Tom B.
03-28-2002, 09:15 PM
Greetings One & All,
I felt the need to continue the "breaking-in" of my new Benz Ruby cartridge today, so from about noon till dinner time I listened to as many Beethoven Piano Sonatas as I could. Whew...what a job, but somebody's gotta do it!!
I started out with Willie Kempff. I have all but one of his complete DGG SLPM mid-60's stereo cycle on "Tulip" labels.
1st....DG 138 939/ No 11, No 13, No 27
2nd....DG 138 942/ No 17 "Storm", No 26 "Les Adieux, No 28
After listening to Kempff's Storm, I went directly to Sviatoslav Richter's Angel 35679 recording of ths same Sonata.......wow, big difference!!
Sticking with Richter, I played an RCA VICS 1427 of No. 23 "Appassionata" & No 12 "Funeral March".
I then grabbed a Philips 9500 899 of Alfred Brendel performing the "Appassionata" along with No 14 "Moonlight".
Then I just had to compare his "Moonlight" to that of Annie Fischer's on an Angel 35791.
Then came the Piano Sonata No 29 "Hammerklavier" performed by Christoph Eschenbach on DGG 2530 080 and Artur Schnabel on a Seraphim 1C-6066.
Then I really went wild and played No 8 "Pathetique" from a Columbia two-eye MS6945 by none other than Glenn Gould! After Glenn, I needed a rest, so I went back and finished the day with Richter once again with Sonata No 1 from another Angel release S-37266.
It was absolutely sublime to compare all the different approaches to these magnificent pieces of music.
The end result was clear however, I needed to obtain a few more Hammerklavier's. I tracked down the late 70's box set of Pollini's recordings of all the Beethoven late Sonatas (28-32), as well as an EMI reissue of Solomon's great early 50's performance. That should do the trick!!
Well, I'm up to 65 hours on the "Ruby". It sounds mighty fine indeed!
Tom B.
http://www.geocities.com/tjb49/Classical_Vinyl_Artwork.html http://members.aol.com/tjbrann/TomsRecordLabels/kempffstorm.JPG
I felt the need to continue the "breaking-in" of my new Benz Ruby cartridge today, so from about noon till dinner time I listened to as many Beethoven Piano Sonatas as I could. Whew...what a job, but somebody's gotta do it!!
I started out with Willie Kempff. I have all but one of his complete DGG SLPM mid-60's stereo cycle on "Tulip" labels.
1st....DG 138 939/ No 11, No 13, No 27
2nd....DG 138 942/ No 17 "Storm", No 26 "Les Adieux, No 28
After listening to Kempff's Storm, I went directly to Sviatoslav Richter's Angel 35679 recording of ths same Sonata.......wow, big difference!!
Sticking with Richter, I played an RCA VICS 1427 of No. 23 "Appassionata" & No 12 "Funeral March".
I then grabbed a Philips 9500 899 of Alfred Brendel performing the "Appassionata" along with No 14 "Moonlight".
Then I just had to compare his "Moonlight" to that of Annie Fischer's on an Angel 35791.
Then came the Piano Sonata No 29 "Hammerklavier" performed by Christoph Eschenbach on DGG 2530 080 and Artur Schnabel on a Seraphim 1C-6066.
Then I really went wild and played No 8 "Pathetique" from a Columbia two-eye MS6945 by none other than Glenn Gould! After Glenn, I needed a rest, so I went back and finished the day with Richter once again with Sonata No 1 from another Angel release S-37266.
It was absolutely sublime to compare all the different approaches to these magnificent pieces of music.
The end result was clear however, I needed to obtain a few more Hammerklavier's. I tracked down the late 70's box set of Pollini's recordings of all the Beethoven late Sonatas (28-32), as well as an EMI reissue of Solomon's great early 50's performance. That should do the trick!!
Well, I'm up to 65 hours on the "Ruby". It sounds mighty fine indeed!
Tom B.
http://www.geocities.com/tjb49/Classical_Vinyl_Artwork.html http://members.aol.com/tjbrann/TomsRecordLabels/kempffstorm.JPG
