# DASDC Recording Recommendation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Pianistz\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731 "2017-06-27T17:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/238 "2019-04-25T12:37:58Z")
šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![88](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/88/32/3465_2.png) [@88](https://www.dasdc.net/u/88)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/239 "2019-04-25T13:02:11Z")
> [@Publius](#): > > Bernstein/NYPO/Sony Strange name for a viola player. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![iamcanadian](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/iamcanadian/32/1844_2.png) [@iamcanadian](https://www.dasdc.net/u/iamcanadian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/240 "2019-04-25T14:10:25Z")
Hereā€™s my favourite Harold in Italy: ![image](https://www.dasdc.net/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cb9c82d349a2d5c66013ba5cf866fda3ff146794.jpeg) [LINK](https://plex44.quickbox.io/public.downloads/Davis.Berlioz.rar) I also love the Josef Suk / Czech Phil rec. ---
**Author:** ![vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/vladspeedster/32/11979_2.png) [@vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/u/vladspeedster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/241 "2019-04-25T14:56:29Z")
I uploaded a video of Bashmet playing this ---
**Author:** ![donjuan](https://www.dasdc.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@donjuan](https://www.dasdc.net/u/donjuan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/242 "2019-04-25T15:41:06Z")
I heard that on the radio a few weeks ago and I was wondering which Mozart symphony it was. Really nice piece though ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/243 "2019-07-18T07:48:57Z")
Random rezurrection to azk wutz da bez rec ov da ZHOE op1? Randomly loved diz piece eva zince da :dong: live @ šŸš˜:nigga: ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/244 "2019-07-18T08:07:04Z")
As much as I hate to admit it thatā€™s a really good recital. My go-to rec is Richter, London 1963. ---
**Author:** ![iamcanadian](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/iamcanadian/32/1844_2.png) [@iamcanadian](https://www.dasdc.net/u/iamcanadian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/245 "2019-07-18T08:33:10Z")
I think my favourite is Haskil. Richterā€™s super good too. ---
**Author:** ![Brewtality](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/brewtality/32/2173_2.png) [@Brewtality](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Brewtality)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/246 "2019-07-18T10:10:43Z")
Kissin from his Carnegie Debut is the one I like the best. ---
**Author:** ![NotAtheIntendedTempo](https://www.dasdc.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@NotAtheIntendedTempo](https://www.dasdc.net/u/NotAtheIntendedTempo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/247 "2019-07-20T00:25:17Z")
@simonme20 Iā€™ve played that concerto before. Itā€™s fun (and challenging) to practise it, though yes itā€™s kind of ā€œbareā€ - as if Schumann was pressured by a patron to write out a concerto, Schumann said he isnā€™t comfortable with the form, and the patron insisted it must be written and played within a week - the result? An attempt at a showoff piece that shows little of Schumannā€™s ingenuity and suggests a pretense of Germanic aggression, to Schumannā€™s regret! It was somewhat hard for me to understandhow some people consider it his masterpiece or something. It does not sound as sophisticated as his other monumental works. However, another part of me will say, ok f\*ck that, the concerto is decent, if you didnā€™t find it appealong at first under your hands you can make it to be so!!! ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/250 "2019-07-20T06:45:31Z")
How on earth did you find a 2yr+ old post in a dormant thread to reply to 5 minutes after youā€™ve joined? I definitely think the concerto is a masterpiece, but I donā€™t care for it that much myself. I feel about the same with it as with Chopinā€™s 3rd Ballade - it feelsā€¦ maybe not trivial, butā€¦ lightweight somehow, concerning ordinary matters. ---
**Author:** ![NotAtheIntendedTempo](https://www.dasdc.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@NotAtheIntendedTempo](https://www.dasdc.net/u/NotAtheIntendedTempo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/251 "2019-07-21T02:29:24Z")
The newest replies are pretty much a few days ago so I saw this thread and checked out its first posts. Iā€™m really satisfied in the capabilities of this forum apparently. Has the ā€œ88stā€ died already? It seems people there reply really slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/252 "2019-09-29T09:55:46Z")
Bezt Zhoe Carnage rec? Zo many to chooze from and lookin fo recommendationz wiz dezcriptionz ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/254 "2019-09-29T14:13:59Z")
I used to love that work, but today honestly not so much. Itā€™s also hopeless to give recommendations in since AFAIC that ā€œkiller recā€ is still missing, while there is a large number of diverse and excellent aspirants. The classic recommendation is what Dr. Trumofo has already given you, and if people will converge on anything in this one it will be on Rach/Victor or ABM/EMI, but bah. I need something different in it. The one I usually turn to today myself is late Cherkassky. Lots of fun and lots of colour - perfect for me who isnā€™t interested in a serious performance anyway - but be warned that you will be laughing at him as often as with him. For more proper attempts, beyond Rachmaninoff and Michelangeli, Gilels is a rock solid choice. Chris will be more up to date on his various recordings, but the one I used to listen to was UCLA 1979. Francois and Solomon have recs which are highly praised in some quarters too. I donā€™t remember Solomon, but Francoisā€™ is an excellent, bright and high spirited recording. Two others which are rarely mentioned but which I think are really good are Cziffra and Moiseiwitsch. The latterā€™s