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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When the people live in a bubble there is nothing but trouble .

Why do anything when you are already perfect ?

Thanks Jim, I have a bit with the later but I think not at all  from Vengerov .

Have to do some on both .

 

Yes, I forgot I do have that BIS . As you know If I see BIS I buy it without looking !

 

Alba?, even Glasgow will do !

I'm Braw for a wee bottle 'o ginger .

 

 

 

 

Aye, and courage abounds when a top artist changes her normal style !

Here is a piece almost as beautiful as her in body and soul .

 

 

Indeed , I have one on NAXOS .

My two Scottish grandmothers schooled me on being Scottish .

Can’t miss that fantastic Czech music with both my best player, Fournier. and conductor, Celibidache.

May they rest in peace .

 

 

 

Thanks mahgister , I knew the clip was not the best , but I also knew a true Classical person would git it !

I may be wrong that the Czech composers are helped by the Czech life

but in the few times I was in Prague it seemed so to me .

In the one concert I took in it was a joy to see so many young acting like it was a

rock band

Only other place like that is Hungary .Austrians who came there for cheap Opera said the same to me .

P.S. The one thing I do think I have,  but usually say only to me is , I have good taste.

I’l make it clearer . A s a combat soldier I tend to see another one .

IMO it was the czech people. "We’re only 5 million but Russians can go to hell"

They fought the Russians hard when no other under the Russian thumb would blink

their eye .

Dvorak is the Recent.

There are dozens of others.

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) was held high by both Bach and Teleman and

Bach was in tune with him.

Jose Mys livecek (1737-1781 ) Was a friend of Mozarts dad and he did models for Mozart

for Symphony and Violin concerts ,

Haydn was in touch with several Czech composers .

Could go on for quite a while .

Smetana, Leos Jancek , Martinu, Suk ........... All in this tiny land ,

 

Yes , I had forgotten that , did a paper about him about 50 years ago.

The Czech Republic is Industrial . Things I know ,Skoda auto , best VW gets ,

I know I had one . I was born a hunter , no longer have Czech hunting rifles, which cost a lot and were the best .Still are .

 

 

 

The Germans pushed the Rifle factory’s night and day , The Czech Mausers were

better then they could make .

P.S . anything Couperin is OK with me , her job was unreal !

 

P.P S . Science in last few years thinks someone like the boy genius is autistic .The scale is that, but extreme aka 1 in a million .

A VERY great Clip, perhaps the best ever for me .

I knew Neuman and Ancerl were in a camp. but need to check up on Ruzicko.

The soul of the Czech is mighty !

I put it with Beethoven,always forward and never quit .

Also Jan Hus .

Exactly how I saw Cile to the bone !   His time was just a miracle , 1st class!!!

If you love Classical Music it would do you wonders to learn even a bit of German !

Even the Dummy books would do, English is a Germanic language and not all that hard to talk to Beauty ,.. And German is truly beautiful .

Still on CD last I know ,

 

 

My record is about 2 feet from me .Made in Pittsburg in 1961 on 35 mill film.

I have seen records go a bit over $100 .