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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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I couldn’t get into their triple, it was a bit dry and uninspired For me
have you listened triple by geza anda, schneiderhan, fournier? Another great one is szell fleisher stern

ei001h:

I only have two performances of The Triple, the one I posted and another by the Eroica Trio with the Prague Chamber Orchestra.  I try to only post the stuff I actually own.   I have not heard the two performances you mention in your post.

As far as the  Oistrakh, Rostropovich and Richter being Dry, I'm afraid that sort of evaluation is way above my level of expertise and appreciation.  I'm not that advanced.  At my stage, I just rely on my Gurus to find the good performances.

Thanks for the post

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Ludwig van Beethoven

BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
EMI  1953 / 1999    Mono

Notes:   "The two artist first performed together in August 1947, four months after Furtwängler was allowed to work again after being cleared of second world war offences by a de-Nazification court.  In 1933 Furtwängler invited Menuhin and two other Jewish musicians, Artur Schnabel and Huberman, to appear as soloists with the Berlin Philharmonic.  All three refused.  From then until the end of the second world war, Menuhin and Furtwängler   worked for the most part in different cultural worlds."

Beethoven: Philharmonia Orchestra

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

Allegro ma non troppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5znyEn3bVI

Larghetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBmKcTIZWks

Rondo - Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ose2Tfyws

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Felix Mendelssohn

VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR, OP. 64

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
EMI     1954 / 1999

Allegro molto appassionato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyKWXpTcL0o

Andante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2X3zYcXg_0

Allegretto ma non troppo - Allegro molto
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTjI1Hkjq0U

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Beethoven & Mozart

BEETHOVEN & MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTOS 

Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy
EMI 2007

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op. 61

 I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza by Kreisler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpIGVkGqDv0

 II. Larghetto (Cadenza by Kennedy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2aL5K8NdQ

III. Rondo (Allegro) (Cadenza by Kennedy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GphhANFLv2o

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Beethoven & Mozart

BEETHOVEN & MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy
EMI 2007

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D  K218

I. Allegro (Cadenza by Kennedy)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAHyRA8DFL4

II. Andante cantabile (Cadenza by Kennedy)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QieyQKDYvc

III. Rondeau (Andante grazioso) (Cadenza by Kennedy)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWEMdZPnmg

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