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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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Here is one of my favorite violin concertos, Penderecki’s, Violin Concerto No. 2 (Metamorphosen).

This is from the second part of his career, after he became more tonal than he was during the early part of his career.

In all honesty, I tend to like thornier sounding atonal music than this. But for some reason this overcomes, for me, being more tonal. Might one describe it as "neo classical"?

Here is the debut, played by Anne-Sophie Mutter, who Penderecki wrote it for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NrM-X0bhhc





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A long time ago someone recommended Kiril Kondrashin's semi-historic (1981) recording of Mahler 6, which I finally acquired and am listening to.

Reviewers resort often to the adjective "brisk" to describe this interpretation, and one can immediately understand why.  Still I enjoy his rubatos, and the recording itself is remarkably good.
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Kondrashin was considered a Mahler conductor in Russia.
I believe he is a great one.
Listen  to his Mahler 9.
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Ludwig van Beethoven

ARCHDUKE AND GHOST TRIOS

Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
Vera Beths  (violin)
Anner Bylsma  (violoncello)
Vivarte / Sony     1999 / 2000

Notes: "It is, however, with the Op.97 trio, the so-called "Archduke" trio, that Beethoven attained his greatest and most profound expression of the form.  This Trio, the last he would actually play -- because of his increasing deafness --derives its moniker from Beethoven's close ties with the heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Rudolph of Austria."

Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97 "Archduke"

Allegro moderato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUiUegcC4MY

Scherzo. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0aT-9ZUx4Y

Andante cantabile ma però
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usjYKb-vErk

Allegro moderato
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSwo5RTKgw

Cheers
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rok2id
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Ludwig van Beethoven

ARCHDUKE AND GHOST TRIOS

Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
Vera Beths (violin)
Anner Bylsma (violoncello)
Vivarte / Sony    1999 / 2000

Piano Trio in D major, Op.70, No.1  "Ghost"

"...Macbeth, alas, was to remain incomplete, because of Collin's premature death, but some of the "ghostly" atmosphere of the witches' scene found it's way into the D Minor Largo of Op.70 No.1."

Hence the "Ghost" trio.

Allegro vivace e con brio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuSQJnUwUYA

 Largo assai ed espressivo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtxH3esdQ4

Presto
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlZLnadCnJc

Cheers
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