The GMG essential collection: a desert island briefcaseful

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hornteacher

1st pick - Dvorak Symphony 8 and 9 - Sir Charles Mackerras/Prague Symphony

2nd pick - Mendelssohn VC - Hilary Hahn/Oslo Philharmonic

3rd pick - Copland Appalachian Spring - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: George on September 06, 2010, 08:28:47 AM
What kind of a Szellian are you?  :-\

I know, I know...but I was trying to get the most bang for a buck, and with the Kubelik disc we get two great symphonies.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: hornteacher on September 06, 2010, 08:30:07 AM
1st pick - Dvorak Symphony 9 - Sir Charles Mackerras/Prague Symphony

2nd pick - Mendelssohn VC - Hilary Hahn/Oslo Philharmonic

3rd pick - Copland Appalachian Spring - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Okay, hornteacher makes the Kubelik redundant. So, my third pick: Dvorak Cello Concerto, Szell, Fournier, Berlin Phil.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

George

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2010, 08:30:36 AM
I know, I know...but I was trying to get the most bang for a buck, and with the Kubelik disc we get two great symphonies.

Sarge

I know, just teasin'.

hornteacher

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 06, 2010, 08:31:53 AM
Okay, hornteacher makes the Kubelik redundant. So, my third pick: Dvorak Cello Concerto, Szell, Fournier, Berlin Phil.

Sarge

There ya go.  Tag teaming Dvorak.   :)

Franco


DavidRoss

Okay, per 3rd picks now underway, updated through hornteacher & Sarge's tag team Dvořák.  That makes 49 so far.  I've not added any 4th picks yet and will wait until we're running out of steam on pick number 3.

Bach   Cello Suites   Fournier               
Bach   Sonatas & Partitas for Violin   Enescu               
Bach   Goldberg Variations   Hantai/Mirare               
Bach   St Matthew Passion   Harnoncourt/CMW/Fink, Goerne, et al (2001)               
Beethoven   Symphonies 5 & 7   Kleiber/WP               
Beethoven   Piano Cto #5   Kempff/van Kempen/BP               
Beethoven   Pathetique Sonata   Moravec               
Beethoven   String Quartet #14, op 131   Busch Quartet               
Beethoven   Missa Solemnis                  
Beethoven    Symphony #9   Furtwängler/London Philharmonia (1954)               
Berlioz   Symphonie Fantastique   Davis/LSO               
Berg   Chamber Cto   Boulez/Barenboim/Zuckerman/Ensemble Intercontemporain               
Bloch   Evocations   Sedares/NZSO               
Brahms   Symphony #4   Reiner/RPO               
Brahms   Piano Cto #1   Gilels/Jochum/BP               
Bruckner   Symphony #7   Karajan/WP               
Chopin   Études   Pollini               
Copland   Appalachian Spring   Orpheus Chamber orch               
Dvořák   Symphonies 8 & 9   Mackerras/Prague               
Dvořák   Cello Cto (w/Elgar cello cto)   Fournier/Szell/Wallenstein/BP               
Chopin   Nocturnes   Arrau               
Durufle    Requiem (w/Faure Requiem)   Barley/Bar/Murray/Cleobury/ECO               
Godowsky   Studies on the Etudes of Chopin   Hamelin               
Handel   Messiah   Christie               
Handel   Heroic Arias   Bowman/King               
Janáček   Cunning Little Vixen   Mackerras/WP               
Ligeti   Etudes, bks 1-3   Aimard               
Mahler   Das Lied von der Erde   Ludwig/Wunderlich/Klemperer/Philharmonia               
Martin   Der Cornet/Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets   Lipovsek/ORFSO/Zagrosek               
Medtner   Sonata op. 25/2, "Night Wind"                  
Mendelssohn   Violin Cto (w/Shostakovich Violin Cto #1)   Hahn/Wolff/Oslo Philharmonic               
Mozart     Don Giovanni   Jacobs               
Mozart    Late Symphonies   Harnoncourt/RCO               
Mozart   Great Mass in C minor   Leppard (EMI)               
Rachmaninov   Piano Cto #2 (w/Tchaikovsky Piano Cto #1)   Richter               
Ravel   Piano Trio   Rouvier/Kantorow/Muller               
Schoenberg   5 pieces op 16 (w/ Webern & Berg)   Levine/BP               
Schubert   String Quintet in C major   Emerson or Melos SQ w/Rostropovich               
Schubert   Sonata in G, D.894   Richter               
Schubert   Schwanengesang   Munteanu               
Shostakovich   String Quintet #8   Emerson or Borodin SQ               
Sibelius   Symphony #5/Violin Cto   Haendel/Berglund/Bournemouth               
Stravinsky   Rite of Spring   Bernstein/NYPO (1958)               
Stravinsky   Symphony of Psalms (w/Poulenc & Bernstein)   Bernstein/LSO/NYPO/Camerata Singers/Westminster Choir               
Suppe   Overtures (w/ Auber Overtures)   Paray/DSO               
Tallis   Spem In Alium/Salve Intermerata   Summerly/Oxford Camerata               
Tchaikovsky   Violin Cto (w/Brahms Violin Cto)   Heifetz/Reiner/CSO               
Verdi   Requiem   Toscanini/NBC (1951)               
Wagner   Tristan und Isolde   Bohm (1966)               
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

