Bert Bailey wrote:
>Since your mentioned favourties are romantic works, what better
>recommendation than Rachmaninov?
Thanks for your recommendation but this is supposed to be my first
Zemlinsky CD, not my first ever. I have all those things suggested -
I like 2 & 3 but cannot get my head around 1 & 4. Maybe I am missing
something but they sound like a cacophony of big empty gestures (I probably
AM missing something). I have the Askenazy recordings of them, but I don't
actually like them - they are far too polished and restrained. I think
Rach should be played with rough edges. May favourite of Rach 3 recordings
is a cheapo one that came with a magazine:
Leningrad Philharmonic
Aleksander Dmitriev
Vitalij Berzon (piano)
David Stewart
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