schoenberg piano concerto

[ravel]

hey guys, how do u find the schoenberg piano concerto
well i loved it the first time i heard it, although ofcourse i idnt go nuts after the piece, but its true that the more i hear it, the mmore i like it,
i have heard brendel playing it with the radio bavarian symphony orhcastra, and  gould with boulez conducting i think, but i liked brendel more
anywazzzzz, as far as the piece itself is concenred, the piano writing for it seems so original and its the very way in which the piano has been handles, like some of those themese are so , strange, its just weirrd music, but i love it, and yes it is passionate music, but i really cant find the exact word to describe it,
anywazz,  comments?

[Noah]

Mitsuko Uchida's recording is nice too

[verwel]

Gould and Boulez? Impossible. There's just two Gould recordings of the piece: Gould with Robert Craft (studio recording) and Gould with Mitropoulos (live recording, poor sound quality but ever so exciting!). Anyway, nice piece indeed. Glad you like it

[ramseytheii]

Gould and Boulez? Impossible. There's just two Gould recordings of the piece: Gould with Robert Craft (studio recording) and Gould with Mitropoulos (live recording, poor sound quality but ever so exciting!). Anyway, nice piece indeed. Glad you like it

Oops. I didn't know about Mitropoulos, where can I find it>  There is a recording from the CBC archives with Jean-Marie Baudet also.  It includes solo works from the second viennese school, and it is surprising how much Gould had to progress in this repertoire (these recordings are from the early 50s).  Look at the third movement of the Webern variations for isntance; he is just approximating all of the rhythms, and it is nothing like his strict, later studio recording.  Gould underwent some miraculous transformation I think, even though he was a prodigy; listen to his youthful recording of the Italian Concerto, where he can't even keep a steady tempo.


Walter Ramsey