New Brahms Recordings

[DoctorT]

Thanks undeed Jayne. I'm still tempted....

[jayne lee wilson]

Latest news, a further comment of sorts... I'm fascinated enough to have downloaded No.2 now... end up, financially, shooting myself in the foot here...
Try to listen.. well, busy few days ahead.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... or most of all a rather overlooked COE cycle with Berglund, as interpretations which have already renewed my responses to the work, and to Brahms interpretation generally..

Martin Wale at (the late, lamented) Seaford Music in Eastbourne rated the Berglund/COE Brahms cycle very highly, too, Jayne. Whenever a customer wanted "a Brahms cycle", he'd play them excerpts, they'd agree that it was a very fine set of performances ... and leave the shop with Abbado, Klemperer, Karajan or whoever else they'd read about in the Penguin Guide!

Excellent post, your #9. - Manze is turning from an exceptionally good Handel director into an equally fine "mainstream" conductor. He's conducting RVW 4 & 5 on R3 next Thursday evening (19th April) "Live from Glasgow".

[DublinJimbo]

I agree with others who've complimented Jayne on her review. I'm not sure. however, that it would tempt me to add Andrew Manze's recordings to my collection.

Currently, the Brahms set which makes me sit up and listen as new is from Marek Janowski and the Pittsburgh Orchestra (on Pentatone).

[AmpH]

I agree with others who've complimented Jayne on her review. I'm not sure. however, that it would tempt me to add Andrew Manze's recordings to my collection.

Currently, the Brahms set which makes me sit up and listen as new is from Marek Janowski and the Pittsburgh Orchestra (on Pentatone).

Totally agree with you about the Janowski / Pittsburgh Pentatone cycle DJ - as it happens I have been listening to no's 3 & 4 today along with the Haydn variations. I don't know the CoE / Berglund set but it sounds like it may be worth investigating.

All this Brahms talk has prompted me to plan a little Brahms Sym fest of my own for the weekend based around the LPO / Jochum ( EMI Forte ) and Halle / James Loughran cycles - the latter has always been a particular favourite of mine.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Halle / James Loughran cycles ... has always been a particular favourite of mine.

- the set through which I learnt these works as a impecunious fourteen-year-old; it still delights me with its insights and creative adherence to the scores.

[amateur51]

- the set through which I learnt these works as a impecunious fourteen-year-old; it still delights me with its insights and creative adherence to the scores.

Wonderful stuff I agree fhg - I used to work in a record department where I would occasionally be contacted by a music trade magazine, asking for our Top Ten Classical Albums. I always insisted that we chose Classics for Pleasure albums only and Loughran's Brahms symphonies featured frequently - oh how the DGG/Decca reps hated me

I hope they get re-released sometime - happy days

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I used to work in a record department where I would occasionally be contacted by a music trade magazine, asking for our Top Ten Classical Albums. I always insisted that we chose Classics for Pleasure albums only and Loughrans' Brahms symphonies featured frequently - oh how the DGG/Decca reps hated me

- Ammie; I like your style!

[Alf-Prufrock]

Wonderful stuff I agree fhg - I used to work in a record department where I would occasionally be contacted by a music trade magazine, asking for our Top Ten Classical Albums. I always insisted that we chose Classics for Pleasure albums only and Loughran's Brahms symphonies featured frequently - oh how the DGG/Decca reps hated me :

Do you mean that you fiddled the results ?

[amateur51]

Do you mean that you fiddled the results ?

We were not set up for 'charts' I'm afraid so it was all highly subjective