Musicon / Beethoven / Liszt / Musical education / Idil Biret on playing the Liszt arrangements of Beethoven symphonies
It is true that a piano will never possess the same powerful sound as an orchestra, notwithstanding its immense ressources. I remember that at the Conservatoire we had to make a piano reduction of an orchestral score at sight. We found, that, by playing very loud and abusing the pedal nearly all ::More
Musicon / Tchaikovsky / Tchaikovsky symphonies restored to their real nature, thanks to Mariss Jansons
After listening to Karajan, Abbado and Haitink I feel grateful that we have Mariss Jansons’ performances of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, vivid, and clean from excessive sentimentalism. Yet, I wonder about the readings of Rostropovich, Pletnev and Svetlanov… This post will finish after I ::More
Musicon / Nielsen / Nielsen Symphonies with Blomstedt and the Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco
I thought Jarvi was good enough, until I listened to Bernstein and especially Ole Schmidt — those performances that were rightly described as ablaze with life, warmth and a sense of discovery… Yet, even Schmidt is obliged to withdraw compared with the magnificence of ::More
Musicon / Bach / Zuill Bailey and the cello suites of Bach
I just listened to Zuill Bailey’s Bach suites. So much studying, so much effort, in vain: Bailey plays the suites as if someone is chasing him with a knife – in agony and speed to finish as soon as possible! Let me return to Bylsma please… ::More
Musicon / Sibelius / Sibelius, Complete Music for Cello and Piano, with T. Thedeen and F. Grasbeck
No matter how many times I listen to this disk, I keep wondering on the poetry of the works themselves, but also of the performance of Torleif Thedeen (cello) and Folke Grasbeck (piano). The record is released by BIS and contains these works: Malinconia, Op.20 Andante Molto In F Minor Tempo Di ::More
