Brahms: The Piano Concertos; Works for Piano Solo; Sephen Kovacevich; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis

Posted By : waldstein | Date : 18 Dec 2011 18:56:17 | Comments : 21 |

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Let me say straight away that the performance is extremely fine; indeed, such is its eloquence that I put aside the score and notepad and just listened for pleasure the first time round. Stephen Kovacevich brings much greater tenderness and lyrical feeling to it than does, say, Pollini with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and 13Ohm (DG) and he is more poetic and imaginative than Garrick Ohlsson (HMV). In the slow movement there is an inwardness of feeling that recalls Arrau, Curzon (Decca) or—unless my memory much deceives me, Rudolf Firkusny (Capitol mono P8356, 9/57—nla). There is no attention-seeking expressive point-making and no attempt either to over- or understate the leonine, combative side of the solo part. In this sense he has judged this as finely as did Radu Lupu in his recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart (Decca). Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra give him sympathetic support and my only reservation concerns wind intonation which worried me in one or two places. (There is some gentle vocalize from the soloist that might have justified a retake, though it is hardly worth making a fuss about.) - Gramophone
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This new version (of Piano Concerto No. 2) from Stephen Kovacevich and the LSO under Sir Cohn Davis must be numbered among the very finest of recent years, and the recording is far more successful than his recent D minor Concerto (9500 871, 6/81) which I found opaque. This is every bit as well balanced as its companion but detail is infinitely more transparent. The performance combines poetic feeling and intellectual strength in no small measure, and it is one to which I am sure I will want to return. There is an unforced, natural eloquence that I much admire; the first movement unfolds without any false urgency and momentum; it is spacious, autumnal, reflective as well as majestic. One terribly small point: I did not care for the slight hesitation the soloist makes at bar 89, though in fairness it must be said that both in the concert hall and on record, I have heard far greater agogic distortion in this phrase. The second movement is sparkling and fresh, and I can't remember having heard a more beautiful account of the slow movement since Gilels played it in London a year or two ago with the Philharmonia and Maazel. In the Piü adagio section (bar 59 onwards) Kovacevich is quite magical: and in the bars that precede this, he is rapt and poetic without going over the top as did Barenboim (HMV ASD2413, 12/68—nla). There is wit, delicacy and poetry in the finale, too. Some may feel that it is almost too relaxed and smiling but he is no more so than Gilels, and like the Russian master, and for that matter Richter in his 1961 version (RCA GLI 1267, 10/78), captures the lambent qualities of texture. One feels unhurried yet the tempo is exactly right (crochet= 104, as in the score). Sir Cohn provides wholly sympathetic support throughout and the unnamed cellist in the slow movement plays with both tenderness and nobility. This is the best version since the Gilels/Jochum (DG), and can be recommended alongside it. R.L.; Gramophone

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Posted By: Dokter123 Date: 19 Dec 2011 00:19:12

My goodness. Tis the season...

Thank you for the upload.

Posted By: musicer Date: 19 Dec 2011 01:08:04

CD1-CD4's .Cue file wrong time
I hope you can correct .Cue.rar file to re-upload
Thank you!

Posted By: PainInTheA... Date: 19 Dec 2011 01:49:44

OMG, wrong cue files! What a pity, guess I'll pass on this one. Must be a fake upload *LOL*

Posted By: sarcastico Date: 19 Dec 2011 06:11:58

thanks for sharing!

Posted By: waldstein Date: 19 Dec 2011 07:35:05

My apologies to everyone. Here are link to corrected cue files:

http://www.4shared.com/file/C4i51jko/waldstein112cue.html
or
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/996119987/waldstein112cue.rar

Posted By: MatthewKons Date: 19 Dec 2011 15:37:04

WARNING!!! SCAM!!!
Log entry was modified, checksum incorrect!

Posted By: waldstein Date: 19 Dec 2011 15:57:54

What "Scam" are you talking about?

Posted By: MatthewKons Date: 19 Dec 2011 16:22:48

Check the logs with CheckLog (from Exact Audio Copy).

Posted By: waldstein Date: 19 Dec 2011 19:06:17

@ MatthewKonss and others:

Nobody is forcing you to download anything what you think is scam or rubbish, or whatever. It wont hurt your audio system, or my feeling.

Posted By: oXbow Date: 19 Dec 2011 19:17:57

Greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing.

Posted By: MatthewKons Date: 19 Dec 2011 21:18:17

Unfortunately, to find out what logs are fake, they must first download.
And you can only download them, along with everything else.

P.S. It is unclear just one thing - why are you doing this?

Posted By: Prumnopitys Date: 20 Dec 2011 22:10:32

Thank you for another great share, waldstein.
I have never had a problem with any of your
previous posts so I will ignore the silly
scam warning.

Posted By: musicer Date: 21 Dec 2011 00:01:08

In my opinion, can not simply delete the wrong time
This will destroy the time gap
Should be the correct cue CD RIP

Posted By: karajanmania Date: 21 Dec 2011 09:25:44

So far I've downloaded almost all the cd's you've placed.
I've never had any problems, everything has always been perfect.
Do not understand why people are so ungrateful. If this disk has a problem, would be the first time that happens.
What you need to do is be positive, never mentioning scam.
Makes you want to stop sharing your own videos or CDs and leave everything.
Thank you very much for sharing.

Posted By: waldstein Date: 21 Dec 2011 09:37:55

I'm glad to read some positive posts. I think that there are folks who aren't happy if they don't complain. Sometimes I do make mistakes, but not intentionally. For those I have only one message - no one is forcing them to download my files.

Posted By: MatthewKons Date: 22 Dec 2011 06:19:50

To finish the discussion on cheating and ingratitude.
I will not discuss the quality of releases respected waldstein.
Most likely no one else had and will have no problems with his releases.
After all, to listen to music, logs are not important.
Logs are interested in anyone who wants to know how exactly match the original disc rips.
So, if I see that rips rigged, I inform about this.
It's just information for those interested in this fact.
Those whom exact match rip the original disc is not interested, please do not be nervous, and this information do not pay attention.

Posted By: waldstein Date: 22 Dec 2011 10:30:25

Amen to that!

Posted By: japa10 Date: 12 Jan 2012 11:49:15

Thank you, waldstein !! I'm very happy, here, in Brazil. (or "at" Brazil... sorry about my bad english)

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Posted By: Madlej1 Date: 13 Apr 2012 13:45:27

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Posted By: itadiegues Date: 23 May 2012 11:56:32

Thank you waldstein.

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