Any Good Classical Music Album

Hi There,

Anyone know any good classical music to recommend. I like mostly symphony orchestra & want to know under what label & conductor to chose from because there are so many of them. I know a few like Karajan, Karl Bohm, Paderewski & Jascha Heifetz but under which label should I choose from (RCA, EMI, TELARC, DECCA or any independence label).

Thanks.

hi, i have alot of classical cd which i bought , recommended by old penguin guide, some of which are no more published, my cd are only played once or twice so they are like new condition, if you are interested i can email you the list , i normally go for good performances recommended as some of the older recordings are not that good even though they have been remastered! pls email me at this jarethgan@yahoo.com if you are interested in purchasing!!i have symphonies, concertos, sonatas, etc! when you listen to more classical music, you will learn to appreciate sonatas, chamber music and not only the symphony!!

tks

hi jarethgan...
email me ur list at diamondsv4@yahoo.com

Hi, ARTESUANO.

For symphony, there are too many you could choose. (conductor name) for historical recording which considered as poor sounding for audiophiles.
- 104 Haydn Symphonies from Antal Dorati, Adam Fisher.
- Haydn 12 London Symphonies from Eugen Jochum.
- 41 Mozart Symphonies from Karl Bohm, Charles Mackerras.
- Late Mozart Sympnonies from (Bruno Walter), Josef Krips.....
- Beethoven Symphonies from (Arturo Toscanini), (Wilhelm Furtwangler), Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan (60's cycle), Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, Gunter Wand, Nikolaus Harnoncourt........
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Cedes/TheCds_SymphoniesComplete.html
- Beethoven 4, 5, 6 and 7 from Carlos Kleiber.
- Beethoven 3 from Carlo Maria Giulini.
- Beethoven 6 from Karl Bohm.
- Beethoven 9 from Wilhelm Furtwangler (1951), Leonard Bernstein (1989).....
- Schubert 3, 5 and 6 from Thomas Beecham.
- Schubert 8 and 9 from Georg Szell, Charles Mackerras, Gunter Wand.....
- Schumann 4 Symphonies from Georg Szell, Leonard Bernstein.
- Brahm 4 Symphonies from (Wilhelm Furtwangler), Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan, (Bruno Walter).......
- Brahms 4 from Carlos Kleiber.
- Tchaikovsky 6 Symphonies from Igor Markevich, Herbert von Karajan.
- Tchaikovsky 4, 5 and 6 from Evgeni Mravinsky.
- Bruckner 9 Symphonies from Eugen Jochum with Dresden Staatskapelle......
- Bruckner 3 ~ 9 from Sergiu Celibidache (EMI).
- Bruckner 4, 5, 7 ~ 9 from Gunter Want (Berlin Philharmoniker).
- Mahler 9 Symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde from Leonard Berstein, ......
- Mahler 1, 3, 4, 6 ~ 9, Das Lied von der Erde from Joscha Horenstein.
- Mahler 2 from Otto Klemleperer, Gilbert Kaplan, .........
- Mahler 5 from John Barbirolli.
- Mahler 8 from Georg Solti.
- Mahler 10 from Simon Rattle.

Will stop here.
Still have many symphonies recording not list down yet.
Do enjoy yourself in Classical Music world.

best regards
2A3

Hi 2A3,

Wow! You do know a lot of classical music. I do have some like :
- Jascha Heifetz Brahms Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos
- BEETHOVEN /Symphonies 5 & 6/Berliner/ KARAJAN 1982
- Herbert von KARAJAN - orchestral favourites 3 cd
- Karajan - Beethoven Symphonie No. 9 Berlin Phil
- BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES 4&7 BPO KARAJAN 1985
- BEETHOVEN Symphonie 6 Pastorale SCHUBERT 5 KARL BOHM
- BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 5 & 6 BPO KARAJAN
- MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik CD Karl Bohm
- Mozart: Violin Concertos nos 3 & 4, etc / Perlman, Levi
- Arturo Toscanini NBC Sym.Toscanini Collection
- Beethoven: Symphonies no 5 & 7 / Kleiber CD 1996
- Beethoven: Symphonies no 4 & 7 / Edlinger, Zagreb
- BEETHOVEN - Symphonies 5 & 7 - CARLOS KLEIBER

Base on your list, which one do do highly recommended as I like mostly symphony orchestral & violin.

Thanks for the list.

Hi, ARTESUANO.

I think you already have some of the CDs I mentioned in my list:
1) Beethoven 6 from Karl Bohm.
2) Beethoven 5 and 7 from Carlos Kleiber.

My favorite violinists are Frit Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Joseph Szigeti, David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Yehudi Menuhin and Arthur Grumiaux.

For Heifetz, you could collect all his concerto recordings by RCA Living Stereo.
You already have his Tchaikovsky and Brhams.
Don't miss his Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
The rest are Bach (Double Violins), Mozart (Simphonia Concertante), Brahms (Double Concerto), Sibelius, Vieuxtemps (no 5), Bruch (no 1 and Scottish Fantasy), Prokofiev (no 2) and Glazunov.

best regards
2a3

Hi 2A3,

I like the way Heifetz play violin, very energetic & lively. I know some of his album which are very good ( under RCA label ) but hard to get unless I get it in amazon or ebay but very expensive. Also his Beethoven and Mendelssohn you mention which I heard the sample from amazon.com which are equally impress. May I know where you get your cd because I notice a lot of local music store no more or hardly can find any label like RCA & Deutsche Grammophon.

Hi, ARTESUANO.

Yes, I like Heifetz works but not his Bach.
For Bach's 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, I still prefer Szegeti and Milstein.

I got most of my Classical Music CDs from overseas.

best regards
2a3

Hi 2A3,

Did you buy on-line or go overseas to get it. I wonder do you have this cd by the title Gala Stradivarius Concert which I find it very good.

Hi, ARTESUANO.

Both. Bought in overseas and also online purchase.

I do not know about the Gala Stradivarius Concert.
A CD for Stradivari's strings?

best regards
2a3

Yep. It a live concert whereby they only use Stradivarius violin to play (stradivarius violin cost a few million dollar & only about 1100 pieces been make by famous Antonio Stradivari. But only about 700 are still exist till today). For this concert , they borrow it from private collector. One of the well known violinist who own it is Joshua Bell.

Hi, ARTESUANO.

I see.
If I am not mistaken, Heifetz was using Stradivarius violin also called "Dolphin".
And now, Akiko Suwanai is using it.

best regards
2a3

The old penguin guide book very hard to come by. I have a copy that i find useful. can arrange to let u have a look see over teh tarik sessions, if u like to meet up to talk nonsense about music and hifi.

ARTESUANO wrote:Hi 2A3,

I like the way Heifetz play violin, very energetic & lively. I know some of his album which are very good ( under RCA label ) but hard to get unless I get it in amazon or ebay but very expensive. Also his Beethoven and Mendelssohn you mention which I heard the sample from amazon.com which are equally impress. May I know where you get your cd because I notice a lot of local music store no more or hardly can find any label like RCA & Deutsche Grammophon.

Hi ARTESUANO,

Max Bruch Violin Concerto 1 is one of my favourite VCs. Never fails to move me. Have Cd's of other violinist playing this VC but Heifetz is my favourite as well. I have this album on vinyl and just bought a Living Stereo SACD/CD this morning for about RM70. Good buy.

I am not in the country and if you are interested PM me. Will keep an eye open for another at this price.

regards.