On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 19:07:47 +0000, Zionazi wrote:

Sorted out Pletnev's Beethoven PCs, as well as his DG Mozart Sonatas -
I'm done with him generally; he seems a bit too gimmicky, similar to Mengelberg in a way...

So; fav Beethoven PCs:

1) Gould/Golschmann
2) Gould/Jochum (Argerich/Abbado is good as well, but I don't like it
nearly as much as Gould, so I won't need it. Argerich/Sinopoli and Argerich/Ozawa both suck.)
3) Richter/Kondrashin
4) Moravec (and probably Gould/Bernstein - will have to relisten)
5) Might actually be Lang Lang/Eschenbach (listen to the transition... probably the best I heard... certainly better than both Gould's, Gilels/Ludwig, Gilels/Masur, Pletnev/Gansch, and also Michelangeli who
is just too fast here...)

In 5, you should listen to Katsaris playing with himself.

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