Zionazi
2025-02-25 10:25:48 UTC
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Fav recordings:
— Im so Done with Gedda (I have to live with him in Klemperer’s DG I
guess) and Rothenberger —
Serail: Fricsay (DG)
nozze: Fricsay (DG)
DG: Fricsay (DG), *Klemperer (Warner)
cosi: Böhm (*Decca, Warner)
Zauberflöte: Bergman (Arthaus), *Fricsay (DG)
*absolute favorites
When it comes to pcs, solo piano and chamber piano I like: Pletnev,
Gould, E. Fischer, Schnabel (rondo in a-minor, or KV 478), Horowitz,
Bashkirov (KV 382), Argerich (KV 503 with Goldberg, KV 456 with Jochum)
and Gilels; hmmm and Ayako Uehara in KV 482 and maybe also Ranki and/or
YES in KV 450
When it comes to Symphonies: Celibidache, Krips, Maag in 32 (his andante
is the best I heard) and Klemperer in 34 (his andante di molto is the
best I heard)
——
Beethoven symphonies: Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg (honorable
mention: Nikisch in B5)
Beethoven PCs and solo: Pletnev, Gould, Argerich, Friedman, Schnabel,
Richter (tempest), Moravec (PC 4)
—
Schubert: Hans Hotter, Volodos, Schnabel, Richter, Sawallisch,
Orozsco-Estrada, YES (no 4 in f-minor)
—
Brahms: Volodos, Celibidache, Rubinstein, Gould, Pletnev, Furtwängler
(yes Bob was Right about Furtwängler‘s Brahms 4 being very good)
—— could think about this some more, but can’t be bothered to right now
— but generally this seems to look alright