Comments on: brahms’ youthful concerto http://www.nobleviola.com/2009/09/30/brahms-youthful-concerto/ Life on the working end of the viola. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Hattner http://www.nobleviola.com/2009/09/30/brahms-youthful-concerto/comment-page-1/#comment-14219 David Hattner Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:56:12 +0000 http://www.nobleviola.com/wordpress/?p=3184#comment-14219 Fantastic performance indeed. When it came time to record the 2nd, Szell asked principal horn Myron Bloom to transpose his solo up a half step to mess with Fleischer. He then tried to transpose but failed. I can think of at least one other that is certainly worth having, Artur Rubinstein with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony. For me, no one plays Brahms like Rubinstein, such wonderful internal pulse and phrasing and sound. Plus what an incredible orchestra and conductor. In addition has superb recorded stereo sound. Real stereo with only 2 or 3 mikes, not 40 channel mono like we have now! http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Piano-Concerto-Hybrid-SACD/dp/B0006PV5VM Fantastic performance indeed. When it came time to record the 2nd, Szell asked principal horn Myron Bloom to transpose his solo up a half step to mess with Fleischer. He then tried to transpose but failed.

I can think of at least one other that is certainly worth having, Artur Rubinstein with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony. For me, no one plays Brahms like Rubinstein, such wonderful internal pulse and phrasing and sound. Plus what an incredible orchestra and conductor. In addition has superb recorded stereo sound. Real stereo with only 2 or 3 mikes, not 40 channel mono like we have now!

http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Piano-Concerto-Hybrid-SACD/dp/B0006PV5VM

]]> By: badbeard http://www.nobleviola.com/2009/09/30/brahms-youthful-concerto/comment-page-1/#comment-14191 badbeard Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:05:02 +0000 http://www.nobleviola.com/wordpress/?p=3184#comment-14191 a favorite recording from my youth...took me a few years of more-active cello interest to appreciate how fine the cello solo is in the B-flat...Jules Eskin playing...I remember it being uncredited on my lp..shee-it, he's StILL at it in the BSO at about 77 years old, and playing great. a favorite recording from my youth…took me a few years of more-active cello interest to appreciate how fine the cello solo is in the B-flat…Jules Eskin playing…I remember it being uncredited on my lp..shee-it, he’s StILL at it in the BSO at about 77 years old, and playing great.

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