Teed up for this afternoon is Ignaz Brull. Thank you, Hyperion! Concerto #1 kind of ho-hum. Some nice moments in the slow movement. The separate Andante rather better. Now the opening of #2 is quite stirring.
And here's a related general observation, FWIW. I see clearly that my collecting (CDs) and listening is primarily repertoire based. Certainly, performers matter a great deal, but I look at the performers once I'm looking for recordings of a particular piece. Looking at posts on this thread, it seems as if most others take the opposite approach: they have a bunch of favorite performers, and repertoire comes second (different repertoires are what certain performers specialize in). Discuss??
And here's a related general observation, FWIW. I see clearly that my collecting (CDs) and listening is primarily repertoire based. Certainly, performers matter a great deal, but I look at the performers once I'm looking for recordings of a particular piece. Looking at posts on this thread, it seems as if most others take the opposite approach: they have a bunch of favorite performers, and repertoire comes second (different repertoires are what certain performers specialize in). Discuss??