For me this is one your most valuable talks. Thank You!!
@robinicus11334 жыл бұрын
This installment could've also been titled, "Revenge of the Underrated Tam Tam Player."
@pawdaw4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree about BPO/Boulez - exquisite.
@michaelirons16093 жыл бұрын
Oh, this is incredibly beautiful, as you say. I agree, the Berlin Boulez recording is really magical, as is their Daphnis et Chloe. I also love the Boston Ozawa and agree that those recordings haven't always been given their due. The Penguin Guide once referred to their complete Daphnis et Chloe as like looking at an Ordnance Survey map, very harsh I thought. It is pretty good, though Abbado 's Boston 2nd Suite is even better I think. The Giulini LAPO LP of Debussy La Mer and Ravel Mother Goose Suite and Rapsodie Espagnole was one of the records that really opened my ears to classical music, when I was 16 I think, and to the kaleidoscope of sounds that an orchestra can produce. Been fascinated ever since. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade followed a year later, so they are all part of that treasure trove of music that lives inside.
@williamhicks22994 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the Martinon, one of the most magical performances ever captured by a microphone.
@WWPMei3 жыл бұрын
It’s impossible to miss the harp in the Martinon recording. The Tam tam is beautiful in the recent François-Xavier Roth recording.
@melissaking601910 ай бұрын
I was not a fan of Mother Goose having only heard the Dutoit recording. Martinon's recording made me a convert. A magical interpretation with glorious sound.
@magikarpolycarp4 жыл бұрын
Yay! My 2 favorites get mentioned! DG Boulez and Martinon. I love both those recordings so much, I’ve never felt any need to get a 3rd one. But I’m intrigued by the Cluytens version with the Paris Conservatory orchestra. Might have to try it out, and it’s in a super cheap Ravel box set!
@MrYoumitube Жыл бұрын
This is easily one of my favorite pieces in classical music... I wished they could have extended the Le Jardin another 5 more mins. I liked the Heitink w/ RCO on Philips and Cluytens w/ Paris CO.
@c.iuliusbalbus43994 жыл бұрын
What about the Abbado recording with the LSO? (Although the tam-tam, and the harp at the end, are somewhat subdued, I think) It seems to me nonetheless a wonderful performance... By the way, I love the Munch bostonian recording of the Suite.
@barryguerrero76524 жыл бұрын
Ditto - I'm a Martinon guy. Remember the Eduado Mata/Dallas "Mother Goose" (RCA)? . . that one certainly had a gong - maybe too much - and lots of harp.
@denbigh514 жыл бұрын
Harp and tam tam aside has there ever been a bad recording of this piece -it seems to bring the best in everyone
@gillesderais38484 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation of Cluytens à la French is funny, it's a Flemish name (Cluytens was born in Antwerp) and sounds quite different in Dutch. Great review as always, and I'm happy to own the Chicago and Errato boxes from Jean Martinon.
@miltalive3 жыл бұрын
Which does the cat prefer?
@martinturner23096 ай бұрын
the cat prefers Meosoursky
@saltyfellow2 жыл бұрын
Hi Dave! Do you advice Martinon and the Chicago symphony? What records if your advice is positive?
@DavesClassicalGuide2 жыл бұрын
Please see my review at ClassicsToday.com.
@saltyfellow2 жыл бұрын
@@DavesClassicalGuide great opportunity to became an insider! Mary Christmas Dave! Thank you!!!
@NealSchultz3 жыл бұрын
Thoughts on Dutoit/Ravel? Dutoit's Daphnis has been one of my favorites.
@DavesClassicalGuide3 жыл бұрын
That's the best of it. The rest is mediocre.
@giacomofirpo24774 жыл бұрын
Bravo David! Yes, Martinon clearly wins! I've got both Boulez performances of Ma Mère l'Oye, just the same identical that you show in your video review, and I agree with you completely: they are really beautiful performances. And I say this as no-fan of pierre boulez. Anyway, another really good recording of Ravel's magical score (but, frankly, which Ravel's score actually isn't magic?!) In my opinion is also Simon Rattle with Berliner Philharmoniker...impressive and very polished!
@fcamiola3 жыл бұрын
My fav version (of the suite) is probably St. Martin/Field/Neville Marriner....too bad its not the full ballet. But it's amazing imo.
@alfredolabbe4 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr. Hurwitz: We are, again, in the same page concerning Ma mère l'Oye! I remember vividly buying the Cluytens/Angel LP at Serenade Records, Washington D.C. in 1974 after listening to a radio broadcast here in Santiago (the horns playing with vibrato being quite a surprise for me then): I learned the piece with that recording, so it is a "first love". And Martinon is, of course, magnificent. What do you think of Monteux with the LSO, on Philips? Thanks again!
@DavesClassicalGuide4 жыл бұрын
Monteux is good but the LSO is not the group it later became.
@woomichen13783 жыл бұрын
Does your neighbor ever complain about the Tam Tam?
@DavesClassicalGuide3 жыл бұрын
No.
@curseofmillhaven10574 жыл бұрын
For me Dutoit, Montreal on Decca, and maybe Previn, Pittsburgh on Philips.
@DavesClassicalGuide4 жыл бұрын
I specifically left those out. Previn is just dull despite some beautiful playing, and Dutoit makes a mess of the Fairy Garden with unmarked pauses--very disappointing and prosaic.
@curseofmillhaven10574 жыл бұрын
@@DavesClassicalGuide Fair enough but I still enjoy both - I think the Dutoit was my introduction to the piece (one of my early cd purchases back in the Eighties) and the recording quality has always struck me as excellent.
@carteri62962 жыл бұрын
Both Previn’s tam-tams are inaudible in this movement which spoils it for me, otherwise Previn’s Pittsburgh performance is very good (for me).
@seekstruth596811 ай бұрын
Listened to Martinon m.goose. nice. But doesn't have the charm mystery sentimentality of gorgeous interpretation of ozawa Boston.