Post by Scott December 20, 2006 (11 of 28)
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Mozart: Violin Concertos/Manze/English Concert (dark horse winner in this repertoire in 2006, better than the much-touted Fischer/Kreizberg).
New Dutch Academy: Mannheim Court Project Vols. 1 & 2 - Standage/New Dutch Academy
Brahms: Streichsextette No. 1/Kolner Streichsextette; (a great performance and recording that no one ever mentions), also w/Busch: Streichsextette.
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Post by Julien December 20, 2006 (12 of 28)
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Scott said:
Mozart: Violin Concertos/Manze/English Concert (dark horse winner in this repertoire in 2006, better than the much-touted Fischer/Kreizberg).
I'm quite sure of that. Julia Fisher is well served by Pentatone and I've always wanted to call her an "SACD star". But no way she's in the same class as an artist as Andrew Manze, who is the best baroque violonist I've ever heard, period. Too bad his divine Biber recordings are not on SACD.
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Julien said:
Julia Fisher is ... no way ....in the same class as an artist as Andrew Manze, who is the best baroque violonist I've ever heard, period.
Perhaps.
Provided of course one can tolerate, let alone appreciate the sound of baroque violin. Those of us in the great unwashed who actively dislike that sound would make the opposite assessment, leaving out the qualifier "baroque".
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Post by seth December 20, 2006 (14 of 28)
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Scott said:
Mozart: Violin Concertos/Manze/English Concert (dark horse winner in this repertoire in 2006, better than the much-touted Fischer/Kreizberg).
Yes, it was superb release. I'm not a fan of these violin concertos, but I bought the disc because it was 60% off at Tower. Talk about a breath of fresh air.
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Discs of the year:
Forgetting ultimate sound quality for a moment, although some of some of these rank very very high in that regard, for me the Schubert Symphonies, especially 1, 3 & 7 (8) from Tudor
The Beethoven and the Sound of Modernism from the Fry Street Quartet
Pentatone's Mozart Violin Concertos with Julia Fischer
PentaTone's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Julia Fischer
PentaTone's Mendelsohn Piano Trios with Fischer, Gilad and Mueller-Schott
PentaTone's "The Bolshoi Experience"
2L'S Bartok Violin and Violin and Clarinet Sonatas with Annar Follesø
Praga's Bartok String Quartets #5 & #6
Avanti's Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov with Polina Leschenko and Martha Argerich
Bartok Piano Concertos from Capriccio - maybe not released this year but new to me.
Hard to ignore the wonderful Tchaikovsky symphonies from Harmonia Mundi or the extraordinary Bach Christmas Oratorio from Channel.... and last but far from least, Channel's Mahler 2nd with Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Post by zeus December 20, 2006 (16 of 28)
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Julien said:
But no way she's in the same class as an artist as Andrew Manze, who is the best baroque violonist I've ever heard, period. Too bad his divine Biber recordings are not on SACD.
What about:
Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis - Manze
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Post by Beagle December 20, 2006 (17 of 28)
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Windsurfer said:
Provided of course one can tolerate, let alone appreciate the sound of baroque violin.
Bruce,
Bartók yes, Baroque no?
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Post by Julien December 20, 2006 (18 of 28)
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Scott said:
Brahms: Streichsextette No. 1/Kolner Streichsextette; (a great performance and recording that no one ever mentions), also w/Busch: Streichsextette.
This is not on SACD, right?
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Post by krisjan December 20, 2006 (19 of 28)
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Off the top of my head, my SACD's of the year are:
Beethoven Syms 1-9 LSO Live
Beethoven Syms 3,8 and 9 - Bis
Mahler Sym 2 - Channel
Mozart - Vln Ctos on Pentatone and 2L (enjoy them both)
Mahler Sym 5 - SFS
Shostakovich - Str Qts Vol 1 - Audite
Shostakovich - Sym 11 - Arts
Bartok/Lutoslawski - Telarc
Beethoven - Cello Sons - Channel
Dvorak - Cello Cto, Trio - Harmonia Mundi
Gershwin - Rhapsody, etc - Telarc
Tchaikovsky - Sym 2 Bis
Mark
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Post by Julien December 20, 2006 (20 of 28)
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Windsurfer said:
Perhaps.
Provided of course one can tolerate, let alone appreciate the sound of baroque violin. Those of us in the great unwashed who actively dislike that sound would make the opposite assessment, leaving out the qualifier "baroque".
I understand. I used to play baroque cello as well, and I understand what you might feel about the sound of the baroque violin especially on CD or when it is not well mastered (here I mean well played). Pure gut strings are a lot harder to play and need a lot of work, but have a warmth that metal strings will never equal (haha, this sounds like vinyl and CD)...
Anyway if you still buy CDs, I would recommend this Manze Biber recording.
http://www.amazon.com/H-I-F-Biber-Violin-Sonatas-Romanesca/dp/B0000007EN/sr=1-1/qid=1166668123/ref=sr_1_1/102-0580636-7829719?ie=UTF8&s=music
Absolutely fantastic, I hope you would appreciate (hard not to IMHO, but of course I always give it three tries before being sure of my opinion)
Also two baroque SACD recordings that I reviewed are I believe hard not to love, they are late Vivaldi concertos by Carmignola, and the Bach Cantatas with Konrad Junghänel and the Cantus Cölln. The performance is really the best among masters, and the sound too.
Maybe I'm beeing boring, but I can't help it, if you're willing to trust me get these two with your next command...
All the best.
Julien.
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