Help this budding Classical audiophile


I am looking for a recommendation on what Classical cd to buy, preferable under the Naxos label as they are well recorded and inexpensive (talk about having your cake and eating it too!). I've been an audiophile for the past 20 years now and mainly listen to acoustic jazz. My taste includes artists such as Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Barron, Brad Mehldau, Micheal Franks, Yellowjackets, Joey Calderazzo to name a few. I have about 700 cd's, with about 80% acoustic jazz. I'm more into the melody, and of course the musicianship, when I buy cd's. One thing that is also very important to me is the recording quality. I only started getting "turned on" to Classical music within the last 2-3 years and have since bought cd's from Bach, Beethoven, and my favorite right now, Haydn. I particularly like the sound of the violin and have exclusively bought violin quartets/trios. I like listening to Classical songs that are "emotional", even solo violin would do. Any recommendations out there would be greatly appreciated as this budding Classical audiophile has no clue as to what cd to pick from the very vast selection Classical music has to offer. Thanks in advance!
gemini

Showing 1 response by ewha

here's a shameless plug for one of my best friends:

fantasies for violin and piano (schubert, schoenberg, ernst, and waxman)
frank huang, violin and dina vainstein, piano

here's a link to the cd on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000TAPT2/qid=1077048138/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8031871-1940010?v=glance&s=classical

frank has recently won several major international competitions (most recently, the naumburg competition), and he just released his first cd on the naxos label. great performances, especially of the schubert fantasy. the ernst and schoenberg may be a little less accessible (musically), but who knows, you might enjoy them as well. in any event, i think it is an excellent album, and frank has one of the sweetest tones i have ever heard.

happy listening,
eric