Musicon / Mozart / Best performances of the Complete Mozart piano concertos
I always return to Mozart’s piano concertos, they are something like an Ithaca to me. I enjoy them with Schiff, Barenboim, Brendel, Anda, Jando, Uchida, Perahia, and Buchbinder. I’ve also listened to Dana Borsan, but this was an awful experience, surpassed only by the ridiculous toy ::More
Musicon / Classical Music / Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon and EMI recordings
It is difficult to find a work that Karajan interpreted better than any other conductor — the way you find, for example, performances by Celibidache, Jochum, Solti, Giulini, and many others to excel on particular works, even on particular composers. Surely Karajan is seldom the best in a ::More
Musicon / Experimental / Hank Roberts / The green music of Hank Roberts
Guitars, percussion, cello and (sometimes) voice, in a music that can be ‘concrete’, rock, ambient, jazz – surprisingly interesting and vigorous. The album is called “Green”. 01 – Azul 02 – Bernie Alap 03 – Prayer 04 – Bernie 05 – In the ::More
Musicon / Van Morrison / Van Morrison is born to sing
Born to sing: no plan b, is Van Morrison’s new album, ten rock/jazz/blues songs that stand among the best he recorded so far in his only plan, to be a singer. 01 – Open the Door (To Your Heart) 02 – Goin’ Down to Monte Carlo 03 – Born to Sing 04 – End of the ::More
Musicon / Haydn / Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas with Rudolf Buchbinder
At last I threw away the ridiculous Glenn Gould set of Haydn’s piano sonatas, replaced it with this performance by Rudolf Buchbinder. It doesn’t sound like an ‘ideal’ interpretation, but it is full of dynamics, making those works interesting, and a true masterpiece ::More
