5 must have classical recordings

Starting into classical music. What are the must have cd's to get your feet wet. If this thread is out there, I apologize...

mattcone04-22-2009 7:15pm

rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,430 posts 09-01-2009 at 01:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good recommendations from Sibelius, above.
lubinator Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1 posts 09-02-2009 at 03:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Would agree Byegolly but if you are going to listen to the Goldberg variations you should really go for Glenn Gould, who literally made a career out of them. He's got one set of 1950's recordings, and another done in the 80's. They are available in the same boxed set. It's also a good introduction for the novitiate to be able to compare recordings of this master of the piano at different stages of his professional maturity.
byegolly Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 140 posts 09-03-2009 at 06:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Would agree Byegolly but if you are going to listen to the Goldberg variations you should really go for Glenn Gould.." I need to hear more Glenn Gould. What little I have heard was very good indeed. On the subject of special, how about the DG recording of "Horowitz in Moscow"? How that virtuoso loved Romanticism!