Sold! I'm fascinated with German Romanticism in all of its forms (literary, philosophical, pictorial, musical, etc.) so it's my fault for not getting to it sooner.
― pomenitul, Friday, 22 November 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
absolutely cosine the rosen writing love, he's great
― mark s, Friday, 22 November 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
listening to an extremely crackly youtube of the cleveland symphonie fantastique (by choice - it seemed a more me-friendly interpretation than the cleaner boston one)
― imago, Monday, 25 November 2019 12:38 (four years ago) link
With Boulez conducting?
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 November 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
nah some chap called rodzinsky, maybe i'll look for the boulez
― imago, Monday, 25 November 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
*rodzinski
i am grand charlatan lol
― imago, Monday, 25 November 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
i'm listening to Fantaisie Élégiaque and maybe it's me but this _really_ sounds like guitar tuning, like if it wasn't written in the 1830s i'd assume that was on purpose and it was some kind of postmodern thing
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Monday, 25 November 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
For a powerful recent recording of the SF, look to Les Siecles conducted by Francois Xavier Roth.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 25 November 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
^ seconded. All period instruments, to boot.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 November 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
I'd also like to rep for Schumann's 2nd Sonata, whose first tempo marking is 'So rasch wie möglich' ('as fast as possible'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1y9yQoDCng
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 November 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
boulez one is pretty sick i must say
― imago, Monday, 25 November 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
Indeed. All finely hued sinewy analytic colours.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 November 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
My fave of the three Schumann sonatas is definitely the first, but all three are great. For #2 I keep coming back to Bernd Glemser, Jorg Demus, and Richter.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 25 November 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Went with the Fantasie in the end.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
I've certainly spent most time listening to The Hebrides.
― jmm, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
Kreisleriana, as a representative of Schumann at his gnarliest and most formally unique
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Is there any reason why there are so many pieces by Felix Mendelssohn on the list, but nothing by her sister? A lot of her best work was composed in the 1830s, such as the 1831 Bible Oratorio and the 1834 string quartet.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
I'm not a huge fan of her music but I agree that the string quartet should have been an option.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
I ended up voting for 24 Preludes over Symphonie Fantastique, just bc I have already voted for a symphony and not for any solo works.
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 28 November 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the recording tips by the way. This ended up being Schumann Piano Works Week in this house!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 28 November 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
Only 14 votes? :(
I suppose it was to be expected after last week's Beethoven-Schubert bonanza.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 November 2019 08:15 (four years ago) link
Which recording of the Preludes do you goodly people recommend?
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
I'm a Pollini stan when it comes to Chopin in particular, so… Maurizio Pollini.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link
He has a fine forehead.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:25 (four years ago) link
Ivan Moravec for the preludes
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
Here’s my top 12 Schumann piano albums Davidsbundlertanze + Carnaval - Rosen (Sony)Kreisleriana + Kinderszenen - Argerich (DG)Fantasie + Carnaval - Arrau* (Philips/Decca whatever UMG call it now)Sonata #1 + Kreisleriana - Perahia (Sony)Richter DG recital incl Fantasiestucke + Waldszenen (DG)Humoreske et al - Richter (Melodiya)Symphonic Etudes + Humoreske - Andrew de Grado (Centaur)Sonata #2 et al - Bernd Glemser (Naxos)Fantasie (coupled with Schubert) - Pollini (DG)Novelettes - Jorg Demus (Nuova Era and other labels)Davidsbundlertanze + Fantasiestucke - Benjamin Frith (Naxos)Kinderszenen + Kreisleriana - Horowitz (Sony)*not sure what the current availability of Arrau’s Schumann recordings is, I’m sure they are in print, but in the Arrau Plays Schumann box set I have, Carnaval and Fantasie are on one disc and are both absolutely crushing
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 28 November 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Yes you end up with three Kreislerianas but whattayagonnado people like recording it
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 28 November 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
These polls are so great - just what I needed in terms of focussing what has been a hideously disparate approach to stuff for so many years. I've always dabbled with him but it turns out I absolutely bloody love Chopin.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 November 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link