Classical Music for Aficionados

Most Americans don’t know where Canada is

Who need to know where something is with a cell?

How old are you to use for no reason than memory your precious brain?

Man only need A.I , who gives a dam where the communists of america are?

:)

My cell just told me there are in Quebec  city now.... Health is free, and those who dont work have money even  without pandemic....

Ok back to Bach....

I will listen to Fournier cello  rendition, the only one that is on par with some  Starker version....

The Fournier is my favorite .

The Fournier is my favorite .

Your heart is more sensible if possible than your ears...

My best to you....

I’m a classical music lover who just found this thread, as I’ve come to the site over the years for hardware info. To get acquainted I went through a bunch of posts randomly. I see that there is a great love of solo piano music in these parts.

My own tastes run more toward orchestral music and I try to find recordings with sound quality good enough to let me fool myself to being back in a concert hall. At least excellent if not the VERY best performance and the same for the sound.

A few of the digital recordings that work for me are:

Shostakovich Symphony 15 Haitink LPO
Berlioz Romeo & Juliet Muti Philadelphia
Bach Brandenburghs Dunedin Consort
Ravel Daphnae & Chloe LSO
Mozart Requiem Savall
Chopin Ballades & Mazurkas Moravec
Mahler Wunderhorn Songs Norman Shirley-Quirk Haitink

I also watch the Berlin Phil’s digital site from time to time. There are some performances there that I think are are unmatched on recordings.

Finally, in my meanderings I saw that someone here was surprised to find himself in a not so good seat at Carnegie Hall. Has there been much talk in this thread about halls? As for Carnegie, I can tell you that there are many, many bad seats. The reasons are easy to figure out. I’ve been there a lot. It’s really overrated.

melm,

Welcome to the site!
Your input is most appreciated.