Mn Dave's Holy Pentad

[MN Dave]

Recommend me recordings by Beethoven or Schubert or Chopin or Schumann or Brahms. Thanks!

[Scarpia]

Recommend me recordings by Beethoven or Schubert or Chopin or Schumann or Brahms. Thanks!

If I had to pick a "best recording of a work by Brahms" it would be the Piano Trios (especially No 1) from the Floristan Trio.



If I had to add to that, it would be these out-of-print issues:

[The new erato]

If I had to pick a "best recording of a work by Brahms" it would be the Piano Trios (especially No 1) from the Floristan Trio.

Agree abut the work, as for the performance however;



this is my favorite!

[dirkronk]

Agree abut the work, as for the performance however;



this is my favorite!

It's always been my fave, too. To be fair, though, I haven't heard the Florestan version.

Dirk

[DavidW]

I like Sanderling performing Brahms Serenades.

And Gilels/Jochum on his piano concertos, but everyone owns that anyway!

[Scarpia]

And Gilels/Jochum on his piano concertos, but everyone owns that anyway!

I have a dozen recordings of the piano concertos, but not that one.

[karlhenning]

We want the Holy Pentad in the Shed of Danger!

[MN Dave]

We want the Holy Pentad in the Shed of Danger!

Why? 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Easily some of the best Chopin on disc, and dirt cheap on Amazon:

[MN Dave]

Thank you, everyone. I'm am watching this thread even though I might not always post. I want to get all of these mentioned so far. In fact, I just ordered DD's really cheap suggestion. 

[DavidW]

I have a dozen recordings of the piano concertos, but not that one.

Well a fantastic excuse to expand your collection!

[Mandryka]

These are recordings of non vocal music which have improved the quality of my life. I have tried to limit myself to the ones in decent sound.

Beethoven --  Gielen's  Missa Solemnis here

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Missa-Solemnis-Various/dp/B000002X8T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1287693437&sr=1-2

Aother recording which I think is essential to know is Gilels' C minor Variations on Russian Piano school.

Schubert – My favourite piece of Schubert is the 2nd piano trio – either Busch or  Casals 

Schumann – Cortot's late Symphonic Etudes here

http://quartier-des-archives.blogspot.com/search/label/Cortot

Good sound.

Brahms – that's harder. I need more time to think. Maybe Peter Serkin and Harold Wright in the 1st Clarinet Sonata. Or Ranki et al in the Horn Trio. Or Gieseking in Op 118. All good. Too many good ones.

Chopin -- Pletnev playing the third sonata. Lubimov playing the Berceuse.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

In fact, I just ordered DD's really cheap suggestion. 

Cheap is good!

[MN Dave]

Thanks, Mandryka.

Keep 'em coming, folks.

[karlhenning]

These are recordings of non vocal music which have improved the quality of my life. I have tried to limit myself to the ones in decent sound.

Beethoven --  Gielen's  Missa Solemnis here

I must be mis-reading you here. It seems you are suggesting that the Missa solemnis is non-vocal music . . . .

[dirkronk]

Cheap is good!

Quite so. And you won't be sorry to have the Browning Chopin. I listened to my original LP on Sunday night and was once again entranced. Good call, DD!

Dirk

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Thanks, dirk.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Picking up again on the theme of "exquisite but cheap on Amazon" (or cheap-ish anyway) there's the inimitable Argerich in Schumann:

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Brahms – that's harder. I need more time to think. Maybe Peter Serkin and Harold Wright in the 1st Clarinet Sonata.

In the clarinet sonatas the team of Leister/Oppitz (on Orfeo) is illuminating. If you don't know Leister his clarinet playing in the core Germanic repertoire is second to none: sweetly aromatic, lyric, yet tightly focused. Find all you can by him.

[mc ukrneal]

Wow  - missed this thread somehow. I will steer away from the symphies and concertos, which have multiple discussions somewhere I'm sure. Here a are a few other suggestions:

Schumann - I second the Argerich CD posted above. Wonderful.
Brahms - Trios above. I second this as well. Fantastic  (and I posted something on it in the listening thread a week or so ago)

Schubert - Waltzes. I love this set, but I see it may be OOP. It's one I'd keep an eye out for.


Here are some Schubert songs arranged by Reger. Still, fun stuff if you like songs with orchestra.


Beethoven - Creatures of Prometheus. Well worth hearing and a bit off the beaten track.


Brahms - Deutsche Volkslieder with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. These suck you in from the opening song. Pure delights...


Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer. There are other good versions as well.


Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21. Outstanding.


Chopin - Selections from Artur Rubinstein. If I had only one disc of Chopin, this would be it. It's OOP, but plenty of used discs.


Schubert/Schumann - Mass/Requiem fur Mignon. Something with both if you are interested in some choral works. Both are quite beautiful works.