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DaveF wrote:

How does Wand do with Schubert Dave?

Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 played by Gilels, BPO/Jochum....



I really like the two Brahms Piano Concertos and I find this to be another very good performance; the highlight of which is the beautiful slow movement.

fergus wrote: How does Wand do with Schubert Dave?

Based on tonights listening Fergus I would say very well indeed. I only base that on Symphony No.5 so I might have a different opinion after the rest of them. The performance was steady, not showy or brutal in any way but not sluggish either. The music just seemed to flow naturally and was very enjoyable as a result.

DaveF wrote:

fergus wrote: How does Wand do with Schubert Dave?

Based on tonights listening Fergus I would say very well indeed. I only base that on Symphony No.5 so I might have a different opinion after the rest of them. The performance was steady, not showy or brutal in any way but not sluggish either. The music just seemed to flow naturally and was very enjoyable as a result.

That sounds good enough....thank you for that Dave.

DaveF wrote:

lovely lush sound from this LP. Sounds quite a bit different than the CD version.

The lushness of DG's analogue mastering in this period was legendary, and they generally pulled out all the stops for Karajan. The digital remastering they did fairly soon afterwards doesn't have the same feel at all. I wonder were they deliberately going for a different sound? The analogue lushness is very easy to like!

Beethoven – Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 for piano and cello played by Rostropovich/Richter....



Great music making throughout this set, as one would expect.

DaveF wrote:

lovely lush sound from this LP. Sounds quite a bit different than the CD version.

Fantastic Dave, where did you get the LP? I would love to get a copy of it too.

Seán wrote:

DaveF wrote:

lovely lush sound from this LP. Sounds quite a bit different than the CD version.

Fantastic Dave, where did you get the LP? I would love to get a copy of it too.

I got it off Ciaran last weekend along with a few other LPs. I'm buying Ciaran's LP collection in the coming week and picking the lot up some weekend afterwards.

Ciaran wrote:The lushness of DG's analogue mastering in this period was legendary, and they generally pulled out all the stops for Karajan. The digital remastering they did fairly soon afterwards doesn't have the same feel at all. I wonder were they deliberately going for a different sound? The analogue lushness is very easy to like!

When I got the CD version last summer I was a bit disappointed with the overall sound balance of recording. It made me dismiss this one as one of the recommended Mahler 5 recordings but after hearing it on vinyl I've changed my mind. There are some sacrifices though in that CD has more 'slam' and impact in some passages.

DaveF wrote:

Seán wrote:

DaveF wrote:

lovely lush sound from this LP. Sounds quite a bit different than the CD version.

Fantastic Dave, where did you get the LP? I would love to get a copy of it too.

I got it off Ciaran last weekend along with a few other LPs. I'm buying Ciaran's LP collection in the coming week and picking the lot up some weekend afterwards.

Congratulations Dave, I thought that you might be the recipient of his wonderful treasure trove of classical music, they have found a good home, I envy you.