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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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Hamelin's splendid new disc of Listz/Thalberg opera transcriptions and fantasies. Listen to those fingers fly!
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@maghister I have tried as hard as I can to see something in your "God pianist" but I am sorry to have to admit defeat because all I can hear is massive rubatos and distortions of the melodic line . some of the Liszt pieces he plays are almost unrecognisable with massive agogic hesitations and splashy chords. No I am sorry he is not for me.
It is perfectly Ok to perceive some perspective better than other...

I am more attentive to colors and intensity than to virtuoso perfect playing.... "fingers flying"

He seems to be a throwback to the 19th century, with its romantic excesses.
You are partly right but dont be deceived by only 2 or 3 pieces listening....

Perfection is not enough! Anyway i prefer romantic excess to modern dryness....

And wrote to the composer Schoenberg that his divine pianist is under Hamelin for his playing.... Like me he will smile.... 😁


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Well, when the composer calls for hemidemisemiquavers, it's nice to have a pianist who can actually execute them both correctly and artistically.
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Well, when the composer calls for hemidemisemiquavers, it’s nice to have a pianist who can actually execute them both correctly and artistically.
We dont lack of first of their class pianists and contest winner pianists to perfectly translate a partition.... 😁
 their number exceed my 2 hands by a big number...


We need rarest bird able to recreate a partition on the spot, and playing it for the first and last time ever...Living playing is not mostly and only perfect playing.... This is good for pupil in a contest... Their number is less than my fingers or not many more....

Music is "living" playing and by the way N. is not a less virtuoso than Hamelin at all, if you listen many pieces of him....

Some listen to written partition, i listen to emotions only....  I am not a musician Alas!...


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I heard Nyiregyházi recordings many decades ago when he was “rediscovered”
at that time. My opinion hasn’t changed.
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