I think the cough at 1.09 was beautifully timed. The timbre quite rich and was a virtuosos performance, reminding me of the staccato of a Jack hammer combined with the richness and fluidity of thick catarrh. Bravo maestro!
This symphony is probably one of the supreme classical music masterpieces from the first quarter of the 20th century, and is arguably Rachmaninov's greatest symphony. It's hard to believe that it was always performed cut for many decades until Previn. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you for this. A few fluffs don't matter when Previn was in full flight using the hard acoustic of the RFH back then and making the LSO world class.
Awesome. That really is as good as it gets. The LSO/Previn 1973 recording of this great work is wonderful and this live performance fully lives up to it. What a superb concert this must have been. Thanks Andre, thanks LSO and lucky us to be able to hear it now.
Oh, WOW. That's the kind of performance conductors and musicians and stagehands and ticket sellers and ushers and audio technicians and audiences dream of being a part of. As wonderful as this recording and other great recordings are, they CANNOT compare to the fabulous presence, authenticity, immediacy, tone and color and excitement of a live, in the theatre or auditorium performance with you the listener sitting there. I once sat in the Eastman theatre in Rochester NY USA and heard a full rehearsal of the Rochester Philharmonic playing Appalachian Spring by Copland with David Zinman conducting. The memory will live forever in my mind. Rapturously beautiful and overwhelming, even if they did not seem to realize their own excellence.
Thanks, Michael, and I couldn't agree more. I had the great fortune to be in the stalls at the Royal Festival Hall in 1979 for this performance, and it was a wonderful experience. One of the first howls of approval in the applause at the end was likely to have been me; it was a release that had been building for the previous hour, and the audience would not let them go at the end of it. There is one more Rachmaninov 2 by Previn and the LSO from 2002 to be uploaded in a week or so, which is probably on balance the best of the four that will be on the channel by that team.
Great to have this to compare with the 1973 studio recording. If anything, Jack Brymer plays the 3rd movement clarinet solo even better here than on CD: soaring over the orchestra with his unmistakable use of vibrato.
Nope, he plays much much better in 1973 recording for sure! He used just a little bit vibrato on 1973 recording which is enough but here, his vibrato is too much, he goes out of tune oftenly in this recording and it hurts my ears!!! Im a professional soloist clarinettist by the way..
@@Rach1873 Well, it's interesting how tastes differ. I don't find the vibrato too much, although I agree that no-one plays like this now and perhaps it sounds strange to modern ears. But equally I feel that so many modern renditions of the big solo are "safe" and somehow a little boring in comparison. I find more inspiration in the way players of Brymer's generation pushed the expressive boundaries, even though the risks they took would now be considered unprofessional.
@@johnpeacock1469 when I said "too much", it wasnt about the count of the places that he used vibrato, it was about the amount of the vibration that he made the vibrato. He went out of tune many times and it is not good. Im a huge fan of Mr. Brymer too but 1973 recording is much better in every way than 1979 live recording. My sentences is coming out from a professional Clarinettist so its not about the taste, its about the fact.
@@Rach1873 To be clear, I did assume you meant the amplitude of the vibrato, not how often he employed it (although vibrato is more effective as an expressive device if not used all the time - many violinists need to learn this lesson). So it is a difference of taste. Unlike you, I am not a professional, but I have played many concerts with top professionals - including some who played together with Brymer, so I think I have an informed opinion. I don't say Brymer's tuning is always good - even in the 1973 studio recording it was imperfect. Standards of tuning are higher today, partly because there are more recordings to teach us and partly because modern instruments play better in tune. But despite these undeniable technical facts, there is something gripping about the expressive communication that Brymer achieves - which for me is heightened by knowing it was live.
@@johnpeacock1469 One question: are you a professional musician or clarinettist? Cause you are still talking about the taste but vibrato is not a taste on Clarinet. Normally in classical music, Clarinet is not an instrument that is being played with vibrato. Its just an articulation and blowing style that is asked for in a few pieces in all repertoire by the composers cause clarinet is not a flute, oboe or bassoon.. Also it is not about the year of this concert is recorded, it is not about the instrument or technical abilities of the instruments of that time period.. He used the optional vibrato on 1973 recording and it was so good and enough. But in this recording, it sounds like he plays a soprano sax, not a clarinet. Which is not good and Rachmanoniv did not ask for a soprano sax to be played on this solo! As a conclusion, vibrato and its amount of use is not a matter of taste! Its a professional Clarinettist matter and this recording is not so good as the clarinet solo is played with too much vibrato and like a soprano sax. Anyway, thanks for the conversation.
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A wonderful performance of magnificent work by an excellent orchestra and a great conductor, now sadly gone from us. Requiescat in pacem Andre Previn.
The best performance of this great symphony 2,Rachmaninov,by a great conductor André Previn
André Previn and the LSO at their magical, majestic best.
I think the cough at 1.09 was beautifully timed. The timbre quite rich and was a virtuosos performance, reminding me of the staccato of a Jack hammer combined with the richness and fluidity of thick catarrh. Bravo maestro!
