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Author: Julia
Date: 2003-03-27 22:02
Hi all,
I would be interested in knowing what all of your favorite recordings of the brahms 2nd sonata are? Please also provide me with the label/and CD title of these recordings that you like.
Thanks so much!
Julia
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Author: wjk
Date: 2003-03-27 22:26
I like the Szell Cleveland Symphony recording--- its on Sony-- its wonderful!
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Author: vin
Date: 2003-03-27 23:04
My favorite recording of the second sonata is Harold Wright and Peter Serkin, available on Boston Records. The Karl Leister/Gerrard Oppitz (spelling?) recording on Orfeo Records is nice, although his dynamic range is somewhat limited. I think the Stolzman/Goode recording on BMG is a must listen as well. No matter what you think of Stoltzman, it did win a grammy so someone must have liked it (which doesn't mean you have to- but its worth a listen). Even though this piece was originally written for clarinet, its also worth a listen to some of the viola recordings, if only to get some fresh ideas and to make fun of viola players. I enjoy the Zukerman/Daniel Baremboim recording, although I don't know the label and can't find the recording at present.
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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2003-03-28 00:20
Stoltzman / Goode on RCA Victor
De Peyer / Barenboim ( not sure if available)
De Peyer / Pryor on Chandos (not as good a sound as above, but great music making)
Wright / P.Serkin on Boston Records
Reginald Kell. I'm on the road and don't have the LP in front of me for label info and pianist's name. Not avaialble on CD, but a great find and a great listen.
Tom Piercy
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-03-28 05:29
In order of favorites:
Stoltzman/Goode (RCA/BMG)
Wright/Serkin (Boston)
Leister/Oppitz (Orfeo)
Berkes/Jando (Naxos)
-Stoltzman's phrasing, expression and control all come together to make this recording as perfect a rendition as one could hope to hear. He does everything just right.
-Wright's long phrasing and gentle vibrato are breathtaking. A classic study of controlled playing.
-Leister's sound and approach is much more introspective. He treats the entire work as a duo for clarinet and piano. A real chamber music feeling that draws you in.
-Berkes takes a more aggressive approach. He is forceful when necessary, but restrained and tender in the lyrical sections. His youthful ideas are refreshing.
All of the above recordings are world class performances, that should stand the test of time for many years to come...GBK
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Author: donald
Date: 2003-03-28 08:16
my number one piano buddy hates the Leister/Oppitz recording for "piano reasons" but i have to say i like the clarinet playing! My favourite, however, would have to be Alessandro Carbonare (on Agora)... hard to get hold of but worth hearing. Wright and Serkin is pretty darn good too.
Look for Ralph Manno on Arte Nova- cheap, not by any means the greatest ever, but interesting (much less aggressive than the other cheapie, Berkes, and with a much better pianist)
donald
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-03-28 14:01
Reginald Kell recorded the Brahms sonatas twice. I learned the music from his second recording on a Decca LP with Joel Rosen, and I think they've been reissued on a Boston Skyline CD. There's a tremendous amount to learn from these recordings. His technique is immaculate, and his phrasing is wonderful. There's not a lazy note. Everything is going somewhere. Some people hate his vibrato and idiosyncratic phrasing. Nevertheless, there's pure gold in there. Take what you like and ignore the rest.
Kell made an earlier recording on a very rare Mercury LP with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, who was a much better pianist than Rosen. Also, Kell was more conservative with his personal phrasing touches, and so it's the better recording of the two.
Thea King, whom I ordinarily don't care for, has a special affinity for Brahms, and her recording of the sonatas on Hyperion is excellent.
My favorite of all, on a rare French RCA LP, is by Yona Ettlinger.
Of the current recordings, of the many good ones listed above, I like the Wright/Serkin version by a small margin.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2003-03-29 05:08
Frank Cohen and Vladimir Ashkenazy beats the Leister (in my opinion), but it isn't being issued anymore. :(
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2003-03-29 05:28
Well, I think I just heard tonight my LEAST favorite recording...
On Performance Today on NPR, they were playing a version performed by Emmanuel Pahud and Helene Grimaud. Grimaud's piano playing was really neat, but as you may know, Pahud is a FLUTIST!!! He's a really great flutist, but I was in awe that someone had arranged this for flute!!! Really weird, to say the least. Lots of strange octave transposition breaks. I don't know if it was in the original key or not (sorry no perfect pitch here) and I was in the car so I didn't have a reference...
Weird, weird, weird!!
Katrina
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-03-31 13:51
Wait till you hear the version on French horn. Truly bizarre.
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