tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post2753477654325857548..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Ionarts-at-Large: Thielemann's Last Round of Munich BrahmsCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-61353406151010337672011-03-09T15:19:05.905-05:002011-03-09T15:19:05.905-05:00Oh I hadn't revisited this page until now, but...Oh I hadn't revisited this page until now, but I did get the cheap RCA Wand 3rd and 4th. The sound is so-so, especially compared to the remastered Bruckner 8th, but the playing is great with a wonderful dancing lilt where appropriate. Brahms rhythmic approach is idiosyncratic and rather difficult to play well -- or so I've been told.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010441396183585554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-52756539485070258652011-02-18T18:46:24.515-05:002011-02-18T18:46:24.515-05:00Why... was V.Petrenko ever considered at all in Mu...Why... was V.Petrenko ever considered at all in Munich? I don't remember him guesting down here.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-30290255568953228252011-02-18T14:53:21.499-05:002011-02-18T14:53:21.499-05:00I don't know why I was under the impression th...I don't know why I was under the impression that CT had one more year in Munich before maazel takes over.<br /><br />And the MP blew it hard, first with CT, and now with Petrenko signed in Oslo...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-91803886780262688522011-02-17T12:45:04.960-05:002011-02-17T12:45:04.960-05:00I wouldn't have put it up there (well, in this...I wouldn't have put it up there (well, in this case I wouldn't have) if it weren't the bee's knees and then some! [All the re-masterings in that RCA series--Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert--are terrific and a clear improvement on previous incarnations.] From the content to the re-mastering, this is simply the most musical Brahms; packed with restorative powers where elsewhere Brahmsjflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-51200486798047300182011-02-17T10:49:11.573-05:002011-02-17T10:49:11.573-05:00The Wand Brahms is intriguing, but expensive. Rem...The Wand Brahms is intriguing, but expensive. Remastered too and I'm not sure how much I trust RCA (whoever that is these days) to do a good job. 3 & 4 are still available at Amazon -- very steeply discounted too.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010441396183585554noreply@blogger.com