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In Reply to: RE: I like the Heifetz,but posted by vinyl phanatic on January 15, 2017 at 15:11:16
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I think the cuts are justified.
Tchaikovsky ain't as tight as Beethoven, and beyond his 6th symphony, he could use some editing here and there. Ballet composers need to churn out a certain number of measures in blocks.
The same thing used to be said of the Rachmaninoff Second Symphony and Third Piano Concerto (with regard to cuts). I feel sorry that my "imprint" version of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto was one with the Auer cuts, but I also think that more and more violinists these days play the work with the cuts restored.
The Rach 2nd cuts, at least those used by Kurt Sanderling in his 1956 DG recording, go too far and hurt the overall result, imo. As you doutbless already know, the Rach 4th piano concerto was significantly revised and shortened by the composer. In some ways I like the original better.
Those elaborate lengthy development sections are very much part of the Rach aesthetic. Brevity and elegant classical restraint ain't his thing. I say, celebrate an artist for what he did best, don't complain that he didn't do something else.
Regarding the Fourth Concerto, I have the Rudy/Jansons EMI/Warner recording of the original last movement - I haven't heard the other two movements in their original form. In this case, it's a hard call for me to choose between the original and revised versions of the work. I like them both.
I think that Amphissa mentioned that he's heard the original version of the First Piano Sonata (said to be about 45 minutes long - sounds like a Second Symphony for piano solo!). I've never been able to find a performance or, for that matter, the sheet music to the original version of this work, but that's something I'd relish if I got the opportunity.
My favorite is Vadim Repin with Kirov orch and Valery Gergiev
Saw him do it live Very introspective but still with plenty of power
Alan
Edits: 01/15/17
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