Current Top 10 Most-Played Recordings

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Hello All,

What are your current top 10 most-played recordings? Here are mine (in no particular order):

1. Ginastera: Panambi, Estancia (complete ballets), Giselle Ben-Dor, London Symphony Orchestra, Naxos
2. Koechlin: Vers la Voûte étoilée, Le Docteur Fabricius, Heinz Holliger, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orch., Hanssler
3. Koechlin: The Jungle Book, David Zinman, Berlin Radio Symphony Orch., RCA
4. Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, Sinfonietta, Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orch., Sony
5. Martinů: The Parables; Les Estampes, Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic Orch. Supraphon
6. Pierné: Cydalise et le chèvre-pied, David Shallon, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Timpani
7. Schmitt: La Tragedie de Salome, Psaume 47, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sao Paulo Symphony Orch., Chandos
8. Villa-Lobos: Genesis, Erosao, Roberto Duarte, Slovak Radio Symphony Orch., Marco Polo
9. Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orch., EMI
10. Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orch., Nonesuch

[Bulldog]

Here are mine:

Mahler 4th - Herreweghe/PHI
Mahler 4th - Gergiev/LSO Live
Bach's French Suites - Cera/ARTS
Handel's Keyboard Suites - Ross/Erato
Bach's WTC - Vieru/Alpha
Bach's WTC - Ashkenazy/Decca
Bach's WTC - Watchorn/Musica Omnia
Bach's WTC - Belder/Brilliant Classics
Shostakovich & Weinberg P. Quintets - Kirschnereit/Szymanowski Qt.
Weinberg Syms. 1 and 7 - Svedlund/Chandos

Note:  I'm not a big fan of Ashkenazy's Bach, but the set is in my car and I've been playing it a lot; it's growing on me.

[Jake]

Fun thread idea! I doubt this is anything revelatory to any of you:

W. F. Bach - Fantaisies, Sonates, Fugues, Polonaises by Maude Gratton on Mirare
Machaut - Sacred and Secular Music by Ensemble Gilles Binchois on Brilliant Classics
Liszt - The Essential Organ Works by Peter King on Regent
Webern - The Complete Webern by Pierre Boulez on DG
Brahms - Complete Trios by Beaux Arts Trio on Phillips
Pérotin -  Pérotin & l'École de Notre Dame by Ensemble Gilles Binchois on Ambroisie
Liszt - Christus by Helmuth Rilling on hanssler classic
Dr. John Bull - Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 1 by Peter Watchorn and Mahan Esfahani on Musica Omnia
Dunstaple - Orlando Consort on Metronome
Schutz: Matthaus-Passion by Akademia on Harmonia Mundi or Zig Zag or something. I can't really tell.

[Lethevich]

Weinberg - Violin Sonatas Vol.1 (Toccata)
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, etc (Richter, Regis)
Holmboe - Symphony No.11-13 (BIS)
Bach - Sonatas & Partitas (Dael, Naxos)
Gernsheim - Piano Quintet No.1, 2 (Toccata)
Bantock - Violin Sonatas (Dutton)
Schumann - Piano Trios (Florestan)
Pettersson - Symphony No.14 (CPO)
Bach - English Suites (Rousset, Ambroisie)
Schubert - Late String Quartets (Leipzig, MDG)

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Weinberg Syms. 1 and 7 - Svedlund/Chandos

How is this one Bulldog?

[Bulldog]

How is this one Bulldog?

Very good.  You can't go wrong with Weinberg, and Svedlund is a better director than Chmura who conducts on the first three Weinberg discs in the Chandos series.

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Very good.  You can't go wrong with Weinberg, and Svedlund is a better director than Chmura who conducts on the first three Weinberg discs in the Chandos series.

Thanks, I don't think I own any Weinberg at all. I'll probably pickup all of Svedlund's recordings then.

[Bulldog]

Weinberg - Violin Sonatas Vol.1 (Toccata)
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, etc (Richter, Regis)
Holmboe - Symphony No.11-13 (BIS)
Bach - Sonatas & Partitas (Dael, Naxos)
Gernsheim - Piano Quintet No.1, 2 (Toccata)

I have a soft spot for Gernsheim and have greatly enjoyed that Toccata disc through the Naxos Music Library.  I should acquire the cd and gain the advantage of better sound.

[Bulldog]

Thanks, I don't think I own any Weinberg at all. I'll probably pickup all of Svedlund's recordings then.

Good way to go.  Another Weinberg disc I love is his Violin Concerto on Naxos that is coupled with the Myaskovsky Violin Concerto.

[Brian]

Thanks, I don't think I own any Weinberg at all. I'll probably pickup all of Svedlund's recordings then.

There's a great Svedlund CD of short concertante works - flute and cello, I think.

The Cello Concerto is unmissable but only on Brilliant Classics (Rostropovich box).

[Mirror Image]

Good way to go.  Another Weinberg disc I love is his Violin Concerto on Naxos that is coupled with the Myaskovsky Violin Concerto.

Yes, I've seen this disc. I've heard the Myaskovsky VC before as it was on a recording I bought with Tchaikovsky's VC w/ Repin/Gergiev. Thanks for the recommendation.

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There's a great Svedlund CD of short concertante works - flute and cello, I think.

The Cello Concerto is unmissable but only on Brilliant Classics (Rostropovich box).

Thanks, Brian. I'm about to get that one and some other Weinberg recordings.