entirely unpopular Deccas are really like with present day Avdeeva - exciting and interesting might not be adjectives which belong next to them, but his musicianship is altogether thorough and sound and the piano playing is exemplary. A lesser performance than these admittedly, but one I like which Iā€™m almost sure you would as well is Houghā€™s visit to it around the turn of the century (I know he made a studio recording a few years ago, which Iā€™m not familiar with). Itā€™s in the Rach/Mich vein of playing, and as so often is the case with Hough his intelligence and eloquence at the piano makes it both an entertaining and enlightening listen. That is certainly true for Pletnevā€™s remarkable performances as well, but they are something of a lost opportunity. He never recorded the work commercially, and to the best of my knowledge no broadcasts exist either, so what weā€™re stuck with is a set of audience tapes from a previous millennium - in various degrees of shoddiness. The situation is even worse with Berezovsky who played it brilliantly early in his career, but where the only rec known to me is a near unlistenable audience tape. Finally (for this post!) Sofronitsky, Rubinstein and Gieseking have all left good and entertaining performances, and two I donā€™t remember but which I can imagine are worth looking in to as well are the early studio recordings by Cortot and Kissin. Iā€™m sure more names will appear below since there is no shortage of quality recordings of it. If youā€™d like to take a look at any of the above and it proves difficult to find Iā€™d be happy to help, but no sooner than two weeks from now. ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/257 "2019-09-29T14:47:12Z")
Thinking about this the inevitable conclusion is really that itā€™s an ā€œeasyā€ work to interpret. The formula for finding something good in it really isnā€™t any more difficult than 1) Think of some pianists you like 2) Check who played the Carnaval --\> and thereā€™s your rec. Iā€™m sure there are others but the only GPs I can think of whoā€™ve messed it up are Serkin and Sokolov. Serkin is too stiff, and Sokolov just feels misplaced. I think Szreterā€™s rec is a bit sloppy and slapdash, which costs him when there is such fine and extensive competition, but true I love that guy and so naturally this as well. ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/258 "2019-09-29T14:49:39Z")
I just think heā€™s ĀÆ\_(惄)\_/ĀÆ There are some notable exceptions, his Scrib 59 recital in particular, but more often than not I just fail to see how you can go bananas over him. ---
**Author:** ![Publius](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/publius/32/1836_2.png) [@Publius](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Publius)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/260 "2019-09-29T15:08:50Z")
CJ pretty much covered it . I would also add the junkie Horowitz performances from 1983. He was a mess, perhaps lucid for about 60% of the piece, but he says more in those portions than most others combined. It is probably closest to my ideal conception of the piece. I wish Sony would have provided an edited version of all the existing stereo tapes that they have (including Japan), rather than just the two raw performances (one of which is missing half the mastertape and contains instead an audience recording of the missing part). Another Iā€™d add is the late Cortot rec. I know this goes against the grain, but I really like late Cortot, despite his eroded technique. There is an exceptional amount of imagination and abandon in those performances. The erroneous GPOC Schumann disc that mistakenly contained the later performances rather than the well known early ones was a revelation to me. Among the more recent pianists out there, Iā€™ll put in word for Freddy Kempfā€™s version. Very fresh sounding, though he doesnā€™t do anything particularly odd with it. Freddy doesnā€™t get talked about much anymore after all the post-competition hype, but he is an exceptional musician, and to his credit has done more chamber music than most of his peers. Thatā€™s what comes to mind at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Publius](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/publius/32/1836_2.png) [@Publius](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Publius)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/261 "2019-09-29T15:16:09Z")
Iā€™ve probably listened to most of the mainstream Sofronitsky recordings at one point or another. But never did a comprehensive survey. I wish there were a proper box set. He is hit or miss, but the hits are exalted. His studio Barcarolle might be one of the greatest Chopin recordings ever. ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/263 "2019-09-29T15:40:56Z")
Aside from those horrendous Scriabin Museum recs I honestly donā€™t recall anything directly bad from him, heā€™s just invisible to me. Completely neutral, transparent. I hear what heā€™s doing, but whatever cogs are needed to swing in to gear with him are missing from my machinery. I do agree he has some things which rises well above sea level however. Itā€™s a shame he died so young, from memory anyway my favourite recordings are all from his last few years in life. If the Scriabin recital is my favourite live recording that Barcarolle session is definitely my favourite studio session. ---
**Author:** ![vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/vladspeedster/32/11979_2.png) [@vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/u/vladspeedster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731/264 "2019-09-29T16:13:55Z")
> [@Dr.TM](#): > > he strikes me as extremely spontaneous It pays off in his kind of unrivalled Chopin mazurkas. His sense of rhythm was whack in a good way. My favourite recs are the Chopin / Schumann / Scriabin recitals released by Denon. I think the Chopin was from '49 (mostly), but the other two from '59 / '60. He lived 60 years BTW. [Previous page](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731.md?page=11) [Next page](https://www.dasdc.net/t/dasdc-recording-recommendation-thread/15731.md?page=13)