Classical Music for Aficionados
Had to get a second hanky jim . Hears the voice of Scots at home and over the world over at it’s best ! https://youtu.be/xDXnu_hb_d0?t=1 https://youtu.be/KZqNGfni8TA?t=3 . https://youtu.be/c7RGcdsM4Vk?t=2 A young lass singing my favorite Burns . |
You got that right rv. ! I always steer people to the 6,7 ,8 masterpieces whether they have listened to Classical fifty years or fifty minutes ! As a religious person I have always thought the cherry on the top for Hayden was/is his piety . His church music is better than Mozart’s and IMO right up there with Bach's Passions , at least for a believer . |
@rvpiano, The Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances are also one of my favorite symphonic pieces! Thanks for all the recommendations earlier in this thread: Dallas-Johanos / Minnesota-Oue / Concertgebouw-Ashkenazy / Concertgebouw-Jansons. I wanted to add the Gardiner / NDR Sinfonieorchester recording to the list... to my ears, it's unmatched in suspense, scale and space. The Dallas/Johanos recording sounds comparably sterile and too measured for my taste, and far less expressive. What are your impressions? |
apm18, I agree with you that the Johanos recording is very dry and somewhat sterile. I must admit that I recommended it on the basis of this being an audiophile site. That particular disc has really excellent sonics. Performance-wise there are many better versions. In general, I like Ashkenazy’s way with Rachmaninoff. |
A lifetime project of mine, consciously started as a teenager, is baring fruits now in my advanced years. I determined quite early that Mozart’s piano concertos were too precious to spoil by listenIng to them too often. Hence, throughout my life I’ve listened to them sparingly, so as to discover new sweetnesses every time. I’m happy to say that it’s worked. I still thrill to each concerto I hear! |
