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And, he was a total deadbeat...
And, he was a total deadbeat...
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.
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.
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I listen to a lot of classical music, mostly solo, a lot of piano, with a strong preference for the more ethereal and less bombastic. A good intro is "Great Pianists of the 20th Century", featuring most of the best. The best pianist of my lifetime was Sviatislav Richter, and he made hundreds of recordings. Among my favorites are the Chopin Nocturnes and the Rachmaninoff Preludes. The greatest living pianists today are Alfred Brendel, Daniel Barenboim, and Vladimir Ashkenazy, though I suspect none are playing recitals today, but still conducting. I suspect many of you audiophiles might appreciate Barenboim's "On My New Piano", on which he plays a piano with a little different design, inspired by his visit to and playing of one of Chopin's pianos. Other favorites, dead or alive, old and not so young: Emil Gilels Vladmir Sofronitsky Claudio Arrau Michail Pletnev Evgeny Kissin Grigory Sokolov Andras Schiff Angela Hewitt Aldo Cicollini Martha Argerich All my recording are high definition (mostly flac), downloaded free torrents off the internet. I find recordings using several sites, and I use QBitorrent to manage the downloads to my external hard drive. My first hard drive (4TB) is full, and the second one (5TB) is now functioning. |
gdnrbob here's an xlnt recording of Argerich and Maisky includes sonata in A minor you mentioned Phillips 412 230-2 You can download it free (I did) if you know how. just google these links and you will find it: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:B9105F18519CF9B23980812B624E79AD17F534D7 magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8EB7D7C34B3EEE1023E9A327ED451DD632C92038 |
again, those links for argerich (without the intro) I cannot be sure they are still live links, but they worked for me a year ago B9105F18519CF9B23980812B624E79AD17F534D7 8EB7D7C34B3EEE1023E9A327ED451DD632C92038 |
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