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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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favorite musicians playing Rachmaninov:
Rachmaninov himself, Richter, Gilels, Gavrilov, Sofronitsky, Berman, Ashkenazy, Sokolov, Berezovsky, Argerich, Bolet, Biret, Trifonov, Rubinstein, Diev, Angelich, Osborne,   Kissin,   Weissenberg, Grimaud,   Lugansky, Graffman, Wild, Pizarro, Volodos, Ogdon, Cherkassky, Shelley, Van Cliburn.
Btw, there are some excellent documentaries:
Rachmaninoff Documentary The Harvest Of Sorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWG9euFgJ0U
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff Documentary Part 01 of 07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIee4loMEWo
BBC The Joy of Rachmaninoff Documentary 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHiUBBy2eMk
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rvpiano OP
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Of course, I forgot to mention Rachmaninoff himself.
jcazador
417 posts
 
This is a better copy of the full Russian documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsiGgvlQrd0
jim204
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@Schubert      Len I am just listening to Arkadi Volodos playing Schubert's Piano Sonata in A Major D959 and what a job he makes of it .
It is on Idagio at the moment and well worth a listen, also the sound is exemplary .
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rvpiano OP
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Schubert,

Yes, I was just going to post a reference to that Volodos  performance myself!
What a beautiful performance from this musician who first made his name with his incomparable transcendental technique.
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