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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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schubert
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All the Baltic Lands have been noted for their Choirs since time immoral .

This one in the Lithuanian Capital is a favorite of mine and, God Willing,
I hope to be there and St Saviour’s in Riga, Latvia at Easter time .
This is the start of a Sun Rise Mass,


https://youtu.be/carPlb8SbY8

A  small Latvian Church Choir .


https://youtu.be/TrLcNdL3CuQ

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jim204
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Here is one for all you Brahmsians out there , A young Frenchman who has just won the Queen Elisabeth Prize in Belgium and other prestigious awards. His name is Johnathan Fournel and I predict he is going to be a big hit. He plays  Brahms Piano Sonata No 3 in F Minor and his Handel Variations and What a delight it is.
The Sonata is a delight in virtuousity with Fortissimo chords at the start and watch your speakers as this recording takes no prisoners. The second movement which is an open secret of unrequited love to Clara Schumann which he does take rather literally but the playing is an utter delight. The other piece is a favourite of mine The Handel Variations  which show just how good Brahms was as a young man if he could spawn these but unfortunately as he got older he was very lapse at keeping his technique in shape. Anyway Fournel is very adept at these with not too fast speeds taken to let the music breath. But he can take things at a fair lick when he feels like it. All in all a very good first recording and the first of many. It is streaming on Qobuz just now .  
frogman
7,478 posts
 
To add to mahgister’s great list of great guitarists:

https://youtu.be/9RkHwFoew-Y

https://youtu.be/Rvvbh_L3pQg (Scarlatti)

Surely in no small part due to its proximity (geographical and others) to the Baltic Lands, Hungary also has a very rich and interesting choral tradition which draws heavily on its traditional folk music:

https://youtu.be/lSHxigDUfls

https://youtu.be/Tl7Pf44-Uz0

Speaking of the unfortunately neglected Zoltan Kodaly. To paraphrase a previous comment by (our) Schubert, if one wants the spirit of a culture’s (Hungary) folk music, one needs a Hungarian band:

https://youtu.be/nCdU0ev_WuI




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