tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922502857264230388.post5217527967662071146..comments2023-07-21T16:02:39.315+01:00Comments on A Year With My Ears!: Monday 4th January 2010ViolaMathshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05245505796473322898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922502857264230388.post-64104019672110966182010-01-06T21:07:00.461+00:002010-01-06T21:07:00.461+00:00Anonymous - I have a particular fondness for 4 I h...Anonymous - I have a particular fondness for 4 I have to say, although 2 is great too.<br /><br />Stuart - no surprise that you prefer DSCH to LVB!!! I have the Van Keulen / Brautigam recording of the Sonatas, which I like very much. Would love to hear the Kashkashian though - generally a fan!ViolaMathshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245505796473322898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922502857264230388.post-41614930468084264002010-01-05T23:36:28.702+00:002010-01-05T23:36:28.702+00:00Oops... typo alert! I meant Kim Kashkashian, of co...Oops... typo alert! I meant Kim Kashkashian, of course.Stuarthttp://stuartestell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922502857264230388.post-71950089808779583212010-01-05T23:35:36.642+00:002010-01-05T23:35:36.642+00:00I'd disagree with the "DSCH good/LVB bett...I'd disagree with the "DSCH good/LVB better" assertion. For me the DSCH viola sonata beats Beethoven's entire output. But that's a matter of taste...<br /><br />Which recordings of the two Shostakovich sonatas do you have, Ann? Not the Kagan/Richter/Bashmet disc, I hope... when I listened to the reading of the violin sonata on that I had to go back to Lydia Mordkovitch's recording straight after to reassure myself that I did still like the piece, as Kagan/Richter are terrifically dull.<br /><br />I find Bashmet and Richter terribly turgid in the viola sonata too. Their tempi in the first movement are _so_ slow as to be unbearable for my ears. Have you heard Kim Kashmashian's recording of it?Stuarthttp://stuartestell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922502857264230388.post-90694427000823883082010-01-05T01:35:39.872+00:002010-01-05T01:35:39.872+00:00Don't know what the Harris is. Shos is good, ...Don't know what the Harris is. Shos is good, but Beethoven is (much) better! Contrary to popular view, I personally think that PC2 is a better work than PC4. But, as I've got older, it's true that I've come to love PC4 more and more. The sonority of some of the chords in Mvt 1 are fab, but the piano (and orch) sure have to be in tune (critically, because there are some serious discrepancies here between equal and true temperament).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com