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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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rok2id
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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
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rok2id
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3 VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Andrew Manze (violin)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze
Harmonia Mundi   2006

Notes: "These 3 innovative concertos--composed in the last four months of 1775 to entertain Mozart's noble employer and to mollify his father Leopold -- show Wolfgang the 'wunderkind' blossoming into a fully-fledged compositional genius."
Andrew Manze plays his own cadenzas.

Concerto in G major  K.216

I. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Db852qT1s

II. Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T7e1AvA-Bo

III. Rondo: Allegro - Andante - Allegretto - Tempo primo
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhwZKeDYs-I

Cheers
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twoleftears
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Ivan Moravec playing Beethoven.

One CD holds the Pathetique, Moonlight, Les Adieux, and no. 27 sonatas, and 32 Variations.

The recording quality is very good.  Moravec's contrasts between p and f are quite striking, as are his sometimes quite extreme contrasts in tempo.

Overall a fascinating listen.
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rok2id
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

CLARINET CONCERTO 

Thea King (basset clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate
Hyperion  1985

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaca7yBORzg&t=133s

Cheers

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mahgister
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Ivan Moravec playing Beethoven.

One CD holds the Pathetique, Moonlight, Les Adieux, and no. 27 sonatas, and 32 Variations.

The recording quality is very good. Moravec's contrasts between p and f are quite striking, as are his sometimes quite extreme contrasts in tempo.

Overall a fascinating listen.
I really think like you....Moravec is in a class of his own....I had listen to almost all hid cd....

Thanks....
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