Held tickets to hear her perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 last Sunday at Tanglewood, which, of course, was cancelled. Program included Vaughn Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis & Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration). On the radar when things get back to normal.
Attended a fascinating Harnoncourt/COE rehearsal of the Beethoven 2nd & 7th symphonies at Carnegie Hall many years ago. His Beethoven was first class & the complete set on Teldec in the top tier.
If you like his approach to Beethoven
Of course.
(Where is that Do’h! icon . . . )
Which is true for every other conductor.
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100% weird. I appreciate that Janacek integrated speech and music in his own unique way, this is questionable.
A bit ambient for my taste. I was amused by the appearance of mild Swedish swear words in the second spoken passage. Were I a bit younger I would feel that listening to this album would put you in the mood for really enjoying a rowdy party afterwards. 
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I’ve been listening to the Beethoven piano concerto cycle on this old set I’ve had since about '73. It’s interesting because it’s sequenced chronologically by year of composition, which puts #2 first (and it shows in the music). Also, the sides are sequenced for playback on changers, which is kind of a pain. But it all sounds very nice.
