Pianophilia

the viola concerto by Walton in a good performance with Tamestit

Walton - Viola Concerto - Tamestit A.,RSO Stuttgart,Graf H. - Stuttgart

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0fpvg6



Sciarrino's Second Sonata
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wbrtzg
Sciarrino - Sonata II pf. - Collot J. - 060510 - Schwetzingen



Halvorsen 2nd Symphony
Halvorsen - Sinfonia II re - Jarvi N.,Bergen PO - 030909 - Bergen
http://www.sendspace.com/file/diddoj

Caprotti wrote:the viola concerto by Walton in a good performance with Tamestit

Walton - Viola Concerto - Tamestit A.,RSO Stuttgart,Graf H. - Stuttgart

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0fpvg6

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Thank you Caprotti for what is a very good performance of my favourite composer's VIOLA CONCERTO - NOT the Violin Concerto as you had stated (I have amended your post). I swear the announcer says Violinkonzert - she is wrong.

This work means a great deal to me - I have known it for over 40 years, and it was 'born' the same year as my mother! The soloist plays beautifully. But I have a few comments:

The opening is actually too slow, although very beautiful. It needs to move just a little more. In general the first movement is played as though the soloist is still too fragile after a broken love affair - so it sounds too full of self-pity. That's not really what that movement is about - it is about longing - the Germans have a wonderful word for it - Sehnsucht - it is dreamy and wistful but with rather more courage than is shown in this somewhat self-pitying performance. There are a few ensemble problems between orchestra and soloist in some of the awkward tempo changes, which is a great pity.

The Scherzo could do with a bit more ooomph, but sparkles nevertheless. It should be much naughtier!

Not all British music is derived from what we call the cow-pat school of composition, epitomised by Vaughan Williams et al. The conductor and soloist should think a little more about Hindemith in this piece. Tertis, for whom it was written, didn't understand it (probably too angular in places), so it was actually Hindemith who gave the first performance - though I'm sure I read it was rather an inadequate performance.

Much of the finale in this performance similarly needs to be taken at a brisker pace except where the soloist is obviously reminiscing about the past. I would have had one of the horn players shot for not understanding his or her crucial solo! The finale is about resolve if it is about anything - the certainty that love will return. And this performance does ultimately get that right in the rapturous coda. An extraordinary work for a composer so young - he started it when he was just 25.

Rob

Yes it was a mismatch between what had been indicated in the web written program and what the announcer says.
And Tamestit is one today's best viola players !

Thanks very much, Caprotti.


jeremy

in his 2010 recital program, G.Sokolov plays the complete version of Schumann's Sonata f op.14, i.e. with all the variations on a theme by Clara and the two scherzos. Very impressive (unique ?) proposal and very good performance, even though Horowitz remains very still in my memory

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yrv1to

Schumann - Sonata III fa op.14 (integrale) - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg


the rest of the program (138 MB) :

Skriabin - Preludio op.11 n.4 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Skriabin - Poeme op.69 n.1 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Skriabin - Caresse dansee - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Chopin - Preludio sol# op.28 n.16 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Chopin - Preludio fa# op.28 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Brahms - Fantasien op.116 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg
Bach J.S. - Partita II do BWV 826 - Sokolov G. - 210410 - Heidelberg

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ukl6jl

An interesting Klavierquartett ...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/685sxc
Kirchner - Quartetto do pf.op.84 - Frenk Spilliaert,Barnacz,Carrière,Fatton - 160510 - Biel

M.P. last broadcasting :

a fascinating russian symphony

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1q9b0l

Taneev S. - Sinfonia n.4 do op.12 - Pletnev M.,Orch.Nazionale Russa - 240610 - Dresden


and the proof that art and life are very often in contradiction :

Bach J.S. - Suite n.3 RE BWV 1068 - Aria - Pletnev M.,Orch.Nazionale Russa - 240610 - Dresden

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q7187w

changing place and artist ...

... an unusual orchestral version of R.Strauss violin Sonata :

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ky15qd

Strauss R. - Sonata MI BEM.op.18 vl.pf. (tr.vl.orch.) - Schwarzberg D.,RTSI,Vedernikov A. - 180610 - Lugano

and another unusual version of the Firebird for three pianos :

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9hpxf7

Stravinskij - L'uccello di fuoco (3P Griguoli) - Tomassi G.,Griguoli C.,Stella A. - 290610 - Lugano

Thank you very much dear Caprotti for these incredible treats!

Best regards,
Parag