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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Felix Mendelssohn

Symphonies 3 & 4

San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt
London 1989 / 1991

Symphony No.4, in A major, op.90 'Italian'

1. Allegro vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2ltot2VMM

2. Andante con moto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMcW8wDf6E

3. Con moto moderato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cmpX8s9e-c

4. Saltarello (Presto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwlARtG3yMM

Cheers
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Hebert von Karajan
DG  1981

Notes: "Any discussion of the outstanding violin concertos of the 19th-century German repertoire inevitably centres upon four works: the concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven(1806), Felix Mendelssohn(1844), Max Bruch(1866) and Johannes Brahms(1878).  In many respects these works fall into two pairs: while the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms are considered particularly "demanding", those of Mendelssohn and Bruch enjoy enormous popularity both with audiences and among violinists."

A very young Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l0paKLI41g

Cheers
Max Bruch

CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Hebert von Karajan
DG 1981

Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor, Op.26 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsS0mywLsc

Cheers






Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 PIANO SONATAS

Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips  1984

Sonata in C major   KV 330

1. Allegro moderato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXVAT9RgZY

2. Andante cantabile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRyNfBZ1DBg

 3. Allegretto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KZMduiHkCQ

Cheers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 PIANO SONATAS

Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 1984

Sonata in B flat  KV 333

1. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_dOL3XD2DE

2. Andante cantabile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCKT9LbSlc

3. Allegretto grazioso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXIrtHFCuew

Cheers