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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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rvpiano OP
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Sevs,

It was my pleasure.
Enjoy!!
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mikexxyz
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Lots of great music recommendations to explore which is really the basis of this hobby. Thanks.

Although I am not a classical music aficionado, the one recording I never tire of hearing is “Horowitz in Moscow”, Deutsche Grammophon 419 499-2. I prefer live performances in general as they have a more immediate and less studied quality. The ambient noises from the venue gives a “you are there” experience. To my ear, his telling of Scarlatti’s Sonata in E major is sublime.

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twoleftears
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@sevs Here's one that you might like a lot.  Dobrinka Tabakova, "String Paths", on ECM.  Mix of chamber music and orchestral.  There are a couple of wonderfully melting slow movements.
craigl59
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twoleftears (great handle...)
Thanks for the recommendation; just ordered it from Amazon.
Here are two lesser known albums I have found mesmerizing:
1. Zelenka: Orchestral Works by Archive and Camerata Bern; pay attention to the Hipocondrie
2. Edgar Meyer: Meyer/Bottesini Concertos by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Wolff; like the Bottesini in b-minor and Meyer is perhaps the greatest double bassist of his generation.
More to discover