I've discovered Ehnes over the last year or so and learned that when he releases something new, give it try. He rarely (if ever) disappoints. Great review.
Gardner is a conductor I find increasingly impressive. Although he has had a robust relationship with Chandos, I think he may be the finest British conductor of his generation. You liked his Brahms 1 and 3 very much, but he has performed 2 and 4 in concert. His concert performance of Parsifal from Bergen streamed earlier this year was brilliant, matching his excellent Peter Grimes, and I think his Elgar recordings are underrated (British music being clotted up with fustian tedium from many of his colleagues). I like his Schubert and Mendelssohn from Birmingham as well.
I just got this recording and am really looking forward to hearing it on my stereo system rather than just in the car. Especially refreshing after all the fuss made over the Luisi cycle!
I've been toggling between the Blomstedt, Schmidt, and Luisi recordings of the Fourth. Gardner rarely puts a wrong foot forward, so I'm eager to hear what he brings to the work.
Perhaps Mildred (or Finster?) Were offering up their critique of the Nielsen? Louie, my brown tiger tabby, considers anything after the Bach "Art of Fugue" to be avant- guard and best kept safely at paws length.
I was generally really impressed with this. It's also the FIFTH recording of Nielsen 4 on Chandos (Gibson, Thomson, Rozhdestvensky, Storgårds), & possibly the start of their FOURTH cycle! There's really no other repertoire they could be spending their time on?
Yeah, I was thinking of the Storgårds that they just did, and thinking it was pretty soon for them to start up another round of Nielsen. If Gardner's cycle (assuming it's to be a cycle) is good, that will be its own reward. Let's hope for the best.
Chandos did a Nielsen 4th and 5th with Gibson but I don’t believe it went further than that. Still, point well taken that there are now more than enough out there. I would have wished for Bernstein to have finished off a cycle to hear what he might have done with #6, which still puzzles me.
After listening to this one and having heard the others, Gardner's may be the best of them. And it is the only one to couple it with a really first-rate Violin Concerto.
I've discovered Ehnes over the last year or so and learned that when he releases something new, give it try. He rarely (if ever) disappoints. Great review.
Indistinguishable. Anything but.
On my shopping list!
Gardner is a conductor I find increasingly impressive. Although he has had a robust relationship with Chandos, I think he may be the finest British conductor of his generation. You liked his Brahms 1 and 3 very much, but he has performed 2 and 4 in concert. His concert performance of Parsifal from Bergen streamed earlier this year was brilliant, matching his excellent Peter Grimes, and I think his Elgar recordings are underrated (British music being clotted up with fustian tedium from many of his colleagues). I like his Schubert and Mendelssohn from Birmingham as well.
I just got this recording and am really looking forward to hearing it on my stereo system rather than just in the car. Especially refreshing after all the fuss made over the Luisi cycle!
I've been toggling between the Blomstedt, Schmidt, and Luisi recordings of the Fourth. Gardner rarely puts a wrong foot forward, so I'm eager to hear what he brings to the work.
Perhaps Mildred (or Finster?)
Were offering up their critique of the Nielsen?
Louie, my brown tiger tabby, considers anything after the Bach "Art of Fugue" to be avant- guard and best kept safely at paws length.
I always want to hear more low brass 🤣👍
I was generally really impressed with this. It's also the FIFTH recording of Nielsen 4 on Chandos (Gibson, Thomson, Rozhdestvensky, Storgårds), & possibly the start of their FOURTH cycle! There's really no other repertoire they could be spending their time on?
Yeah, I was thinking of the Storgårds that they just did, and thinking it was pretty soon for them to start up another round of Nielsen. If Gardner's cycle (assuming it's to be a cycle) is good, that will be its own reward. Let's hope for the best.
@@brianburtt7053 Here's hoping! 🤞
Chandos did a Nielsen 4th and 5th with Gibson but I don’t believe it went further than that. Still, point well taken that there are now more than enough out there. I would have wished for Bernstein to have finished off a cycle to hear what he might have done with #6, which still puzzles me.
After listening to this one and having heard the others, Gardner's may be the best of them. And it is the only one to couple it with a really first-rate Violin Concerto.
@@jerrygennaro7587 You're correct that Gibson recorded only 4 & 5.