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I enjoyed this new release today. He won the 2013 Tchaikovsky Competition, so clearly he is a gifted player. The Liszt could use a bit more blood and thunder for my taste, but he plays it and all the pieces beautifully. DG should record all of their piano discs in Carnegie Hall: this has some of the best sound that I've heard from any of their piano recordings.
I hear him tomorrow (January 13th) with violinist Gidon Kremer--should make for some wonderful playing! It's an interesting pairing: a musician (presumably) nearing the end of his career and one who is just beginning. |
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Berglund A lesser known Shostakovich symphony which deserves more exposure. It builds slowly, but the climaxes are impressive and the Pentatone sound is quite good. |
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I haven't been able to compare them to say whether or not it's worth the $ for the SACD version. I'm sure it's some better...
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg - String Quartets Vol. 3
Quatuor Danel Melancholy can taste sweet...
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Mebbe lesser known but powerful and shattering. My preferences are Mravinsky (as long as you get one with proper pitch in RussianDisc), Rostropovich (LSOLive and strongly emotional) and Kitajenko (powerful with big crunchy sound_.
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Winding down after long day at work with disk 4 of this set :
Haydn - The Symphonies Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati conducting Wonderful music, well played and recorded.
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