Jeremy - I have looked up the Laurent Martin recording of Alkan's Esquisses and find it to be a lovely recording both in the playing and in the recording ( thanks for th tip ). My friend at one time had Martin playing The Alkan 25 Preludes and I found it to be too slowly played for my liking and unfortunately that kind of made me shy away from anything Martin did but I have found a new interest in him again ( thank you Idagio ).I think I shall record some of his stuff onto my desktop this weekend. Have I ever mentioned to any of you how to get recordings for free ( after you have paid for the App though ) . This is an App called Sound Tap which you download onto your PC then open whichever streaming app you use and record what is playing through "for me it's Idagio" and once the stream is finished you have a facimile of the stream and I can't hear a difference between the stream and the recording. It also saves you downloding crappy Mp3 files from dodgy sites.
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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Re: Jean Martin Glad you liked it. Consider Martin's Faure, mostly nocturnes + romances, preludes. I downloaded a 5 cd collection, 2 of the cds were Martin, exquisite; the others were Volondat de Hooge, which I did not appreciate as much. Also: his rendiction of Stephen Heller preludes Opp. 81 and 150. Marco Polo 8.2234.34 I read that he has recorded a lot more, but have not found yet. |
In my concerto survey, Bortkiewicz's no. 1 on Hyperion struck me particularly favorably (probably more so than any of the other more or less obscure compositions on the CDs that I own of that series). So when I found out that he had composed two more, it was game on. The CD arrived today, label: Piano Classics, Stefan Doniga w/ Janacek Philharmonic conducted by David Porcelijn. Nearly through no. 2 (for the left hand), and it's also great. I don't see how anyone who likes Rachmaninov wouldn't also like these (though, obviously, they don't rise to the same level). A pleasant discovery. |
Laurent Martin website includes excerpts of recordings you can play http://www.robertcasadesus.com/laurentmartin/ http://www.robertcasadesus.com/laurentmartin/?page_id=7 |
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