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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Because we need peace and reason, and not hate or propaganda...

I will suggest an interesting piece of choral music...

He was the first Russian composer appointed to the Tsar court in 1779  for music after studying in Italia...

His music is an ocean of grace and novelty , a perfect cross between italian splendour and Orthodox interiority....

I put the version here i like the most:

 

We’ve had it for a thousand years and little or nothing good has come from the 90% . Just because you or I love it means nothing to our rulers , always has, always will. One word is supreme , GREED .

Nobody is trying to bully you . 

 

 

I am glad that you agree with me about peace and reason which are the most necessary things we must wish for...

I will agree totally with your observation about GREED and will add thirst for power to the mix ...

I accept what you say with your words that nobody tried to bully me...

I cannot apologize for Russian music links though because i love Russian music and culture like i love Charles Ives the contemporary of Scriabin...

This was my first post above, about these two contemporary geniuses which are expression of pure freedom in their two musical journey, before this "malentendu".... Charles Ives the american and Scriabin the Russian were brothers who dont know oner another separated by an ocean, but their art exploring the frontier between tonal/atonal among other common factors was their common endeavour...

I wish you the best....

We’ve had it for a thousand years and little or nothing good has come from the 90% . Just because you or I love it means nothing to our rulers , always has, always will. One word is supreme , GREED . Nobody is trying to bully you .

 

 

I love Russian music but most of it was written in terrible times and made little to

the culture of  Russia .  Out  of 350 millions in US  perhaps 2 % even know Ives's  name .

I like music because it lifts  me  , Bach made me a different man but did nothing

to stop Hitler even though he got only 28% vote  in Berlin .

The same is close to here , very close . 

 

You are right about that, because geniuses are the one that pointed to the direction of love and freedom...it takes time but i am optimist even now in desesperate times...

my best to you....

I love Russian music but most of it was written in terrible times and made little to

the culture of Russia . Out of 350 millions in US perhaps 2 % even know Ives’s name .

I like music because it lifts me , Bach made me a different man but did nothing

to stop Hitler even though he got only 28% vote in Berlin .

The same is close to here , very close .