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Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 (Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker, Deutsche Grammophon)

bombasticDarren wrote:Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 (Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker, Deutsche Grammophon)

Did you like that CD Darren....initial impressions comparisons between Abbado and Litton?

fergus wrote:

bombasticDarren wrote:Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 (Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker, Deutsche Grammophon)

Did you like that CD Darren....initial impressions comparisons between Abbado and Litton?

I will admit that I thought Litton was less successful overall in Symphony No.4. This Abbado rendition is much more full throated and has a charm that is distinct from the more mellow Litton - I wouldn't be without either recording though...

This was the first non Baroque or Classical opera that I bought a number of years ago now and I have been listening to it again over the two days and I have just finished it tonight....

bombasticDarren wrote: I will admit that I thought Litton was less successful overall in Symphony No.4. This Abbado rendition is much more full throated and has a charm that is distinct from the more mellow Litton - I wouldn't be without either recording though...

Thank you Darren. I used to listen to lots and lots of Tchaikovsky in my distant youth but not so much any more. It is not that there is anything wrong with his music, on the contrary, it is just that Baroque music consumed me in the intervening years. I must pay the music a visit again in the near future.

Schubert - String Quintet (The Lindsays, ASV)

bombasticDarren wrote:Schubert - String Quintet (The Lindsays, ASV)

I have just bought that one recently!!

I have just given this one another listen....





Once I finally became interested in listening to the Brahms symphonies, No. 1 quickly became a work that I really liked. That final movement is magnificent!

fergus wrote:I have just given this one another listen....





Once I finally became interested in listening to the Brahms symphonies, No. 1 quickly became a work that I really liked. That final movement is magnificent!

No.1 was the one that I really struggled with at first. I adored No.2 straight away though...

That Mackerras set is, in my view, absolutely essential for any Brahms lover

fergus wrote:

bombasticDarren wrote: I will admit that I thought Litton was less successful overall in Symphony No.4. This Abbado rendition is much more full throated and has a charm that is distinct from the more mellow Litton - I wouldn't be without either recording though...

Thank you Darren. I used to listen to lots and lots of Tchaikovsky in my distant youth but not so much any more. It is not that there is anything wrong with his music, on the contrary, it is just that Baroque music consumed me in the intervening years. I must pay the music a visit again in the near future.

I am learning to love Tchaikovsky's music. My original view is that his music was quite superficial - but I don't feel that way any longer.