boomac Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Could someone please advise: What are your favorite recordings of the works listed below? Please indicate whether the format is LP or CD/SACD. Your input will be greatly appreciated. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64 Strauss, Johann: The Blue Danube and other waltzes and polkas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 There's an excellent SACD (not a hybrid, but an SACD only) of Isaac Stern playing the first two pieces you mention. http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1696418 Tower just happens to be having a sale on Sony SACDs. If you find something else, there is free shipping on ordes over $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Here are all the SACD's ive purchased in the past few weeks and i love them all! There are much more to come Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; Smetana: The Moldau Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40 & Exsultate, Jubilate. Bruno Walter Dave Brubek: Time Out Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" Bruno Walter Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 130 & 133 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; Overtures Bach: The Four Great Toccatas and Fugues Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Mozart: Piano Concertos no 20 & 27 / Perahia, English CO Schubert: Unfinished Symphony; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4/ Midsummer Night's Dream/ Hebrides Bruno Walter Conducts Mozart The London Concert: Haydn/Hummel/Mozart/Fasch Gustav Holtz : The Planets and Benjamin Britten : Four Sea Interludes Beethoven : Complete 6 disc set of his symphonies conducted by Karajan in '63 Aaron Copland: Copland conducts Copland. Appalachian spring, Bill the kid, Four Dance Episodes Mozart : The 4 horn concerto's Rondo in E Flat. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner John Williams : Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Symphony No. 4. Leonard Bernstein Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, Concerto for Violin , Piano and Orchestra in D Major. Vivaldi: Isaac Stern Plays Vivaldi The Four Seasons and Four Concerti Vivaldi: Flute Concertos featuring Severino Gazzelloni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Way to go, Handel. I wholeheartedly recommend you listen to anything the Channel Classics label puts out and much of what Pentatone releases. You will not find better recordings of anything, so if you like the particular pieces, you've got it made. And in a couple of months, Mercury Living Presence begins their SACD rollout. By the way, what does "pure SACD player" mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 ---------------- On 1/18/2004 8:34:17 PM paulparrot wrote: Way to go, Handel. I wholeheartedly recommend you listen to anything the Channel Classics label puts out and much of what Pentatone releases. You will not find better recordings of anything, so if you like the particular pieces, you've got it made. And in a couple of months, Mercury Living Presence begins their SACD rollout. By the way, what does "pure SACD player" mean? ---------------- Thanks for posting Tower records Paul, Im going to order about 30 or so SACD's here in a week. Ill order them from Tower, Amazon just doesnt have nowhere near the selection. Everyone is Sony Classical except the Vivaldi Flute concertos and Mozart Horn Concerto's which are Pentatone. Pure SACD player means it only plays SACD audio discs and CD's, it doesnt play DVD's or DVD-A so there is no coloration of the sound from the video circuitry that you get from the all in one combo's. It has Discrete internal components for the analog output. Its a super nice player, very warm and detailed and dynamic. I cant wait to get it modded like that link i posted earlier and increase the output to 4v. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Here is my standard Classical music CD collection, these are all standard CD's. 1. Murray Perahia : Bach Keyboard concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7 2. Murray Perahia : Bach Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 3. Murray Perahia : Bach English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 4. Murray Perahia : Bach English Suites Nos. 2, 4, & 5 5. Murray Perahia : Bach Goldberg Variations 6. Antonio Vivaldi : L Estro Armonico Disk 1 7. Antonio Vivaldi : L Estro Armonico Disk 2 8. J.S. Bach : Brandenburg concertos 4, 5, 6 Trevor Pinnock 9. J.S. Bach : Violin and Oboe Concertos 1052, 1055, 1056, 1060 10. Vivaldi : Oboe Concerti Vol.2 11. Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach: Sonatas for Cello and Harpsichord and J.S. Bach Sinfonia Concertante for violin and orchestra. 12. Amadeus Soundtrack : Disc 1 NON GOLD EDITION 13. Amadeus Soundtrack : Disc 2 NON GOLD EDITION 14. Amadeus Soundtrack : Disc 3 NON GOLD EDITION 15. Albinoni : 12 concerti, Op.7 I Musici Disk 1 16. Albinoni : 12 concerti, Op.7 I Musici Disk 2 17. Trumpet Concertos: Vivaldi, Stolzel and Telemann: Maurice Andre. 18. Vivaldi : Concerti for strings Naxos 19. Handel : Organ Concertos Op.4 Naxos 20. Heinechen: Dresden Concerti Disk 1 21. Heinechen: Dresden Concerti Disk 2 22. Handel : Oboe Concertos & Sonatas 23. Telemann : Recorder Concertos C major, E Minor, F Major 24. Vivaldi : La Stravaganza Disk 1 25. Vivaldi : La Stravaganza Disk 2 26. Kozeluch : Symphonies. Matthias Bamert & London Mozart Players 27. Telemann : Recorder Suite in A minor, Viola Concerto, Tafelmusik Naxos 28. Vivaldi : Oboe Concerti Volume 1: Naxos 29. Vivaldi : Wind Concerti RV 122, 533, 537, 538, 539, 545 and 560 30. Works for 2 Harpsichords: Johann Mattheson, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Johann Sebastian Bach 31. Vivaldi : Violin Concertos Op.8 Nos. 5 - 8 and 10 -12 Naxos 32. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos. Igor Kipnis and London Strings Disk 1 33. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos. Igor Kipnis and London Strings Disk 2 34. Vivaldi : Complete Recorder Concertos Naxos 35. Vivaldi : Famous Flute Concerti NAXOS 36. Handel : Concerti Grossi Op. 6, I Musici de Montreal Disc 1 37. Handel : Concerti Grossi Op. 6, I Musici de Montreal Disc 2 38. Handel : Concerti Grossi Op. 6, I Musici de Montreal Disc 3 39. Bach : Complete Harpsichord Concertos, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert Disk 1 40. Bach : Complete Harpsichord Concertos, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert Disk 2 41. Bach : Complete Harpsichord Concertos, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert Disk 3 42. Yo-Yo Ma : Simply Baroque II. Bach & Boccherini 43. J.S. Bach : Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3 Trevor Pinnock 44. Yo-Yo Ma : Simply Baroque 45. Vivaldi : Flute Concerti Volume 1 RV88, 91, 96, 99 and 107 NAXOS 46. Schubert : The 21 Piano Sonatas Vol. 4 No.4 A Minor D537, No.11 in C D613, No. 20 in A D959 47. Vivaldi : Flute Concertos Volume 2 La Tempesta di Mare NAXOS 48. Vivaldi : 4 Bassoon Concertos No. 5 and No. 6 Op. 8 49. Baroque Trumpet Concertos : Stolzel, Telemann, Torelli, Vivaldi 50. Vivaldi : Dresden Concerti Volume 1 : NAXOS 51. Vivaldi : Dresden Concerti Volume 2 : NAXOS 52. Vivaldi : Dresden Concerti Volume 3 : NAXOS 53. Telemann : La Changeante Volume 1 54. Vivaldi : Cello Concerti Volume 1 NAXOS 55. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra with George Solti 56. Monn : Cello Concerti , La Stagione Frankfurt 57. Schubert : Compelete Symphonies DISC 1 Volume 2 58. Schubert : Compelete Symphonies DISC 2 Volume 2 59. Beethoven : Beethovens 9 symphonies : Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 and No. 3 Op. 55 Eroica Herbert Van Karajan 60. Beethoven : Beethovens 9 symphonies : Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 and No. 4 Op. 60 Herbert Van Karajan 61. Beethoven : Beethovens 9 symphonies : Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 and No. 6 Op. 68 Pastorale Herbert Van Karajan 62. Beethoven : Beethovens 9 symphonies : Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 and No. 8 Op. 93 Herbert Van Karajan 63. Beethoven : Beethovens 9 symphonies : Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 Herbert Van Karajan 64. Albinoni : Concerti Op. 5 Nos. 1 - 12 Budapest Strings 65. Telemann : Oboe Concertos Volume 1 Regis 66. Telemann : Oboe Concertos Volume 2 Regis 67. Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 6 Pathetique Marche Slave and Chicago Symphony Orchestra 68. Baroque Trio Sonatas : Telemann, Vivaldi, Fasch, Tartini NAXOS 69. Vivaldi : Sonatas for Violincello and Bass Continuo 70. Vivaldi : 7 Concerti for woodwind and strings, The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock 71. Mozart : Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 27 72. Schubert : Complete Symphonies DISC 1 Volume 1 73. Schubert : Complete Symphonies DISC 2 Volume 1 74. Mattheson : Der Bruchbare Virtuoso Sonatas for Violin cello, Harpsichord and Flute DISC 1 75. Mattheson : Der Bruchbare Virtuoso Sonatas for Violin cello, Harpsichord and Flute DISC 2 76. Geminiani : Concerti Grossi Volume 1 NAXOS 77. Monn : Six Symphonies La Stagione Frankfurt 78. Italian Concerti Grossi Naxos 79. Vivaldi : Cello Concerti Vol. 4 NAXOS 80. Vivaldi : Cello Concerti Vol. 2 NAXOS 81. Vivaldi : Cello Concerti Vol. 3 NAXOS 82. Vivaldi : Dresden Concerti Volume 4 NAXOS 83. J.S. Bach : Violin Concertos in A Minor, E Major, E Minor, Double String Concerto in D Minor NAXOS 84. Amadues Sountrack : Disk 1 GOLD DISK 24 BIT 85. Amadues Sountrack : Disk 2 GOLD DISK 24 BIT 86. Handel : Ariodante Disk 1, Raymond Leppard 87. Handel : Ariodante Disk 2, Raymond Leppard 88. Handel : Ariodante Disk 3, Raymond Leppard 89. Handel : Julius Caesar Disk 1 90. Handel : Julius Caesar Disk 2 91. Handel : Julius Caesar Disk 3 92. Handel : Almira Disk 1 93. Handel : Almira Disk 2 94. Handel : Almira Disk 3 95. Handel : Serse Disk 1 96. Handel : Serse Disk 2 97. Handel : Serse Disk 3 98. Handel : Agrippina Disk 1 99. Handel : Agrippina Disk 2 100. Handel : Agrippina Disk 3 101. Handel : The Conquering Hero Disk 1: Fit for a King 102. Handel : The Conquering Hero Disk 2 : Concerti Grossi 103. Handel : The Conquering Hero Disk 3 : Chamber Music 104. Handel : The Conquering Hero Disk 4 : Messiah 105. Mozart : Die Zauberflote Disk 1 106. Mozart : Die Zauberflote Disk 2 107. Handel : Deidamia Disk 1 108. Handel : Deidamia Disk 2 109. Handel : Deidamia Disk 3 110. Handel : Joshua Disk 1 111. Handel : Joshua Disk 2 112. Handel : Solomon Disk 1 113. Handel : Solomon Disk 2 114. Handel : Solomon Disk 3 115. Handel : Athalia Disk 1 116. Handel : Athalia Disk 2 117. Handel : Faramondo Disk 1 118. Handel : Faramondo Disk 2 119. Handel : Faramondo Disk 3 120. Handel : Semele Disk 1 121. Handel : Semele Disk 2 122. Handel : Semele Disk 3 123. Handel : Muzio Disk 1 124. Handel : Muzio Disk 2 125. Handel : Theodora : Disk 1 126. Handel : Theodora : Disk 2 127. Handel : Theodora : Disk 3 128. Vivaldi : LOlimpiade Disk 1 129. Vivaldi : LOlimpiade Disk 2 130. Vivaldi : LOlimpiade Disk 3 131. Handel: Water Music Suite 132. Handel : Acis & Galatea Disk 1 133. Handel : Acis & Galatea Disk 2 134. The Salieri Album : Cecilia Bartoli 135. Handel : Acis & Galatea Disk 1 ATMA 136. Handel : Acis & Galatea Disk 2 ATMA 137. Arthur Feidler and Boston Pops : Carmen Ballet, Carnaval Overture, Incidental music to Hamlet. 138. Raymond Leventhal : Piano Music of Alkan & Liszt 139. Waltzes of Vienna : Fritz Riener conducts. 140. Don Sebesky : Three works for Jazz soloists 141. Stravinsky : Firebird Suite and Petrushka Suite 142. Dave Brubec : Time Signatures Jazz Disk 1 143. Dave Brubec : Time Signatures Jazz Disk 2 144. Dave Brubec : Time Signatures Jazz Disk 3 145. Dave Brubec : Time Signatures Jazz Disk 4 146. Johann Sebastian Bach : Violin concertos , Sony Classical 147. Gloria Estefan: Greatest Hits Album 148. Mozart : Greatest hits album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 how long did it take to type that Georg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 ---------------- On 1/18/2004 9:51:37 PM T_Shomaker wrote: how long did it take to type that Georg ---------------- Good question, I had already typed them all out in a Word document you see. I have a Sony 300 disc changer and i just look at the document on my computer and the numbers correspond to the number that the CD is in the changer. I just punch in say