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Topic: Korngold's Vn Concerto
sakman
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Did not see this on the board, but I ran across a 2004 release on Deutsche Grammaphon featuring Ann-Sophie Mutter and the London Symphony Orch. conducted by Previn. It also has the Tchaikovsky concerto as well.This is a pretty fabulous recording of the Korngold. It's definitely among the finest out there. It is helped by a warmer recording sound. The violin is placed a little close but it really lets you hear everything clearer.
Previn recorded this with the same orchestra and Gil Shaham several years ago with equally fine results.
It's a great concerto with fine themes and virtuosic writing. This recording really lets you appreciate Korngold's orchestration more than most.
posted 10-14-2005 03:05 PM PT (US) Dinko
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I didn't really like this Mutter/Previn recording. I don't know why. I never listen to it.I have a radio recording of a Gil Shaham/Montreal Symphony performance and that one I love.
The sound on the Mutter is fine, but it's the performance that has something I just don't like, and I can't really put my finger on it.
posted 10-14-2005 07:29 PM PT (US) Hector J. Guzman
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Originally posted by Dinko:
I didn't really like this Mutter/Previn recording. I don't know why. I never listen to it.You don't like the fact that Previn is banging Mutter.
posted 10-14-2005 08:11 PM PT (US) sakman
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There is another recording with Chantal Julliet (?) I think with Montreal?Yeah, it's a little creepy. He's like what, 40 years older?
I think the Tchaikovsky on that disc is too mannered. Maybe the playing is a bit too angular for you in this interpretation. The orchestra playing seemed better here than in the version they recorded with Shaham and Previn.
posted 10-14-2005 10:11 PM PT (US) Lou Goldberg
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Any guy who can score (no pun intended) with a girl 40 years his junior is my hero. But it's ironic since Previn sided with his ex-wife Mia Farrow against Woody when Woody was doing teenagers. Just goes to show you that life is complex.
posted 10-15-2005 01:07 AM PT (US) Hector J. Guzman
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Originally posted by Lou Goldberg:
Any guy who can score (no pun intended) with a girl 40 years his junior is my hero. But it's ironic since Previn sided with his ex-wife Mia Farrow against Woody when Woody was doing teenagers. Just goes to show you that life is complex.Yeah... teen ass is the best
posted 10-15-2005 01:43 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB