Harmonia Mundi is a good place to start as is Naxos. The 70s were a good period for recordings. Only recently has digital recording become competitive with good analogue recording. A lot of early digital was bad. Check classical reviews for sound quality. THE GRAMOPHONE publishes a guide, or use to. Check their web site.
Recommended CD's for classical good recording ?
HI,
I have been checking around and purchasing CD's (I am getting more and more into classical music) but several of the recommended classic recordings were done back in the 40's and 50's, and don't sound all that dynamic in my system. They are somewhat flat and 1-dimensional. Perhaps they are better on vinyl? Most of the best recordings I have were recorded either recently or back in the 70's.
What are some good recordings to seek out? There is a good classical music store nearby
I have been checking around and purchasing CD's (I am getting more and more into classical music) but several of the recommended classic recordings were done back in the 40's and 50's, and don't sound all that dynamic in my system. They are somewhat flat and 1-dimensional. Perhaps they are better on vinyl? Most of the best recordings I have were recorded either recently or back in the 70's.
What are some good recordings to seek out? There is a good classical music store nearby
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Hi, Look for TACET Fonè Signoricci and JVC and FIM XRCD's as well as the labels mentioned before Here's an older thread on the topic that may be of interest Reference Recording of Classical on CD's Good luck Karel |
Dawgcatching, as usual, I'll take the minority view. If you want to learn about classical music, there are only 3 things of any importance: repertoire, repertoire, and repertoire. The Naxos label is overall an amazing resource with a very large catalog of both standard classical repertoire and rarely performed works. . . mostly good to excellent recent recordings from newer less known performers, and legacy remasters of performances by the old maguses. I have also become extremely fond of the Dutch label Brilliant Classics. This very low cost label seems to be specializing in publishing boxes of up to 170 CDs, containing complete bodies of works by major composers like J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brams and Haydn, with Dvorak apparently in progress. Individual recordings may vary in technical quality and performance level, but the sets constitute invaluable tools for building representative collections at a reasonable cost. I paid $113 on Amazon a couple of years ago for the 155 CD box of the complete Bach Edition. In come cases, Brilliant Classics and Naxos may be the only labels where you can find some rare repertoire. . . e.g. the complete piano works by Antonin Dvorak. The links below will bring you to pages that list several Brilliant Classics complete editions: Bach Edition: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=4228A0503AF4BD29F98902D659165CA7?album_id=142935 Beethoven Edition: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=173672 Brahms complete works: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=190901 Chopin Complete Works: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=150363 Arcangelo Corelli complete works: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=101599 Haydn Complete Edition: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206305 Mozart Complete Works: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=108813 |
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