A special thank you to Jim for his recommendation this spring of the music by Zlata Chochieva. I got it all presently available. I'm especially fond of her Etudes by Chopin. Lyrical and then some. :-)
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.
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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PRIMEPHONIC, the Classical streaming service is giving up the ghost and touting Amazon as its replacement. What do you dudes/dudettes think of classical Amazon streaming? Should I go for Idagio, the German classical streaming service instead? Yeah, Qobuz is pretty good with classical and, in the main probably even has better fidelity than Primephonic has(had). But I'd like to hear from you guys. |
I have both Qobuz and Idagio. You’re right, Qobuz is pretty good for classical, but Idagio is great. I found it much better than Primephonic. The search engines are really useful and they sometimes do live music (for a fee.) ‘I also find Idagio sounds better than Qobuz for classical. I’ve commented on this many times. |
Robert Schumann PIANO QUINTET Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Artemis Quartet Virgin Classics 2007 Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44: I. Allegro brillante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMroOtrQas II. In modo d'una marcia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxZNOlh6fdE III. Scherzo (Molto vivace) & Trios I and II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXwwYt7-hQ IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljjU2OS2F-I Cheers |
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