Music you don't "get"

[Seán]

English Music.

Händel (German, actually!)

Bruckner

Wagner

Richard Strauß

Plainchant

and Rachmaninov's symphonies? and Schumann's symphonies too, I expect?

[Ciaran]

Well reminded! I'll add them in!

[Seán]

English Music.

Händel (German, actually!)

Edit Schumann's symphonies

Edit Rakhmaninov's symphonies

(Thanks, Seán! (Actually, I try at both of these, occasionally with some success.))

My pleasure, for Schumann I rather like Chailly's 2 CD Mahler Edition set, Gustav did improve them and for Rachmaninov I rarely look beyond Svetlanov.

[Jared]

^^ for Schumann, try Sawallisch...

for Rachmaninov... I'm happy enough with the Ashkenazy set on Decca, although they are only an occasional listen for me these days...

[Jared]

My pleasure, for Schumann I rather like Chailly's 2 CD Mahler Edition set, Gustav did improve them.

I'm not sure about that... although the richer, larger orchestration didn't destroy them either. Brahms & Schumann orchestral works have to be played in the right hands...

[Seán]

My pleasure, for Schumann I rather like Chailly's 2 CD Mahler Edition set, Gustav did improve them.

I'm not sure about that... although the richer, larger orchestration didn't destroy them either. Brahms & Schumann orchestral works have to be played in the right hands...

ie, Chailly.

[Jared]

ie, Chailly.

maybe, but I've not heard his earlier set with the Concertgebouw, performing the Symphonies the way Schumann intended, so I can't comment.

[Seán]

ie, Chailly.

maybe, but I've not heard his earlier set with the Concertgebouw, performing the Symphonies the way Schumann intended, so I can't comment.

The Sawallisch approach to Brahms is horrible, it put me off Brahms symphonic music for years. I do have his Schumann cycle and it is immeasureably better I agree.

[Jared]

The Sawallisch approach to Brahms is horrible, it put me off Brahms symphonic music for years. I do have his Schumann cycle and it is immeasureably better I agree.

agreed on both counts...

[bombasticDarren]

The Sawallisch approach to Brahms is horrible, it put me off Brahms symphonic music for years. I do have his Schumann cycle and it is immeasureably better I agree.

agreed on both counts...

The LPO cycle is reasonably horrid, I am trying out the Wiener Symphoniker cycle at the moment and it's much better. I have to say that the LPO are one orchestra that I sometimes find easier to criticise for bland readings than other major orchestras...