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Looking fwd to time to compare three versions of Rachmaninoff piano concerto 3.
Abbey Simon, Jean-Yves thibaudet, Vladimir Horowitz.
Simon is now 98 years old.

Last year: Concert pianist, 97, returns to the stage after suffering injuries in a car crash.

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Old 08-09-2018, 08:48 AM
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Old 08-09-2018, 10:17 AM
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Simon is now 98 years old.

Last year: Concert pianist, 97, returns to the stage after suffering injuries in a car crash.

https://www.khou.com/article/feature...rash/406961424
Incredible indeed!
The Simon I think is later 1970s, w/ Slatkin/ SLS. Looking fwd to hearing it by him.

The Horowitz/Ormandy is also late 70s, the Carnegie Hall concert. Nobody plays it like Horowitz, nor should they try. A breath taking, broad ranging, cinematic aural experience. The composer reputedly said that Horowitz plays his works better than he himself.

The Tibaudet /Ashkenazy is relatively recent all digital recording. Tho the inexplicably harsh technology sound itself is pretty awful, Tibaudet gives it a delightful balletic 'French' interpretation, a keyboard dance that I think the composer would have enjoyed.
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Old 08-09-2018, 11:05 AM
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Tho the inexplicably harsh technology sound itself is pretty awful, .
If my memory serves me well, I believe you have a vintage tube Marantz...that helps.
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Old 08-09-2018, 11:21 AM
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If my memory serves me well, I believe you have a vintage tube Marantz...that helps.
Yes, tho' the Muse One Hundred is up now, fronted by a DIY Pass Labs B-1.
See the two Stereophile revues on the Muse One Hundred and One Fifty.
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Old 08-09-2018, 11:32 AM
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As to senior citizens.

In the world of Jazz a senior citizen, Charles Lloyd of the sixties "Forest Flowers" fame, is still making sweet music.


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Old 08-16-2018, 01:17 PM
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See the two Stereophile revues on the Muse One Hundred and One Fifty.
Impressive read.

Time To Say Goodbye: SARAH BRIGHTMAN - soprano

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Old 08-17-2018, 08:15 PM
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Incredible indeed!
The Simon I think is later 1970s, w/ Slatkin/ SLS. Looking fwd to hearing it by him.

The Horowitz/Ormandy is also late 70s, the Carnegie Hall concert. Nobody plays it like Horowitz, nor should they try. A breath taking, broad ranging, cinematic aural experience. The composer reputedly said that Horowitz plays his works better than he himself.

The Tibaudet /Ashkenazy is relatively recent all digital recording. Tho the inexplicably harsh technology sound itself is pretty awful, Tibaudet gives it a delightful balletic 'French' interpretation, a keyboard dance that I think the composer would have enjoyed.
Heard the Simon / Slatkin last week, technically the best sound of the three, the performance sounds Midway between Russian and German romantic, not a bad thing at all.

Tonight, the Tibaudet /Ashkenazy, the technical sound is worse than I remember, excruciating. The performance however delightful. Tibaudet is absolutely fearless, yet easily lyrical, his fingers dancing joyfully thru the difficult runs, the 2nd movement rondo is just radiant as a swift mountain stream at midday.
To my ears, a French take on a Russian delight.

Followed by the Horowitz /Ormandy.
Technically, SQ is between the other two, closer to the Simon but I wish it was better.
What to say, this is probably now my favorite version, Horowitz takes his time to show it all with verve and feeling, and the orchestra has his back all the way. Musically, the most satisfying of the three, had I been in the audience at Carnegie that night, this would have stayed with me as one of the best nights of my life.

Btw, the online remaster is pretty good if you'd like to hear it.
https://youtu.be/CHbf1CSUFvI
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Followed by the Paganini Rhapsody, Tibaudet/ Ashkenazy/ Cleveland SO.
The SQ here is much better, and the piece is a natural for Tibaudet. Always a delight, I can easily recommend this performance and recording.

Playback for these CDs has been via a Pioneer Elite DV45A, thru a Pass diy B-1 and 1995 version Muse One Hundred into the Advent 2 Econowaves. A very transparent unforgiving system, yet satisfyingly "musical". It gets one involved and shows everything in it's range.
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