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| Recommendation - Complete Beethoven Sonatas The Claudio Arrau complete sonatas on Philips are certainly deserving of consideration here. Yes, they are currently available, but you have to get them in a big boxed set which includes the major piano variations, the five piano concertos, and th... | |
| What is your favorite Wagner’s “Ring”? Let's pay some attention to recording dates here: the Furtwangler Ring operas were recorded in the early 1950s. The Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Ring was recorded 1958-1965. The Bohm/Bayreuth Ring was recorded 1966-67. The von Karajan/Berlin Philharm... | |
| What is your favorite Wagner’s “Ring”? Other performances I would recommend include the Bohm lives ones from Bayreuth in the late 1960s on Philips, which have the advantage of the last great Brunnhilde, Birgit Nilsson, (she's the Brunnhilde for Solti as well), and the von Karajan/Berli... | |
| What is your favorite Wagner’s “Ring”? There is no shortage of good recordings of Wagner's Ring, and no shortage of differing opinions on whose is best. For a good, detailed weighing of the merits and failings of various versions, see The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera, edi... | |
| Looking for a guide to best classical recordings Nick, I own and use the following guides: (1) Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide. British. Over 1300 pages. (There is also a shorter version of this book on opera only.)(2) Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. British. Over 1500 pages.(3) Classical Mus... | |
| Comments of recommendations on Xmas music I'm a lover of Christmas music and have about 20 CDs of it. But the two I keep returning to again and again, year after year, are (1) Joy to the World, Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus, on RCA (recorded 1971-72), and... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings I'd like to second (or third) the recommendations of Nojima Plays Liszt and Nojima Plays Ravel on Reference Recordings, and add one more: Claudio Arrau playing the Liszt Transcendental Etudes on Philips. These are analog recordings (made 1974-76),... | |
| Naxos CDs with Great Sound I'd like to second Newbee's recommendation of the Barber CDs on Naxos. I have the four Barber orchestral CDs with Marin Alsop conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. All are excellent and have first-class sound. They same is true of the ... | |
| Naxos CDs with Great Sound I'd like to thank everyone who has posted. Here is one more suggestion, a recent Naxos release of a small baroque ensemble, delightful music, great clarity and transparency of sound.Wassenaer, Concerti Armonici. Aradia Ensemble led by Kevin Mallon. | |
| Exceptional Recording of Carmina Burana I've got two favorite versions, both on Decca/London and both with excellent sound.1. Herbert Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus.2. Riccardo Chailly conducting the RSO Berlin & Choir. | |
| Starting a classical library is BMG an answer? Rbtwsp55, Where this is true, it is because the Japanese CDs have different mastering from the domestic CD. For example, I have number of early Japanese classical CDs (formerly Columbia/CBS LPs in the USA) that were later released here as Sony CDs... | |
| Starting a classical library is BMG an answer? Two more quick points about joining BMG:1. I'd suggest not giving them your phone #. I made the mistake of giving them mine, and after a few unwanted calls from them trying to sell me CDs, I insisted that they put me on their do-not-call list.2. W... | |
| Starting a classical library is BMG an answer? Many thanks to Abex for setting the record straight and definitively laying to rest the audiophile myth that BMG CDs are sonically inferior to, or sonically different from, the same titles bought in stores. This isn't a matter of opinion; it's a m... | |
| Starting a classical library is BMG an answer? BMG is well worth belonging to because of the wide selection of classical music and the low prices; they are always offering sales and monthly specials that make their prices unbeatable. The story about their CDs being inferior to those bought in ... | |
| Organ CDs with really deep bass Here are a couple more recommendable organ CDs with fine music, fine performances, excellent sound and really deep bass that will keep your subwoofer occupied:Michael Murray, organ; Encores a la francaise and Poulenc Organ Concerto (with Atlanta S... |