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In Reply to: HDTT's Rach 2 Rubinstein/Reiner transfer: buy for the artistry, not the sound posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 4, 2020 at 11:50:24:
Rachmaninoff Piano concerto #2! Excellent sound and performance.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - HDTT's Rach 2 Rubinstein/Reiner transfer: buy for the artistry, not the sound - jdaniel@jps.net 11:50:24 10/4/20 (53)
- RE: What was often heard along with the Rach 2 but seldom played anymore - B. Scarpia 23:31:09 10/5/20 (10)
- I love that piece! - Chris from Lafayette 09:27:54 10/6/20 (9)
- I heard it Live with SFO/Thibaudet and didn't get it at all, seemed like the kind of Liszt that is caricatured - jdaniel@jps.net 15:17:47 10/6/20 (5)
- Hint: it's just a theme and variations [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:15:52 10/6/20 (4)
- Your point? : ) It still sounded like bombastic, empty rhetoric to me. All downhill from the Dies Irae theme - jdaniel@jps.net 16:43:32 10/6/20 (3)
- Re: Your point? - Chris from Lafayette 17:40:24 10/6/20 (2)
- Re: Your point? - rivervalley817 18:33:16 10/6/20 (0)
- Hey, I said I'll try it again! : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:06:36 10/6/20 (0)
- RE: I love that piece! - B. Scarpia 09:37:37 10/6/20 (2)
- RE: ??? nt - B. Scarpia 12:37:26 10/6/20 (0)
- Wait - did I misunderstand? Is that YOU in the trombone closeups? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:16:40 10/6/20 (0)
- This one for me will ALWAYS be my go to.... - TWB 10/5/2015:12:10 10/5/20 (0)
- rach 2 has a near definitive recording (IMO) - DrChaos 23:50:08 10/4/20 (19)
- another good Rach 2nd is Earl Wild - oldvinyl 10:13:14 10/5/20 (1)
- I agree about that Wild performance - Chris from Lafayette 12:50:54 10/5/20 (0)
- I don't even like the Richter - Analog Scott 07:36:40 10/5/20 (9)
- For me, it's no so much erratic as imaginative - de gustibus and all that! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:08:33 10/5/20 (8)
- Enclosed is where I personally lost it with Richter - jdaniel@jps.net 17:01:23 10/6/20 (5)
- RE: Enclosed is where I personally lost it with Richter - alc777 19:44:23 10/6/20 (2)
- Thank you but my very humble issue revolved around the brake/accelerate rubato not sound quality. - jdaniel@jps.net 19:57:19 10/6/20 (1)
- Thanks. Got it. /nt - alc777 20:00:27 10/6/20 (0)
- "A bit...melodramatic?" - No, not at all - Chris from Lafayette 17:57:25 10/6/20 (1)
- Perhaps, but I deal with enough "stop and go" on the way home. : ) - jdaniel@jps.net 18:10:51 10/6/20 (0)
- I know it's different but couldn't we call Lang Lang's Bach "imaginitive?" - Analog Scott 11:25:24 10/5/20 (1)
- It's a personal judgement - you can always say that. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:18:49 10/5/20 (0)
- I appreciate your enthusiasm but Richter's performance was a bit too fussy for my tastes, IIRC - jdaniel@jps.net 07:11:51 10/5/20 (5)
- rubato & richter - DrChaos 13:59:11 10/5/20 (3)
- Whoah, Chaos! You're really on the road to perdition now! - Chris from Lafayette 15:55:37 10/5/20 (2)
- Absolutism rears it's ugly head. : ) - jdaniel@jps.net 15:26:58 10/6/20 (1)
- Hey - don't give me a bum rap either! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:28:05 10/6/20 (0)
- I think he pulls it off, but that is of course very much personal taste [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:14:51 10/5/20 (0)
- No doubt - that Richter recording is a great one! - Chris from Lafayette 00:40:18 10/5/20 (0)
- Regardless of the bad feelings and ill will engendered by that recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:57:37 10/4/20 (20)
- RE: Regardless of the bad feelings and ill will engendered by that recording. . . - jdaniel@jps.net 14:50:20 10/4/20 (3)
- There are Dutton remasters of a couple of those titles - Chris from Lafayette 15:01:02 10/4/20 (2)
- RE: There are Dutton remasters of a couple of those titles - jdaniel@jps.net 15:08:45 10/4/20 (1)
- Always glad to contribute to geezer nostalgia! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:19:17 10/4/20 (0)
- Rubinstein Reiner has been reissued - oldvinyl 14:33:51 10/4/20 (15)
- I'm generally a big fan of the Acoustic Sounds Living Stereo remasters [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 14:46:00 10/4/20 (14)
- Me too - oldvinyl 14:54:07 10/4/20 (9)
- That reminds me though. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:25:33 10/4/20 (8)
- we can guide you through turntable selection ... - oldvinyl 19:43:36 10/4/20 (5)
- More power to you, and I'm sure you're right about the improvements, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:42:46 10/5/20 (4)
- Third Channel - briggs 09:02:39 10/5/20 (3)
- Not just third channel - discreet third channel [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:05:24 10/5/20 (2)
- sound imaging - oldvinyl 10:20:44 10/5/20 (1)
- Dunno, for me, a discrete center channel (as RCA originally recorded Rubinstein/Reiner). . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:26:10 10/5/20 (0)
- RE: That reminds me though. . . - jdaniel@jps.net 16:35:49 10/4/20 (1)
- I've heard it - just not for a long time [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:58:51 10/4/20 (0)
- I'm interested but they haven't offered that final set for download yet. One would think it would be a - jdaniel@jps.net 14:52:35 10/4/20 (2)
- RE: I'm interested but they haven't offered that final set for download yet. One would think it would be a - oldvinyl 14:56:20 10/4/20 (1)
- Bax's 2nd on Lp is just magical. - jdaniel@jps.net 15:05:12 10/4/20 (0)
- (Actually, Analog Productions) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 14:50:51 10/4/20 (0)
Follow Ups
- This one for me will ALWAYS be my go to.... - TWB 10/5/2015:12:10 10/5/20 (0)