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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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jcazador
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newbee
me too
Watched part 2 of "The Enigma" last night.  Awesome.
Interviews with Gould, among many others.
And lots of footage of R playing. 
R describes why he prefers Haydn to Mozart.
Never realized how much Richter looked like Kesey at age 40-50!

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twoleftears
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Elgar #3 (!), completed by Anthony Payne.  Very fine recording--the way full orchestras need to be recorded.  So far the symphony itself is not convincing me.  Clearly Elgar's genius lay in shorter-form orchestral works, which are splendid.  Cueing up the Barbirolli soon.
jcazador
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Sv Richter
Here is the Richter documentary "The Enigma" in 2 parts.
Highly recommended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfJVpjI3wJM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVhxqEN9j7k
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rvpiano OP
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Daniel Triifonov has written a wonderful new piano arrangement of the first movement of The Bells, Rachmaninoff’s favorite composition.
Along with the First and Third Concerto, it can be heard on Idagio.
schubert
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rv, I finally got around to the Ozawa/Zimmerman Rach 1 st..
Is everything you said it was . To be honest he has always been a peripheral composer to me , more because of time than anything else .
Bach has always taken at least 1/3 of my listening time since the first note. Put in Brahms , Schubert and early music and well over 50% .

That said , I saw another rendition of Rach 1 with Leif Ove Andsnes and the BerlinerPhil , listened , and it seemed right up there as well .
Cheers















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