An exceptional interpretation and performance of this evocative masterwork. Ranks with the best of the many I've heard. Superb.
This symphony is probably one of the supreme classical music masterpieces from the first quarter of the 20th century, and is arguably Rachmaninov's greatest symphony. It's hard to believe that it was always performed cut for many decades until Previn. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you for this. A few fluffs don't matter when Previn was in full flight using the hard acoustic of the RFH back then and making the LSO world class.
Awesome. That really is as good as it gets. The LSO/Previn 1973 recording of this great work is wonderful and this live performance fully lives up to it. What a superb concert this must have been. Thanks Andre, thanks LSO and lucky us to be able to hear it now.
Oh, WOW. That's the kind of performance conductors and musicians and stagehands and ticket sellers and ushers and audio technicians and audiences dream of being a part of. As wonderful as this recording and other great recordings are, they CANNOT compare to the fabulous presence, authenticity, immediacy, tone and color and excitement of a live, in the theatre or auditorium performance with you the listener sitting there. I once sat in the Eastman theatre in Rochester NY USA and heard a full rehearsal of the Rochester Philharmonic playing Appalachian Spring by Copland with David Zinman conducting. The memory will live forever in my mind. Rapturously beautiful and overwhelming, even if they did not seem to realize their own excellence.
Thanks, Michael, and I couldn't agree more. I had the great fortune to be in the stalls at the Royal Festival Hall in 1979 for this performance, and it was a wonderful experience. One of the first howls of approval in the applause at the end was likely to have been me; it was a release that had been building for the previous hour, and the audience would not let them go at the end of it. There is one more Rachmaninov 2 by Previn and the LSO from 2002 to be uploaded in a week or so, which is probably on balance the best of the four that will be on the channel by that team.
Thanks ! I'm one of music lover !
Beautiful music. And I love the invisible orchestra.
Lynn c. After the third movement I am a wreck. Andre understood rachmaninoff than most !
Excellent performance from a great partnership.
Ranked alongside with performances by Kurt Sanderling & Semon Bykov
The penultimate performance of this incredible work. On question, though. Is there ANYONE from whom Eric Carmen DIDN'T steal?
Great to have this to compare with the 1973 studio recording. If anything, Jack Brymer plays the 3rd movement clarinet solo even better here than on CD: soaring over the orchestra with his unmistakable use of vibrato.
Nope, he plays much much better in 1973 recording for sure! He used just a little bit vibrato on 1973 recording which is enough but here, his vibrato is too much, he goes out of tune oftenly in this recording and it hurts my ears!!! Im a professional soloist clarinettist by the way..
@@Rach1873 Well, it's interesting how tastes differ. I don't find the vibrato too much, although I agree that no-one plays like this now and perhaps it sounds strange to modern ears. But equally I feel that so many modern renditions of the big solo are "safe" and somehow a little boring in comparison. I find more inspiration in the way players of Brymer's generation pushed the expressive boundaries, even though the risks they took would now be considered unprofessional.
@@johnpeacock1469 when I said "too much", it wasnt about the count of the places that he used vibrato, it was about the amount of the vibration that he made the vibrato. He went out of tune many times and it is not good. Im a huge fan of Mr. Brymer too but 1973 recording is much better in every way than 1979 live recording. My sentences is coming out from a professional Clarinettist so its not about the taste, its about the fact.
@@Rach1873 To be clear, I did assume you meant the amplitude of the vibrato, not how often he employed it (although vibrato is more effective as an expressive device if not used all the time - many violinists need to learn this lesson). So it is a difference of taste. Unlike you, I am not a professional, but I have played many concerts with top professionals - including some who played together with Brymer, so I think I have an informed opinion. I don't say Brymer's tuning is always good - even in the 1973 studio recording it was imperfect. Standards of tuning are higher today, partly because there are more recordings to teach us and partly because modern instruments play better in tune. But despite these undeniable technical facts, there is something gripping about the expressive communication that Brymer achieves - which for me is heightened by knowing it was live.
@@johnpeacock1469 One question: are you a professional musician or clarinettist? Cause you are still talking about the taste but vibrato is not a taste on Clarinet. Normally in classical music, Clarinet is not an instrument that is being played with vibrato. Its just an articulation and blowing style that is asked for in a few pieces in all repertoire by the composers cause clarinet is not a flute, oboe or bassoon.. Also it is not about the year of this concert is recorded, it is not about the instrument or technical abilities of the instruments of that time period.. He used the optional vibrato on 1973 recording and it was so good and enough. But in this recording, it sounds like he plays a soprano sax, not a clarinet. Which is not good and Rachmanoniv did not ask for a soprano sax to be played on this solo! As a conclusion, vibrato and its amount of use is not a matter of taste! Its a professional Clarinettist matter and this recording is not so good as the clarinet solo is played with too much vibrato and like a soprano sax. Anyway, thanks for the conversation.
sound not so good from an LP?
No, not an LP - this was a live performance in 1979.
There are crisper versions of this performance out there