Beethoven Violin concerto
Sun, Nov 4 2012, 9:21PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
The recordings I think are really good are Schneiderhan/Jochum, Zehetmair/Bruggen and Faust/Abbado. Anand
Mon, Jan 7 2013, 6:41PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
Mon, Jan 7 2013, 7:06PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
A fascinating first post, Jean Claude. Keep it up!
Mon, Jan 7 2013, 7:17PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
A fascinating first post, Jean Claude. Keep it up!
i think his comment would have made more sense if he'd titled it 4'33" !
Tue, Jan 8 2013, 10:18PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
As a variant to Menuhin/Furtwangler there's the Roehn/Furtwangler from 1944, the last concert recorded in the old Philharmonie before its destruction. You can listen to it for free (and - with a little bit of know-how download it) at http://www.kulturradio.de/zum_nachhoeren/furtwaengler.html . Otherwise it is distributed by Deutsche Grammophon.
The sound quality is stunning for the age of the recording, better in terms of presence than the Menuhin/Furtwangler recordings (Philharmonia & Lucerne).
In stereo I best like Perlman/Giulini.
Fri, Jan 18 2013, 8:20PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
As a variant to Menuhin/Furtwangler there's the Roehn/Furtwangler from 1944, the last concert recorded in the old Philharmonie before its destruction. You can listen to it for free (and - with a little bit of know-how download it) at http://www.kulturradio.de/zum_nachhoeren/furtwaengler.html . Otherwise it is distributed by Deutsche Grammophon.
The sound quality is stunning for the age of the recording, better in terms of presence than the Menuhin/Furtwangler recordings (Philharmonia & Lucerne).
In stereo I best like Perlman/Giulini.
Thanks for the link, ganymede.
The Furtwangler recording is splendid, and so are the other gems on that page: Schubert's 9th and Beethoven's Eroica (Furtwangler and early Karajan), and the premiere of the "Hymnisches Konzert" by Heinz Schubert in 1942 in great quality sound. As an organist, it's very exciting to hear this rarely, if ever, performed work.
How did you manage to download the music, btw? I may be a idiot, but I don't see the "download" button next to the web player...
EDIT: Never mind, found it out. Opening the source code in Firefox gives you the links to the mp3's.
Too bad quality is pretty low. 128 kbps? Come on.
Fri, Jan 18 2013, 10:06PM
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RE: Beethoven Violin concerto
My two favourite recordings of this superb concerto are: Heifetz with the Boston Symphony under Charles Munch, and Menuhin with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Constantin Silvestri (this latter one I have on vinyl).
Listened yesterday to a little known recording of the concertos & romances I'm rather fond of; Ronald Thomas with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta (on CRD ) with orchestral direction from the violin by Thomas. They also give an excellent rendition of the Mendelssohn concerto on another disc, again without conductor, and soloist and orchestra obviously have an excellent rapport.