Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata slow movement (3rd movement:)
music shouldnt be this beautiful.
music shouldnt be this beautiful.
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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I have listened to all of Gulda's recordings, but never seen him until this: Friedrich Gulda plays Mozart - Fantasia K397, Piano Sonatas K 333 & K576 (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXj_OsI-Z0 |
Recently went to a recital of the up-and-coming Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko. Blazing technique, but lacking a little bit of heart, I thought. His way with a Mozart Fantasia was quite analytical, pulling it apart. Most at home and best in the Godowsky/Chopin Studies/Etudes, with displays of quite extraordinary pianism. His left hand sounds like a minimum of other people's two (or three!). I will admit that at one juncture I turned on the inner audiophile and listened to the sound qua sound. I was sitting quite close. The nouns that occurred to me were body, immediacy, and clarity, not necessarily in that order. His bass fortissimos were resounding. The treble was interesting. The notes could cut through the overall sound envelope, but yet they were never astringent, just striking. I think that this is a tightrope act that not all audio systems (or recordings?) pull off. |
I am very impressed with the young Russian pianists of the last twenty years Kissin not withstanding . I find them to be awesome technicians with dynamic contrasts that really stagger in their volume. My young Russians now are, Trifonov , Volodin , Sudbin , Kolestnikov ( a poet ) and most of all Volodos ( superlatives are not enough for him but will have to do . If you want to hear pure poetry listen to his new release of Schubert's Great A Major Sonata D959. |
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