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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rvpiano, went through Amazon and my mess of CD’s for an Oistrakh . no luck. I have heard Gil Shaham play the Glazunov live here with the SPCO , its one of his standards, and he is superb with it .

Ordered him and Julia Fisher on Telarc , Fisher is my favorite living violinist
and Oistrakh my #1 not with us .Fisher does remind me of him at times .
Did find an 8 CD set of all of his symphonies and concertos with Serebrier and the Royal Scottish , ordered those . One has Rachel Barton-Pine with the Russian National Orch . Have you heard any of those ?
What I did find in my treasure was two CD’s of Glazunov’s solo piano
on helios with Stephen Coombs(never opened).Very interesting and very complicated with counterpoint on a Bachian scale. .To my hears he does everything to a piano that can be done to it , lyrical over the rolling thunder always there in his music, pushing emotion to the top but never going over it ! I imagine most players just stay away from it .In any event I was simply enveloped by it .His Sonata No 1 in B flat minor ,Op 74 is breathtaking .
Schubert,

 I just did a search on Amazon with the search words “Glazunov Oistrakh” and it came up as the first listing.  If you can’t find it, I’ll be happy to buy it and send it to you gratis if you PM me with your address.
I have the Shaham recording.  Excellent, but not the passion of Oistrakh.
No, I haven’t heard any of that Royal Scottish Glazunov set.  Sounds interesting.
I’ll look for the Steven Coombs set.

Thanks rv, kind of you But I did find a Russian one of several of his concertos where folks said the Glazunov was the star .I already had a CD of his 6 with Royal Scottish which is very good .Barton-Pine is very easy on the ear at worst .
Richter plays Glazunov Concerto #1 here
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beginning-of-the-legend-mw0001552153
" his Glazunov First Concerto makes the work sound like the most cogent, charming, and appealing concerto written by a nineteenth century Russian -- pace Tchaikovsky "
David Oistrakh Edition Vol 3 / Oistrakh, Richter
here
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=93218&album_group=14
includes
19. Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  David Oistrakh (Violin), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano) 
20. Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Sviatoslav Richter (Piano), David Oistrakh (Violin) 
21. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8 by César Franck
Performer:  David Oistrakh (Violin), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano) 
22. Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 75 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  David Oistrakh (Violin), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)

23. Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:  David Oistrakh (Violin), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)