number 65 on my remote and it starts playing number 65 on the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Handel, You seem to favor Handel. Quite a happy coincidence, considering your name. I mean, what if you *didn't* like him and you had the same name? I buy most of my SACDs from elusivedisc.com. Check them out if you haven't already. If you subscribe to their email ad, you'll get an offer of specials once a week, free shipping, 10% off, that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Hmmm, ill check them out Paul Ive got to get a Handel on things, that site is not user friendly at all, you actually have to pick the type of SACD format and then you have to pick the label and then it displays them all, it doesnt sort by classical genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I'd like to add a few works w/performers. The Saint Saens "Organ" symphony, No. 3, is a real demo spectacular for Klipsch. Besides truly vibrant orchestration, the organ descends to a low, 16' D-flat (34 Hz) in the slow movement and to the 16' 32.7 Hz C in the finale. I know of two standout recordings, both quite old but exciting and driven: Charles Munch and the Boston Sym on an RCA CD, and Paul Paray and the Detroit Sym on Mercury. The Munch has better sonics and his ability with flexible tempos to carry great climaxes. The Paray on CD is an utterly driven recording (more so than the old LP), right to the remarkable last chord. This would be a prime candidate for an SACD rollout mentioned by Paul Parrot. Johann Strauss' works were performed ad infinitum through the 1960s and I think 1970s by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by its one-time concertmaster, Willi Boskovsky. I don't know whether these are the best, tho' they are certainly Viennese. My favorite recordings are mostly on long out-of-print LPs. I'm using some of them for a classical-music survey and walk-through that I'm doing with GaryMD. I'll just mention ones that I like, in case they have been reissued on CD or you run across cast-offs: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, complete with sung and speaking vocal parts -- Boston Sym, Leinsdorf Holst: The Planets, Boston Sym, Steinberg Mendelssohn: Sym No. 4 ("Italian") and 5 ("Reformation"), English Chamber Orchestra, Leppard So far, Mahler is missing from the thread! Paul Parrot is extremely knowledgeable and up to date on recordings of his symphonies, in case he wants to post on them, so I'll just mention a different, equally fine type of Mahler: the song-cycle, Kindertotenlieder. I have an old LP, Fischer-Dieskau, the Berlin Phil. conducted by Karl Bohm. Very intimate and affecting. And, the Bach six sonatas for solo cello. Yo-Yo Ma has excellent, slightly laid-back performance on CD. I believe Janos Starker's is still available on Mercury CD, if a more vigorous performance is wanted. Here are a couple of fine recordings of music from the turn of the 17th century: Monteverdi's great Vespers of 1610 on an outstanding recording by the Boston Baroque on Telarc; and fine performances of Giovanni Gabrieli's music by the Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott cond., on a 2-CD Veritas album, "Venetian Church Music." Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I've heard many of these Larry has mentioned. He has given me a couple of his "seconds" on lp and they out-perform anything I've come across. Truely great recordings! There are so many versions of classical pieces on lp that you really have to be careful which you choose. Some are truely horrible (I've discovered that the hard way). This is a very helpful thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted January 19, 2004 Author Share Posted January 19, 2004 Thanks to all for the great information. Other favorite classical recommendations will not go with out notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Its funny when you look at someone else's classical collection and all you can see are the things that are missing from what would be in (or are in) your own collection. It may be that I have missed some of these that are actually there but if I were to take Mr. Handel's