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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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https://youtu.be/cqoP8rkNIsY?t=311
Talk about a real heart breaker. This wonderful Korean artists father died 2 days before this concert and her mom told her to not come back to Seoul for the funeral but sing Schubert’s Ava Maria in Paris to her dad on the same day . .I hope Franz was with her father as he listened to his loving daughter !

P.S . you have to drag the ball back to start from the beginning on this .
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rvpiano OP
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For you Schumann lovers, there’s a wonderful complete recording of his four symphonies just released, conducted by  Christian Thielemann, in a two disc set for the price of one.
 Or you can listen to them on IDAGIO.
A really well played and recorded project.
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twoleftears
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You guys inspired me to pull out the Schumann.  I have the Sawallisch set on EMI.  The recording is excellent, with a nice deep (and distant) soundstage.  How much am I missing compared to Masur or Thielemann?

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twoleftears
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Embarking on a new plan to listen through my collection of Stylus Phantasticus recordings.  First up was Romanesca's appropriately entitled Phantasticus. Love how deep the theorbo goes, and Andrew Manze is one of my favorite period violinists.  Anybody else like him?
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twoleftears
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Next up: the incomparable Rachel Podger in the collection Perla Barocca.  This has a SACD layer if your player can handle it.  I'm kind of obsessed with Bertali's Chiacona, don't know how many times I've listened to it over the years.
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