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| 813.1 | Brahms Recommendations | TIPPLE::MIANO | John M. Miano - KYO | Mon Jul 06 1987 11:01 | 7 |
| For #1 & #2 try Guilini, Los Angeles Philharmonic, on DG
These are two ( #2 in particular ) of the best recordings of anything
that I have every heard.
For #4 try Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic, on DG
For #3 punt - I have not found a great one yet.
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| 813.2 | | WHICH::ADEY | drink a little red wine.... | Mon Jul 06 1987 13:33 | 5 |
| If you can find re-issues, Toscanini's cycle on RCA is the best
I've heard. More recently, Bernstein's cycle on DG with the Vienna
Philharmonic is also very good.
Ken....
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| 813.3 | | COOKIE::ROLLOW | Even Bricks need love. | Mon Jul 06 1987 17:06 | 7 |
| re: .1 - I'll second these opinions.
For #3 I've heard that the one ProArte CDD-008 is good, but
I haven't been able to find one. The others that I have heard
(the Bernstein I think and Solti on London) were ok (C- to D+)
on the URS.
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| 813.4 | Another vote for Lennie | VAXRT::RUZICH | Unauthorized access is unauthorized | Tue Jul 07 1987 10:03 | 12 |
| I agree with .2 in recommending Bernstein/Vienna. I've heard
Symphonies #2 and 3 of those.
In particular, I had always thought that Symphony #2 was boring and
stuffy until I heard Bernstein conduct it. His romantic approach
works very well here (as opposed to his Mahler, but let's not
get into that).
Since we're on Brahms symphonies, I have to plug the Rick Wakemann
synthesizer version of the 4th symphony final movement, issued maybe 14
years ago. It's cleverly done and spirited.
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| 813.5 | | DSSDEV::CHALTAS | No thanks, I'm trying to quit... | Tue Jul 07 1987 10:52 | 14 |
| re .4
If the Rick Wakeman version you are referring to was on a Yes album,
(Fragile, I think).
it was the 3rd movement (Scherzo) that he did, not the 4th movement.
It had the title "Cannes and Brahms", as I recall. I had never
heard the original Brahms when I heard Wakeman's version, and thought
it was AWFULLY dull (I did like most of the rest of the album though)
Years later I heard it as Brahms wrote it, and immediately revised
my opinion of the music. I guess this means that I think Rick
Wakeman butchered it.
George
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