LG's Recommendation Thread

[LG]

^^I love Telarc and have some of Shaw's work already, but not this album.

Thanks for the recommendation Jackory.

 

[annie]

Sorry I'm late joining in. I just have to add...



I saw the Triple Concerto live with Isaac Stern, Eugene Istomin and Leonard Rose...spine chilling. Back then I was a symphony hall groupie LOL

 

[annie]

I am a Rach fan too, have been ever since I took piano lessons as a kid and tried to play the 3rd piano concerto. I have concertos 1-3 and the "Vladimir Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff" album with Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor. I have been a big Horowitz fan ever since I heard his piano only version of Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhibition".




Hey, in case you hadn't noticed, I love Russian music.

 

[LG]

^^I love my Russian composers too Annie, they have such a distinctive flavour and Rachy's 4 Piano Concertos belong in everyone's collection.

 

[Aktivator]

I really need to join this thread. Long list of favorite classical stuff. Hopefully I've got sometime soon to make a list.

 

[Craig in Indy]

I really need to join this thread. Long list of favorite classical stuff. Hopefully I've got sometime soon to make a list.

Ditto. I can't believe this thread has gotten to 2 pages without my even knowing it existed.

Re: Mahler, many people find his work pretty dense and intimidating, particularly the latter symphonies, but I think most people who say they don't like him are just put off by his reputation, or some just haven't made the effort. My wife is a good example. She claims she finds the 1st symphony "inaccessible." The first, can you believe that? It's about as mainstream as you can get. I will admit, I haven't ventured much beyond the 3rd myself, at least not in depth, but I just haven't had the time. Yeah, that's it. Time.

 

[LG]

Always room for more good company in here Craig, and AK.

I like Mahler, but as you said Craig there are never enough hours in a day to really get to everything nowadays. I think Mahler's 5th is my favorite for the moment, I had to laugh reading the liner notes, he wrote that one after getting married and was full of "Passion", when his wife listened to it the first time she commented it seemed a little "Too Lively"...

 

[SteveB]

Add me too to the list of recommendees.
Here's something a little mellow.
George Butterworth's Banks of Green Willow.
A beautiful piece written to celebrate the English countryside.
(Could be anywhere of course). George was killed in WWI.

 

[SteveB]

Something mellow. Gerald Finzi - Eclogue.
Also check out his Clarinet Concerto.

 

[LG]

Been ages since I looked in this thread. Here's a really good set of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9 Symphonies. Played on period instruments by the London Classical Players and conducted by Roger Norrington keeping as close to Beethoven's original time measurements/notations as humanly possible to give them an air of authenticity.

I have 4 different versions of his Symphonies, and these are really worth picking up.