Scotland's soul in music
For me the composer who has fathomed the deepest into the Scottish soul is Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy. My all time favourite happens to be his 3rd symphony with Claudio Abbado I welcome your opinion on...
View ArticleRussian (or related) opera
Any other fans here? Besides some of Mozart's, Handel's, Verdi's and Wagner's (and some isolated ones from others), my favorite world for opera is Russian opera, especially Mussorgsky, Borodin (Igor of...
View ArticleThe top 10 records of the "TC Top 100 Most Recommended Keyboard Concerti"
The idea behind this thread is build a record list recommendation of the top 10 Piano Concerti from the famous thread: TC Top 100 Most Recommended Keyboard Concerti. If you don't care about the record,...
View ArticleWhich Brahms symphony cycle to choose
I have 2 cycles, Abbado/BPO and Haitink/RCO, and I'm trying to buy another one because I love the pieces so much. I have come down to Chailly and Dohnanyi/Cleveland. I've heard the former and I know I...
View ArticleSchoenberg twelve-tone - the matadors copped out?
I've noticed that there are few recordings of Schoenberg's twelve-tone works by Big Name conductors and/or solists. Take the seminal Variations for Orchestra op. 31. You have the Boulez recordings, of...
View ArticleLet's Talk Fidelio!
Lately, I'm coming to enjoy this work very much, it never really was one of my favorite Beethoven works, needless to say, it's growing on me. The vocal quartet toward the beginning is sublime, as is...
View ArticleMemories
I have just been doing an archaeological dig in the depths of my house and come across some old program books reminding me of past concerts... Kiri Te Kanawa recital in Los Angeles, 1979 - Schubert,...
View ArticleYour Absolute Favorite Opera DVD From Your Collection
My opera collection is small as I only started building it about 1.5 years ago, but of the dozen opera DVDs that I have, this one is my absolute favorite, so much so that I bought a CD of the...
View ArticleDaniel Barenboim Concert for people from the GDR 1989
I only recently learned of this concert, the details of which are outlined below (Taken from Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall) It was Sunday, 12 November 1989, and the whole of Berlin was...
View ArticleMusic streaming Apps - Spotify - Amazon etc
I recently had my Amazon Prime package updated to include the Amazon Music App at no extra cost. And I have to say Amazon Music when it comes to classical music and opera is pretty good, and is getting...
View ArticleMuti in Schubert
Any opinions on this set? schu mu.jpg I'm looking at a first Schubert cycle (I have a few singletons including Beecham, and too many Ninths)... Immerseel is tempting me on the HIP side, while elsewhere...
View ArticleDefinitive Recordings
We all know those recordings that are more or less universally referred to as "Definitive" (Elgar's Cello Concerto by Dupre, Solti's Ring, etc.) but that's not what I'm looking for here. I'm not...
View ArticleBarber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Am on a roll with Barber of Seville and am looking into more recordings. So far I have the Abbado recording with Teresa Berganza on both CD and DVD, the Chandos CD sung in English (in the mail) and the...
View ArticleSchubert's Sacred Choral Works
I recently bought this Sawallisch's box containing masterpieces such as the Masses, but also pure little gems such as, for instance, Psalm 23 "Gott ist mein Hirt" D706. Of that I also have an Abbado...
View ArticleComparative Listening Personal Conclusions
Hello All! I know some have an aversion to these sorts of trivial threads, but I have found them quite useful in exploring different recordings. And so, after countless hours and days of evaluating and...
View ArticleFor Sale. A few Classical CD's
I have a few Cd's that are barely listened to. They are listed on ebay as auction or buy it now, if anyone is interested. Beethoven Abbado Cycle from 2000 (I have more than one.)...
View ArticleBarenboim's Chicago Tenure
People seem to talk of Reiner's and Solti's golden era with Chicago. Some may even talk about Abbado's various recordings with CSO. What I don't hear about is Barenboim's long fifteen year tenure at...
View ArticleComposer / Performer / Conductor Documentaries
I may know many composers and their works, but I am mostly clueless about how their lives were and why are they praised. Months ago I watched the latest documentary about my personal re-introductor to...
View ArticleBest orchestral brass sections
I have no shame in admitting that I love, love, LOVE brass, because I'm a brass player myself (trumpet) and I hope to have an orchestral career one day. That said, I am a bit choosy in many of the...
View ArticleSolti CSO Mahler 6
So I've recently been listening to Mahler 6 a good deal and I've been browsing around iTunes comparing recordings, and the one I seem to have settled on is Solti's recording with the CSO. It's...
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