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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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frogman
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Fabulous work! One of my very favorite modern works and arguably the most popular composition out of the Second Viennese School. A twelve tone row with strong elements of late Romanticism making the paring with the Beethoven not quite as odd as it may seem at first glance.  The chorale in the Adagio is a thing of beauty.  Of note is the use of alto saxophone in the score for a very interesting color. Very good performance.  Thanks.  My favorite:

https://youtu.be/j-4hIAYwW4k
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mahgister
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Grumiaux is one of my idol with Suk here....Suk is more singing but Grumiaux is not way behind in his own non bohemian way with his usual luminous but very incarnated  and colored tone ....




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsHwmee4Vik&t=25s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRLgWYcW70
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rok2id
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Johann Sebastian Bach

THE ART OF THE FUGUE

Emerson String Quartet

Philip Setzer (violin)
Eugene Drucker (violin)
Lawrence Dutton (viola)
David Finckel (cello)
DG 2003

Notes: Language that only a Musician would love, or understand.

The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vF9owrxMo

Cheers

Wiki: fugue
Music 
  1. a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
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rok2id
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@frogman 

I like your favorite Berg better than the one I posted.  In any event, Berg does get a little better, to my ear, with repeated listening.

Cheers
frogman
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Glad you liked it. It does take some time to “get” serial music. One has to surrender to the different musical language; kind of like post bop Coltrane compared to Prez.  Try his opera “Wozzeck” sometime. Banned by the Nazis as “degenerate art”. Fabulous work.
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