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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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

SYMPHONIES NOS. 35 - 41

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DG    1978 / 1990

Notes:"As befits a native of Salzburg, Karajan's very first recordings was of Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE Overture, made with the Staatskapelle Berlin in 1938.  Although he remained a loyal Mozartian all his life, Karajan never recorded any of the earlier symphonies, not even No. 25, the "little G minor"."

Symphony No. 36 in C major K.425   "Linz"

1. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjNz56lrKo

2. Andante
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm56Gta6xv4

3. Menuetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8LP-ZucRBQ

4. Finale (Presto)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTq26nYGRrY

Cheers
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rok2id
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

SYMPHONIES NOS. 35 - 41

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DG   1978 / 1990

Symphony No. 38 in D major  K.504  "Prague"

1. Adagio - Allegro
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWX3O9aCQYE

2. Andante
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWqIOh8Dz4

3. Finale (Presto)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do7QK_llnH8

Cheers
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

OVERTURES

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
EMI Records   1982

Don Giovanni, K.527: Overture
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45XHZbz84s

Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOiTSAH7Bi0

Così fan tutte, K.588: Overture
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_q8i125G0

Idomeneo, K.366: Overture
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vETpiS776gE

Cheers
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

MUSIC FOR 2 PIANOS / PIANO DUETS

Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffmann (pianos)
Jorg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda  (pianos)
Philips Classics    1996

Sonata in C for piano duet, KV 19d

1. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHoCnvL6k4

2. Menuetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrW8shYUSL4

3. Rondo (Allegretto)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsb1qmlF8Bg


Larghetto and Allegro in E flat for two pianos, KV deest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSoPsth8Kiw

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Mozart & Beethoven

PIANO CONCERTOS

Martha Argerich (piano)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Szymon Goldberg
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg
EMI Classics    2000

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503

I. Allegro maestoso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JeYN9GVR-s

II. Andante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXCsI_Ciwo

III. Allegretto
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76_cNj_XV1s


Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15

I. Allegro con brio
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzKUPl810YE

II. Largo
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-44DZy2jJHk

III. Rondo (Allegro)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsZC7Nj0oAA

Cheers


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