My old favourite Brahms violin performance.
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Should this have something attached? Can’t see anything…
I don’t have an absolute favourite, I have a few.
I’ll leave Hilary Hahn for @fitterstoke to post.
@pencilsqueezer
What was your third clip, Mr P? I can see the first two – but not the third.
Perlman / Giulini / Chicago.
I like my Brahms violin concerto emotional and intense. Perlman is my favourite, followed by Vengerov.
Mr P has correctly identified Ms Hahn as one of my favourite players across all the repertoire.
So here’s another favourite of mine – Ida Haendel.
And another: Ginette Neveu
Coincidentally, both also recorded superlative performances of the Sibelius…
…not very modern, mind you…🙂
A live one…
She’s great, isn’t she. Very modern. 😉
You think?
Even taking cognisance of the winky face, I’d suggest that taking a cooler approach is not particularly modern, just a choice…
There are plenty of detailed, analytical versions. Hahn has a particular approach quite unlike anyone else, almost as if she has found something different in the score.
Probably why I like her so much…😉
I can see it, Foxy.
What was it?
I can see it too.
(…I can’t…)
Smell The Glove.
Janine Jansen for the Brahms, anyone? I love that fiery take with the LSO.
The B VC in D fairly rocks, and she really gives it the beans.
Yes!
Surprised there’s no mention of Kyung Wha Chung here – her Walton/Stravinski with the LSO and Previn on Decca was the first classical LP I ever bought. I’d had to rely upon my dad’s LP purchases for years – always a great selection – and that disc was my first personal investment from pocket money, encouraged into newer territory by the sheer brilliance of the Brahms recording that illustrates this thread.
Yes, indeed! My first experience of the Prokofiev and Shostakovich concertos was listening to Kyung Wha Chung – damn fine all round.
I see to remember that Milstein’s recording was always very well thought of – beauty, eloquence, nobility…