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In Reply to: RE: Your favourite Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1? posted by pbarach on August 08, 2012 at 03:22:50
Great. I'll give it a try.
Is this it?
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The same team did all of the Beethoven concertos. IMO they are all excellent performances and well recorded, but #1 and #2 are outstanding. The recording by this team of the Triple Concerto (with Truls Mork and Gil Shaham) and the violin concerto with Tetzlaff are among my favorite performances.
Oh, and while I'm lauding these, Zinman's set of the Beethoven symphonies (also on Arte Nova) is definitely one of the best contemporary sets if you like nonsentimentalized, energetic interpretations in good sound (but not manic for no musical purpose, like Chailly).
I'll def. try Zinman's Beethoven Symphonies.
I am new to the classical genre so I have been starting with the dead conductors but at some point, I need to extend to the current sets. ( I figured I need to understand what's been done in the past to undertand and appreciate what's been done now. )
Plus I owe Toscanini who started my current interest in Beethoven's workhorse which I thought was stuffy boring music.
If you like Toscanini, you will probably like Zinman's approach, which is relatively lean and driven--BUT with much better sound, divided violins, and none of that blatty brass!
It's unfortunate that most of Toscanini's catalogue sound lacklustre.
This did not stop me from going through his entire 9 symphonies in one sitting, tho! ( I couldn't believe my ears how fresh and fun. )It's nice to have a good fidelity coupled with good performance that I love.
Edits: 08/09/12
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