Brahms 51 Recording

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Brahms 51 Recording

« on: August 20, 2006, 01:06:44 AM »

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1042867/a/Brahms:+Piano+Works+Vol+9+-+51+Exercises+%2F+Idil+Biret.htm

Does anyone else find it completely absurd that Biret has recorded the Brahms 51? I wonder if there is a recording of the Hanon exercises somewhere...


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Re: Brahms 51 Recording

« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2006, 04:05:48 AM »

Quote from: michael_langlois on August 20, 2006, 01:06:44 AM

Er... Yes, there is a (sort of) recording for the first 20 Hanon exercises Shocked

. It is on a CD that accompanies Hal Leonard´s edition.

The recording provides an orchestral accompaniment to the exercises, each exercise a differnet style (ranging from Vienese waltz to ragitme). It is pretty hilarious - and as I have suggested in another thread, if you are going to play Hanon, make sure you get this CD. Cheesy

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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 07:46:34 PM »

It´s completely absurd ! It reflects a little bit her attitude towards recordings. Guys like Zimerman and Pogorelich haven´t produced a solo CD since almost 10 years (Zimerman: 1995, Pogorelich: 1996) which is also a little bit strange but it is due to their high self defined standards. Idil Biret just opens a score and records it. She didn´t realized that the 51 exercises a not precisely the same as let´s say the Intermezzi ! Funny.


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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2006, 08:41:44 PM »

Unless you consider the work a precursor of Glass, Reich and Adams.

No doubt Da Zim and Da Ivo have very high standards and that Biret is not as good.

Has anyone heard the recording? I have not. Is it any good? Musical?


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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2006, 09:03:02 PM »

I heard it - the exercises theirselves sound surprisingly musical (as for the fact that their are exercises). Brahms couldn´t make anything bad !


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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2006, 07:58:55 PM »

Brahms is one of the pillars. There's Bach, beethoven & Liszt... and then there's Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms... And we toss in Chopin for kicks.

Don't question Brahms. He is ze win k? Cool


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