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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
7,386 posts
 
B.S. in an opera he dam sure does !

Can’t but agree with you Jim.I


At my age time is of the essence . Like any Classical lover I have played
all the LvB sonatas many times . Bach takes about 1/3 of my 5-6 hours daiily time. My biggest love has always been String Quartet and to me that’s LvB’s best music . His last are beyond compare .


Haydn needs no help there nor does Schubert or the 2 gems of Leos Janacek for starters And a few hundred others .
If you want to go deep kids ,the Buxtehude outing on Naxos 8.557251 will get you there.
As will Byrd, Purcell and the Bach of his time,the Great Josquin Desprez.

P.S. Jim , I have long thought the Haydn Piano pieces were up there with Mozart but never said so.                 Few years ago I heard  Imogene Cooper the great knock out  a few live in the wonderful acoustics                  of MACALESTER  college in St Paul( started by Scots and one of the elite US liberal arts colleges ),
                   the women was so powerful and  skilled the audience was frozen . Say it to  any one since !

jim204
881 posts
 
@schubert         Again in complete agreement with you Len, LvB string quartets no other comes near t hem I think especially the late ones. I love the last three esp. Op.127 and who cannot but admire the Grosse Fugue which if played to someone who doesn't know it would probably think Stravinsky had wrote it. Talk about tossing your lance into the future I'm sure it will still be thought as written in the Twentieth century long into the future. 
At the moment I am typing I am listening to a masterful reworking of Tchaikovsky's Seasons played by Trio Zadig on Qobuz. If you have Qobuz I think it  is is a must listen as it brings a new slant to this lovely work. Of course if you want to listen to the original piano version then Mikhail Pletnev who I think is the definite best in this work.
Enjoy your weekend everyone. Jim.
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goofyfoot
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The Brahms string quartets are genius and under represented.
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rvpiano OP
2,820 posts
 
Goofyfoot,

Yes, as are the piano quartets, quintets and sextets.
jim204
881 posts
 
Got a wonderful set of Beethoven Piano Trios complete to recommend from a very talented French group. They are the Trio Sora and they have gorgeous tone, gorgeous playing and gorgeous girls. The pianist is an extremely gifted young woman, her runs are fast and faultless. That said both violinist and cellist are wonderful players also. They are just as good in the minor works as the major ones. A hearty recommendation and it is on Qobuz at the moment .
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