Classical Music for Aficionados

I would like to start a thread, similar to Orpheus’ jazz site, for lovers of classical music.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.

I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.

All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.

rvpiano12-09-2017 3:59pm

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mahgister Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,195 posts 04-14-2022 at 07:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete When the beat circle and progress at the same time it is a SPIRALLING ENCOMPASSING movement... An increasing irrepressible beat and pulse growing which command time itself... Life is this increasing pulse... it is the reason why time obey music and music dont obey time but command it... We can listen to it in one of the most powerful piece of music ever written OR like in the pygmies songs...Or like in the yoruba talking drums under this post... Music is not sound but what is behind sound: Life asciension itself....
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mahgister Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,195 posts 04-14-2022 at 08:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete This same spiralling moving beat is for me the life of jazz too... Musical genres matter less than the way this flowing oceanic tempo command even time... This is what i listen too...Not mere sound... This beating heart is the origin of music and time and life itself and even of numbers primes distribution...
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