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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.


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gdnrbob
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@twoleftears ,
When I saw PC, I thought Power Cord. It took a minute to register...
In my opinion, the nicest recording of the Schumann A minor (PC), is Martha Agerich and Rostropovich. It isn't available on CD, so I bought an LP and will have it digitized.
Bob
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rvpiano OP
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Gdnrbob,

If you search Amazon deeply, you’ll find CD copies of the Argerich/Rostropovich.
It was re-released in 2016
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twoleftears
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Bought a bunch of CDs recently, many of them based on recommendations from this thread.
First one to arrive is Igor Levit, 2CDs, late piano sonatas.
Recording: piano image is very present, well fleshed out, more neutral than warm in tonality.  Sounds recorded in a fairly small space.  The piano is right "there" starting at about the plane of the front wall behind the speakers, so if this were a concert, I'd be sitting close.
Performance: 28 sounded, well, intellectual.
29 is a bit more stirring.  Perhaps it's just the nature of the late sonatas that I'm reacting to, and perhaps it's Levit.

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twoleftears
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Curiously, enjoying disc 2 rather more than disc 1.  Piano sound still very good.  Perhaps it's my mood, perhaps it's the AC.
Still, Levit has me wondering if Glenn Gould ever recorded the late Beethoven, and if so, how similar their interpretations would be.
jcazador
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Argerich/Rostropovichyou can find it on this collection (8 cds)

https://www.discogs.com/Mstislav-Rostropovich-The-Glory-Of-Rostropovich-80th-Birthday-Tribute/releas...
https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Rostropovich-80th-Birthday-Tribute/dp/B000M05VP2
Argerich also recorded with Maisky, both Schubert and SchumannPhillips 412 230-2 (1984)
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