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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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twoleftears
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His daughter Viviana is also a pianist.  I wonder how much of the genius carried over.

In other news, Lupu in Schumann / Humoreske, Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana is the best I've heard so far; his touch and the sound he gets from the piano seems to match the music perfectly.
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rvpiano OP
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Just listening now to the secular cantatas of J.S. Bach.
Delightful!
edcyn
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I just saw a dynamite performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto on YouTube. Andre Watts piano. Zubin Mehta and the New York Phil. A true treat.
schubert
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https://youtu.be/gL-ZkWzeGaY?t=2

Dame Emmy Kirkby and Hogwood are  superb in this music .
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Lang Lang has just released a new recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, available on Idagio.  Unexpectedly, it’s not bad. Each variation is repeated imaginatively different the second time around.  The ornamentation is original  and well integrated into the melodic line.  The tone is lovely and the performance does “swing.”  Of course, there is stiff competition in this work, but Lang Lang very well holds his own.
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