DavidRoss

Quote from: Franco on September 06, 2010, 09:10:45 AM
Pick #3

Haydn: 11 Keyboard Sonatas
Alfred Brendel
'bout time some Haydn showed up (guess Gurn's not participating...yet!)
Still no Bartόk or Debussy, Ravel or Prokofiev, Puccini or RVW...but for my third pick I'm going contemporary:

Pärt, Tabula Rasa/Fratres/Cantus, Sondeckis/Lithuanian Chamber Orch
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Brahmsian

Here is my third pick (and it has to be Brahms)  Otherwise, it's just not right!   :)

Brahms - Piano Trio in C, Op.87; Piano Trio in C minor, Op.101; Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114 - Beaux Arts Trio & George Pieterson, clarinet

Bogey

Let me know if these fly, David. 

Hildegard: Sequences and Hymns (Emma Kirkby and others/CD title: A Feather on the Breath of God)

Mozart: Requiem (Wiener Philharmoniker/Bohm)

Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37 (National Choir of the USSR/ Svechnikov)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Brahmsian

I'm looking for Marvin or Andy D. to supply some more Vvvvvvagner! to the list.  Or Strauss!  :D

DavidRoss

Quote from: Bogey on September 06, 2010, 09:54:40 AM
Let me know if these fly, David. 

Hildegard: Sequences and Hymns (Emma Kirkby and others/CD title: A Feather on the Breath of God)

Mozart: Requiem (Wiener Philharmoniker/Bohm)

Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37 (National Choir of the USSR/ Svechnikov)
Look good to me, Bill--picks 1, 2, & 3
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

The new erato

My 3rd: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Pickett

If DVD's are allowed, I'll change this to Jacob's BBC version with Keenlyside.

DavidRoss

Quote from: erato on September 06, 2010, 10:07:31 AM
My 3rd: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Pickett

If DVD's are allowed, I'll change this to Jacob's BBC version with Keenlyside.
Got it--let's stick with CDs but my interest is piqued in the Jacobs/BBC you mention.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Papy Oli

catchin' up.....  ;D

Pick # 2
Arvo Part - Kanon Pokajanen

Pick # 3
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater (Concerto Italiano / Alessandrini)
Olivier

AndyD.

I can't imagine being on a desert island without the Janowitz/Karajan Vier Letze Lieder. Just gorgeous.

I also would be heartbroken not to have anything with Kirsten Flagstad singing on it. Even some old highlights cd.
http://andydigelsomina.blogspot.com/

My rockin' Metal wife:


Gabriel

I hope these won't be too surprising! ;)

1) Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine (Alessandrini).
2) Rameau: Keyboard works (Tharaud).
3) Massenet: Mélodies (Kruysen/Lee).

Air

#2: Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet -- Maazel, Cleveland
#3: Prokofiev War Sonatas -- Richter (hope we dont overload on this pianist!)
"Summit or death, either way, I win." ~ Robert Schumann

Air

Uh, some of us kinda need a WTC on our desert island... and a good load of other things ;D
"Summit or death, either way, I win." ~ Robert Schumann

Bulldog

Quote from: RexRichter on September 06, 2010, 11:12:58 AM
Uh, some of us kinda need a WTC on our desert island... and a good load of other things ;D

I'll recitfy the WTC absence when David gives the go-ahead for a 4th pick.