collection I would add the following (in no particular order): Handel: Handel, George Frideric: Water and Fireworks Music Handel, George Frideric: The Messiah Handel, George Frideric: Xerxes: Largo Handel, George Frideric: Joy to the world Bach, Johann Sebastian: Air on the G String Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue in C Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ave Maria Bach, Johann Sebastian: St. John Passion OK - this is getting silly with Bach - there are probably almost a 1000 possibilities - you can sample them on Naxos before you get them. Beethoven: The missing symphonies 4,6 and 8 for certain. 1 and 2 are pleasant enough but not in the same league. Piano concerto No 5 a must. Wellington's Victory an often overlooked alternative to Tchaikovsky's 1812. Of his smaller stuff Fur Elise is pleasent - use internet sites to sample (www.naxos.com is great for this) - lots of great stuff. Brahms: I think missing from the entire thread. Piano and Violin Concertos the best (1 & 2 of each a good start). Mozart: Hadly a mention except for the Amadeaus film!! Symphonies 39,41 and 42 a must. Saltzburg symphonies a really pleasent surprise. Opera's Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovani, Cose Fan Tutte and the Magic Flute all stunning. Vivaldi: Am I right that the four seasons is missing? Its probably his most well known work and if you like strings..... Haydn - any symphony after 90 is bound to be good. Rossini - Barber of Seville. Schubert - Trout, string quartet in C major Grieg - Pier Gynt Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 3. Offenbach - Orpheus in the underworld Wagner - Tannhauser, Gutterdammerung.... Straus - Die Fliedermaus Puccini - Madame Butterfly Verdi - Aida Bizet - Carmen Dvorak - Symphony 9 Lots still missing but that is a start. Take the above in conjunction with Handel's stuff and you are getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 And where are Bruckner or Richard Strauss, not to mention Elgar, Vaughan Williams? And someone into violin concertos should certainly get hold of the Sibelius, together with the Brahms you have my two top contenders (though I love the ones by Beethoven, Bruch, Dvorak, Shostakovich etc. too). Classical music, an endless passion indeed . Wolfram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Wolfram, Sometimes it is difficult to cover 500 years of music in a single post is it not (or as Kelly would say - eh?) One of my biggest problems is shopping for classical as I never seem to remember the stuff I have got. I am still in the process of putting the lot onto my handheld computer so I can reference it whilst in the shop. Should also add that I am at work at the moment - so everything listed was from memory - oh god - Liszt!! tee hee. I still think anyone wanting to get into classical is best off going to the naxos site and browsing. Weeks of fun there and endless things to discover - many have downloadable samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Max, too true...and then add the pleasures of getting several versions of the works you like . Wolfram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyoldsarge Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 If you like Bach, this set is unbeatable for the price, the performances are decent, and from what I've listened to so far, well mastered. http://fibermaven.zoovy.com/product/BR160BACH $160 for all of Bach, Das Gesamtwerk! That's $1 per CD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Maxg, I visited the Naxos site, and found what I wanted. Very informative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Hi MaxG, Nice recommendations! If you look at my cd collection again, youll find Xerxes, Water music, Vivaldi four seasons, Messiah, chamber music, concerti grossi and all of Beethoven's symphonies in SACD and CD, Mozart the magic flute and piano concerto's and more Im listening to Beethoven Symphony no.5 on SACD part of the Karajan 1963 recording collection and its truly a rich and dynamic recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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