[bwv 1080]

Kempff - Schumann box set
Dutilleux / Lutoslawski Cello Concertos - Rostropovich
Messiaen -  Huit Preludes / Petites Esquisses D'Oiseaux, Gunter Reinhold
Ferneyhough - Chamber Music -  Ensemble Expose
Fox - More Light - Ian Pace
Carter - Oboe Concerto / Esprit Rude/ A Mirror on Which to Dwell / Penthode - Boulez
Zappa - Ensemble Ambrosius
Babbitt - Piano Works (Taub)
Debussy - Images/ Estampes - Paul Jacobs
Beethoven - 3rd and 4th Piano Ctos from the Sony Complete Masterpieces box (forget who the performers are)

[Bulldog]

Yes, I've seen this disc. I've heard the Myaskovsky VC before as it was on a recording I bought with Tchaikovsky's VC w/ Repin/Gergiev. Thanks for the recommendation.

Although Repin is a fine performer, I prefer Grubert on Naxos.  He's not as sweet as Repin and uses less vibrato; there were times when Repin's vibrato was quite irritating.

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Although Repin is a fine performer, I prefer Grubert on Naxos.  He's not as sweet as Repin and uses less vibrato; there were times when Repin's vibrato was quite irritating.

Hmmm...sounds like this disc is a winner, then. By the way, I already bought it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Schoenfield : Concerto for Viola & Orchestra; Four Motets; The Merchant and the Pauper (Excerpts from Act 2); Various Artists - NAXOS
Prokofiev: Egyptian Nights; Hamlet - Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Valery Polyansky - CHANDOS
Bach: Goldberg Variations - Leopold String Trio - HYPERION
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6-8 - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman - HELIOS
Machaut: Remede de Fortune - Ensemble Project Ars Nova - NEW ALBION RECORDS
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos 1 & 2 - Kyrill Rodin(soloist) Philharmonic Orchestra/Konstantin Krimets - ARTE NOVA CLASSICS
Dowland: Songs for Tenor and Lute - Nigel Rogers/Paul O'Dette - VIRGIN CLASSICS
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites; Nursery Suite - Ulster Orchestra/Thomson - CHANDOS
Morales: Requiem, Music for Philip II - Gabrielli Consort/Paul McCreesh - ARCHIV PRODUCTIONS
Lang: Pierced; Cheating, Lying, Stealing; How to Pray - Various Artists - NAXOS

[Brian]

These are all the works - not recordings but works - I've heard multiple times in September:

4 times:
Beethoven: String Quartet No 11, Op 95 "Serioso." Vermeer (2), Endellion, Artemis Quartets (1 each)

3 times:
Atterberg: Symphony No 6. NDR Radio Philharmonic; Ari Rasilainen
Roussel: Le marchand de sable qui passe. Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stephane Deneve
Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; BBC SO, Yan-Pascal Tortelier (2); Claire Chevallier, piano; Anima Eterna, Immerseel (1)

Twice:
Adios Nonino (Astor Piazzolla album). Astoria
Pierné: L'an mil. Choeur Nicolas de Grigny, Lorraine National Orchestra; Jacques Mercier
Rode: Violin Concerto No 6. Friedemann Eichhorn, violin; Jena PO, Nicolas Pasquet [for MusicWeb review]

The truth is that right now I'm in one of those grooves where I go long stretches without duplicating listens. Closest I get is listening to something I heard a couple months ago...


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The 2011 leader is the complete Beethoven string quartets by the Vermeer quartet: 37 listens from that box set. Also 25 listens to Deneve conducting Roussel, 22 listens to Boulez conducting Ravel, and 22 listens to the Timpani CD series of composer Jean Cras.

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Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; BBC SO, Yan-Pascal Tortelier

Excellent choice there, Brian. This is quite possibly the best performance I've heard of Ravel's Concerto for the left-hand and I've heard almost all of them.

[Lisztianwagner]

Mine would be, not in a particular order:

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen, Karajan, Berlin Phil
Mahler: Symphony No.6, Bernstein, Wiener Phil
Mahler: Symphony No.1, Bernstein, Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nielsen: Symphonies, Blomstedt, SFSO/Bernstein NY Phil
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Ashkenazy
Holst: The Planets, Karajan, Berlin Phil
Shostakovich: Symphony No.10, Karajan, Berlin Phil/Petrenko, RLPO
Liszt: Etudes d 'execution transcendante, Ashkenazy (Great Pianists of the 20th century)
Holst: The Cloud Messenger, Richard Hickox, LSO
Scriabin: Symphony No.1, 2, 3, Ashknazy, DSO Berlin
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Karajan, Berlin Phil

Ilaria

[madaboutmahler]

What a wonderful thread idea, John! I will return monthly to give my monthly top 10 played list.

For now!

Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto no.1 (BBCSSO/Coombs/Maksymiuk on Hyperion)
Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Intermezzi Op.117, 6 Pieces Op.118, 4 pieces Op.119. (Lupu on Decca)
Elgar: Symphonies (LPO/Solti on Decca)
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Schiff/Halle/Elder)
Mahler: Symphony no.1 (CSO/Solti on Decca)
Mahler: Symphony 5 (RCO/Chailly on Decca)
Karlowicz: A Sorrowful Tale etc (BBCPO/Noseda on Chandos)
Ravel: Orchestral Works (LSO/Abbado)
R.Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (BPO/Rattle on EMI)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker complete (BPO/Rattle on EMI) - who cares if it's not Christmas yet?!

This will probably change soon with the arrival of several new cds including:
Shostakovich: Symphonies 6, 12 (Petrenko's new release)
Ravel Daphnis (Dutoit)
Prokofiev R+J selections (Abbado/BPO)
Novak: Lady Godiva etc (Pesek on Chandos)



Daniel