Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter
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Performer: Mstislav RostropovichComposer: Mstislav Rostropovich
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Johannes Brahms
Conductor: George Szell
Performer: George Szell
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Performer: Herbert von Karajan
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor: Cleveland Orchestra
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter
Performer: David Oistrakh
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-03-09
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Largo
- 3. Rondo alla polacca
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Vivace non troppo
Music reviews of Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter
Music Review: NOT a Great Recording of the Century
Rating: 2 Stars
This disc is proof that EMI's venerable Great Recordings of the Century has become just another mid-priced re-issue line.
EMI went all out to celebrate the return of Karajan to the fold by engaging the three outstanding Russian soloists of their era for the Beethoven Triple. Unfortunately, it is one of those occasions when all the notes are in place but it means nothing. Oistrakh and Richter felt for Karajan's plush accompaniments out of place - Richter later going so far as to pronounce the recording "dreadful". Rostropovich was not, apparently, in sympathy with those feelings and sided with the conductor. The soloists, lacking conviction in one another, show no sense of musical teamwork whatever. Karajan turns in another slick, autopilot performance. In short, the notes are there but the music is missing. The enterprise isn't helped by a woolly recorded acoustic.
The disc is partially redeemed by a good performance of the Brahms Double Concerto, but my advice is give this one a pass.
Description of Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter
Among the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, these two have always been stepchildren. One reason is their extreme difficulty; both composers were pianists, so Beethoven wrote an idiomatic part only for the piano. Brahms's friend Joseph Joachim offered advice for the violin concerto, but not for the Double Concerto, which was written as a peace offering after a falling-out. The Beethoven Triple Concerto demands utmost virtuosity, as well as intimate teamwork among the soloists, and that is exactly what these three supreme masters of their instruments bring to it. Free--indeed unaware--of technical problems, they give it a joyful, sparkling lightness. The piano ripples, the cello sings gorgeously, the violin soars ecstatically, the tone is intoxicatingly beautiful. The Finale is wistful, charming, lyrical, gently humorous; the ending is a big joke, with the cello and piano rumbling in the bass, while the violin whistles forlornly in the dark until they all join together. The Brahms is grand, majestic, dreamy, radiant, triumphant; the slow movement warm as dark velvet, the Finale genial and relaxed. Though the orchestra never covers the soloists, it explodes in the tutti passages, especially in the Beethoven, so you might keep a finger on the volume control. --Edith EislerBeethoven, Ludwig van CDs
- Styles > Classical > Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B )
- Brahms, Johannes
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > Concertinos
- General
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > General
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > General Modern
- Instruments > Strings > Cello
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( B ) > Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- ( C ) > Cleveland Orchestra
- ( O ) > Oistrakh, David
- Symphonies > General
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- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
- Brahms, Johannes - Works by Brahms
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