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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Jim, our "Syracuse Scottish " wasn't all that much.

We did have one VERY good Piper , a 18 yr old lad who wandered in 
the Stadium in Syracuse during our Highland Games .
He had never head a pipe but in two years my uncle, Dan McGill , a good  technical piper, had  him winning solo in real Highland  Games
and us the odd ribbon .

And oh , he was 100 % Italian from a wealthy family who took the lad 
to Scotland and bought him the best pipes in the land !
 
Not much, Mahler always seems to me a dog chasing his tail .

What do you think of this O-10, perhaps the greatest recording ever made !

https://youtu.be/ldRUt5tU9A0?t=1