30
All brothers! I am impress with this link.How much you guys know about classical music? And I would like to start listen and learn more about classical, problems is I dont know what I like and how to start. I need advice. Thanks!!!

moci

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2007-05-26 13:22

[#1115] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD30
As a start, it is always advicable to try those `Best of the best' collection first.

chankaiming

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203.xxx.xxx.106

2007-05-26 20:06

[#1116] Beethoven Complete Masterpieces-CD30
Last Saturday I had the good fortune of listening to the Alban Berg Quartet play the Haydn Op 20/4.

This recording is most elegant. Just the Minuet movement is worthy of the price paid. I have listened to it 3 times already.

doctorjohn

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218.xxx.xxx.56

2007-05-28 09:02

[#1117] Alban Berg Quartet
26/05/2007
Alban Berg Quartet
Haydn/Rihm/Beethoven
CH

For some reason, the ABQ shall disband in the middle of next year. Perhaps that gave impetus to some in the full house, to see them just once. The audience
surprisingly was of quite different composition from the usual crowd, quite young! !

For me I have to confess, having listened to many of ABQ’s recordings, although I admire their icy shimmer, they quite often have left me cold. The concert did
not completely dispel that feeling, but revealed some extra dimensions. Not just because the program has a persistent elegiac pulse to it.

The quartet’s first violinist Gunter Pichler and cellist Valentin Erben are founding members since 1971; second violinist Gerhard Schultz has served for 20 years;
youngest member is violist Isabel Charisius, since the death of violist Kakusa in 2005.

The program opened with Haydn’s Op 20/4, an early jewel. The chiseled brilliance of the foursome was immediately apparent. You could literally hear every note.
The first violin had a focused and beautiful tone that was penetrating even at pianissimo, though he was not afraid to be grating to make a point. His was clearly the
leader; his choice was obviously precision and insistence over seamless phrasing, which sometimes worked beautifully but also sometimes intrusive. The cello was
similarly focused and quite lean in tone. In contrast the second violin and the viola most of the time played with a big, warm tone. The foursome’s precision was
beyond reproach, several rungs above over-rated ensembles such as the Hagen; their blend immaculate, quite superior to big names such as the Emerson. The
violins, or the viola and cello, could sound as one; the second violin and viola, my personal favorites, perfectly matched when receding into the background. They
were most impressive in declamatory passages, in big chords, achieving an imposing symphonic sound. In softer passages, as in the slow movement, they could be
a bit cold; in rhythmically pointed passages, as in the last movement, they could be a bit square. However, there were some revelations. In the slow movement I
was initially bothered by the not so seamless continuity when suddenly towards the last few variations an elegiac quality emerged that was touching, and I was
impressed by Pichler’s ravishing playing. The Scherzando quality of the last movement was also exceptionally articulated.

Writing this I’m listening to Naxos’ excellent Kodaly Quartet version, which moves much better, with a seamlessly flowing andante. It does not have sudden
revelations, but it does have natural continuity. Overall in the Haydn my feeling about the ABQ’s performance is echoed by a critic’s review of the ABQ’s Mozart:

“…Despite that brilliance, I couldn't shake off a persistent feeling that each movement had been plotted to within an inch of its life. So the Minuets tend to lack
elegance, and even the ethereal Andante cantabile of K. 387 sounds self-conscious. No one expects full-blown Romanticism in Mozart, but there's a chill cast by
these players, an emotional distancing imposed by their glossy finish that's not as intrusive in their admirable Beethoven and Haydn recordings. ..”

All that did not prepare me for the devastating performance of Wolfgang Rhim’s one-movement Grave, written in memoriam of Kakusha. The Berg’s hairpin,
symphonic dynamism and fastidious, coloristic treatment made one truly feel the calamitic, agonal nature of the piece. There should not have been immediate
applause though. My companion made several comments: “They played like a full orchestra” and “Best performance of the evening”. I cannot agree more. I have
one discontinued Rihm CD, a string trio which I had liked very much; it’s time to pull it out again and to buy more of his music, if one can.

The Beethoven, more complex, showed all of the usual strengths and less of the weaknesses. I was not too involved till the middle of the Cavatina, when the
haunting playing of the violins captured me. The Grosse Fuge was used as finale and that was miraculously played, even “demonstrated”, so clear was the lay-out.
In the middle, after the big fuge, the violins played so softly, but with such beauty and focus, that they literally sounded like from an outer world, almost “offstage”,
almost as in a Kancheli piece.

The audience was enthusiastic, and was rewarded by the substantial encore of the finale of Beethoven’s Op 135, perfectly rendered!

Although there were many moments that did not reach my heart, there were also many that I shall remember for a long time. I wish they would not disband.

p.s. The pics of them have the most beautiful and elegant color and composition I have seen in a long time, classicism!

doctorjohn

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2007-05-28 11:06

[#1118] Alban Berg Quartet
Thank you Doctor John for your excellent review. Unfortunately I have to take the Tannoy Driver off from my Lancester Carbinet and fix it to the new one, so I cannot have any listening for a few days.

chankaiming

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203.xxx.xxx.106

2007-05-28 12:35

[#1119] Alban Berg Quartet
DJ, your review is even better than the local professional critic. I'm glad I did not miss out the event ,a momorable one. The ensemble demonstrated what chamber playing should be. The srting tones were sweet and mellow,yet penetrating as I could hear individual voice clearly even though seating in the balcony. One complain though, the noise floor of the air conditioning system in City Hall was rather high making the softest passages difficult to hear sometimes. I cannot add on what DJ had said about their playing, but ocasionally I find them too measured and restrained, I also find the piece by Rihm too queer and amelodic for my taste.

kh33

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2007-05-28 18:59

[#1120] Alban Berg Quartet
早晨...

緊張大師。