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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.


rvpiano
schubert
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Jim, I saw your Bag Pipe advice and right you are .
I’m caught between being an old squatty and hating war .

Well , the 51st HD was the best example  of Scottish cannon fodder  in English Military History in both WW1 and WW II and this IS Classical Music .

https://youtu.be/_MBeVU4_oPI

As you said sometimes you are never the same .

jim204
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@schubert     Yes Len the Jocks and the Micks were always the first into battle while the Sassenach generals sat in the
french chateau's drinking the cellar dry.
schubert
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Aye , and a little known fact . In both WW 1 and WW II the Canadians
did better than ANY other allied troops .

I was astonished to learn the Canadians with a wee 3 Divisions were the "British" shock troops for last 2 years and never were a day off the line !
They took so many casualties the German soldiers would not shoot at any wounded Canadian trying to crawl back to their lines .The Ultimate respect from one soldier to another.
A nation with less than 8 million people put 600 , 000 men though its forces .


The iconic film any in WW II D-day film is British soldiers with great elan up and at them jumping into waist-deep water .



Only it is the Canadian 1st Division .
Needless to say many of the Canadians in both wars were Scottish immigrants .

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mahgister
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Not only that but in the field of heroic action and superhuman one take a look at this real french canadian Rambo not the faked one ... :)

Too many heroic feats for only one movie....And too incredible to make a good movie.... Rambo need help of this man.... :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtzJPGmwTA

In Italy the SS feared only the french canadians by the way...... You now have a clue why .... :) 

But back to music with this works of a 10 years old french canadian genius no one knows here like the "french Rambo" .... :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAh533yY-c
schubert
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Most Americans don't know where Canada is and  if they did would
not believe they had an Army .
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