Topic: The GMG essential collection: a desert island briefcaseful

[kishnevi]

Second pick.
Opera is still under-represented here.

Mozart Don Giovanni   Rene Jacobs recording

[DavidRoss]

Round Two (so far):

1.   Bach: Cello Suites - Pierre Fournier/DG 
2.   Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas -- Enescu
3.   Bach - Goldberg Variations - Hantai/Mirare.
4.   Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 7--Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic
5.   Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (Kempff, van Kempen)
6.   Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata - Ivan Moravec
7.   Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra
8.   Berg, Chamber Concerto.  Boulez, Barenboim, Zukerman, Ensemble Intercontemporian.
9.   Bloch: Evocations, James Sedares, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Koch
10. Brahms Symphony No. 4 - Reiner/Royal Philharmonic
11. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Gilels/Jochum/BPO
12. Chopin - Études (Pollini, Deutsche Grammophon)
13. Durufle & Faure Requiems- Cleobury/ECO & Choir of KCC/Barley/Bar/Murray
14. Handel - The Messiah (Christie)
15. Handel - Heroic Arias - Bowman/King/Hyperion.
16. Ligeti - Etudes, bks. 1-3 -- Aimard
17. Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde -- Ludwig/Wunderlich/Klemperer/Philharmonia
18. Martin: Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets. Lipovsek/ORFSO/Zagrosek Orfeo
19. Mozart,  Don Giovanni - Rene Jacobs
20. Mozart, Late Symphonies, Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
21. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Sviatoslav Richter/DG .
22. Ravel - Piano Trio - Rouvier/Kantorow/Muller (Erato)
23. Schubert - String Quintet in C major (Emerson SQ or Melos Qt w/Rostropovich)
24. Schubert - Sonata in G, D. 894 - Sviatoslav Richter
25. Schubert Schwanengesang, with tenor Petre Munteanu.
26. Shostakovich SQ 8, by either the Borodins or Emersons
27. Sibelius, Symphony #5 + Violin Concerto, Haendel/Berglund/Bournemouth
28. Stravinsky The Rite of Spring -- Bernstein NYPO ('58)
29. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Poulenc: Gloria / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
      (Bernstein/LSO/NYPO Camerata Singers, Westminster Choir)
30. Tallis - Spem In Alium / Salve Intemerata (Oxford Camerata - Jeremy Summerly / Naxos)
31. Verdi Requiem. Toscanini, NBC 1951.
32. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Bohm 1966/DG)

[Sergeant Rock]

Round Two (so far):

1.   Bach: Cello Suites - Pierre Fournier/DG 
2.   Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas -- Enescu
3.   Bach - Goldberg Variations - Hantai/Mirare.
4.   Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 7--Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic
5.   Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (Kempff, van Kempen)
6.   Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata - Ivan Moravec
7.   Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra
8.   Berg, Chamber Concerto.  Boulez, Barenboim, Zukerman, Ensemble Intercontemporian.
9.   Bloch: Evocations, James Sedares, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Koch
10. Brahms Symphony No. 4 - Reiner/Royal Philharmonic
11. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Gilels/Jochum/BPO
12. Chopin - Études (Pollini, Deutsche Grammophon)
13. Durufle & Faure Requiems- Cleobury/ECO & Choir of KCC/Barley/Bar/Murray
14. Handel - The Messiah (Christie)
15. Handel - Heroic Arias - Bowman/King/Hyperion.
16. Ligeti - Etudes, bks. 1-3 -- Aimard
17. Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde -- Ludwig/Wunderlich/Klemperer/Philharmonia
18. Martin: Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets. Lipovsek/ORFSO/Zagrosek Orfeo
19. Mozart,  Don Giovanni - Rene Jacobs
20. Mozart, Late Symphonies, Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
21. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Sviatoslav Richter/DG .
22. Ravel - Piano Trio - Rouvier/Kantorow/Muller (Erato)
23. Schubert - String Quintet in C major (Emerson SQ or Melos Qt w/Rostropovich)
24. Schubert - Sonata in G, D. 894 - Sviatoslav Richter
25. Schubert Schwanengesang, with tenor Petre Munteanu.
26. Shostakovich SQ 8, by either the Borodins or Emersons
27. Sibelius, Symphony #5 + Violin Concerto, Haendel/Berglund/Bournemouth
28. Stravinsky The Rite of Spring -- Bernstein NYPO ('58)
29. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Poulenc: Gloria / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
      (Bernstein/LSO/NYPO Camerata Singers, Westminster Choir)
30. Tallis - Spem In Alium / Salve Intemerata (Oxford Camerata - Jeremy Summerly / Naxos)
31. Verdi Requiem. Toscanini, NBC 1951.
32. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Bohm 1966/DG)

