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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Hey, in this semi-modern era it's easy to search down whatever piece of music you're curious about and give it a couple minutes listen. I'm not saying, of course, that it's 100% okay to judge Glass or his generously scaled opera entirely from a brief encounter, but it will lend you at least a glimpse of the sound world that Glass creates. If you find that world to be inviting (and I'm confident you will), dip your toe in a bit more.
There is no need for you to take it personally ,
I will not call a one line post with no explanation with the words " i loath it" an especially friendly and polite reception... Usually when someone post something i dont like so much i dont take my time to only say i loathe it WITHOUT EXPLANATION...

You site Mozart , can you honestly say that Philip Glass’s music is as good as Mozart’s or to take it even farther Bach !
Your argument is ridiculous, no composer is beside Bach for me or over Mozart....Must we only speak about Beethoven, Mozart,Bach and no more about Scriabin, Sorabji or Busoni or other geniuses way smaller than Bach?

Then Glass being way less important than Bach or Monterverdi must stay in the closet?

I think I have earned the right to loathe one or two modern composers.
I dont like Stockhausen at all, but i will not wrote "a one line" loathing post against another poster who love him and take the time to explain why he love him...i will pounder his arguments and reflect about our different perspectives... It is called educated thinking...

Then dont confuse the right to your choices with politeness...It is a public thread or a closed private club?

And the ability to play an instrument dont give any more weight
to your post or opinion than to mine , because the ability to listen is not less important...

I will never take personal an explanation opposite to something i defend , but a one line loathing post is what? A personal attack, or if it is not one, it is mimiking one... At your age you certainly feel what i speak about without a necessary drawing...

If you need a drawing think about that :

Do you think that your one line loathing exercise give to me the taste to wrote about satyagraha tomorrow?





I welcome your thoughts about Satyagraha. 

*** I loathe no composers, or musicians, Ervin Nyiregyházi for example ,or any other musician 😊 even if i had my own taste, choices, or habits...Loathing reflect more about us than about the music itself....

And loving Glass dont impede my love for Mozart "Cozi fan tutte" for example... ***

An open mind to all music is the path to a deeper and more complete appreciation and understanding of the greatness of the truly great.

”The interest of the composer Philip Glass in Gandhi dates back to his first visit to India in 1966. In composing his second opera, Glass did not want to paint a historical portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Instead, his intention was to use Gandhi’s involvement in South Africa in the years between 1893 and 1914 as an outline of current global political and religious problems. In South Africa, Gandhi formulated his thesis of passive resistance and civil disobedience known as “Satyagraha” or “dedication to the truth” as a reaction to discriminatory governmental measures aimed against the Indian portion of the population, such as the deprivation of voting rights.”
There is two people here who publicly say they loathe Wagner and Liszt.
I happen to love both those composers for the music they wrote but I hate Wagner as a human being so am I wrong to say that now?