Hmmmm....no Strauss, no Elgar, no Bruckner, Haydn, Nielsen, Dvorak, no Second Viennese School...no Dittersdorf!!!  What can I possibly choose 

Okay:

First choice: Bruckner Symphony #7, Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker

Second choice: Schoenberg 5 Pieces op.16, Webern 6 Pieces op.6, Berg 3 Pieces op.6, Levine, Berlin Phil


Sarge

[Scarpia]

...no Second Viennese School.

You missed the Berg I picked.

[Sergeant Rock]

You missed the Berg I picked.

I didn't miss it; I remember now seeing it...but my brain erased my short term memory almost immediately after reading it. One of the perks of my age and medication    Nice choice by the way.

Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

Here are a couple from me (two I listen to quite often, and since I apparently missed the first go around):
Godowsky Studies on the Etudes of Chopin: Hamelin on Hyperion
Suppe/Auber Overtures: Paul Paray conducting DSO on Mercury

[mark4mich]

2nd pick: Tchaikovsky and Brahms Violin Concertos--Heifitz/Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

[The new erato]

My 2nd: Beethoven op 131, Busch Quartet

[Wanderer]

Pick no.1: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Pick no.2: Medtner: Sonata op.25/2 "Night Wind"

[Que]

1st pick: Beethoven's symphony No. 9 -- Furtwängler/London Philharmonia (Lucerne '54)

2nd pick: Bach St Matthew Passion -- Harnoncourt/Concentus Musicus Wien/ Prégardien/Fink/Goerne/Röschmann/Schäfer (2001)

Q

[Scarpia]

I've used my picks up, but someone, but something by Janacek up there, please!!!

[DavidRoss]

I've used my picks up, but someone, but something by Janacek up there, please!!!

I agree with you and Sarge that many worthy composers and compositions are not represented...yet.  Looks as if it's time for round three.  Why don't you start it off with something by Janáček if you like?  (And next time I drop by I'll try alphabetizing all the latest additions  )

[George]

Third pick -

Chopin - Nocturnes - Claudio Arrau

[Scarpia]

I agree with you and Sarge that many worthy composers and compositions are not represented...yet.  Looks as if it's time for round three.  Why don't you start it off with something by Janáček if you like?  (And next time I drop by I'll try alphabetizing all the latest additions  )

Ok, I'm having trouble deciding between two options.  But I have to pick one.

Janacek, Cunning Little Vixen, Mackerras, Vienna Philharmonic.  (Those who tend to the gloomy can substitute Jenufa, Mackerras, Vienna Philharmonic).

(There's an opportunity for someone to be a hero and pick something by Dvorak.)

[The new erato]

We need an updated list before we start on round three.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Dufay, the Isorhythmic Motets, Huelgas Ensemble on HM

And since pick 4 is inevitable:
Monteverdi, Verspers, F. Bernius on HM

[Bulldog]

My third pick:

Mozart - Great Mass in C minor - Leppard/EMI

[Sergeant Rock]

(There's an opportunity for someone to be a hero and pick something by Dvorak.)

I'm torn between the Szell/Fournier Dvorak Cello Concerto (coupled with Elgar) or the Kubelik 8 & 9. Which way should I go?

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Janacek, Cunning Little Vixen, Mackerras, Vienna Philharmonic.

My third pick: Mozart - Great Mass in C minor - Leppard/EMI

Outstanding, both.

Sarge

[George]

I'm torn between the Szell/Fournier Dvorak Cello Concerto (coupled with Elgar) or the Kubelik 8 & 9. Which way should I go?

Sarge

What kind of a Szellian are you?