Recordings you ought to have, but probably do not.

[The new erato]

Yes, I reversed the original intention and that ended up in works I hadn't heard. 

[Brian]

Yes, I reversed the original intention

"Recordings you have, but probably shouldn't"

[The new erato]

"Recordings you have, but probably shouldn't"

"Recordings you thought you ought to have, but probably shouldn't"

[MishaK]

A few very random discs I picked up for no apparent reason, that I would not want to be without:

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[asin]B000787XIW[/asin]

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[TheGSMoeller]

A few very random discs I picked up for no apparent reason, that I would not want to be without:

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Thanks for posting this, MishaK. I love Il Giardino Armonico and may have to get this.

[betterthanfine]

This:

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[Lisztianwagner]

The New Year's Concerts of the Wiener Philharmoniker; I've never seen someone listening to them, apart from me:

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[Sergeant Rock]

The New Year's Concerts of the Wiener Philharmoniker; I've never seen someone listening to them, apart from me:

I've got four of them: Harnoncourt 2003, Karajan 87, Kleiber 92, Kleiber 89. I've occasionally posted in the listening thread. I agree with you. Everyone should have at least one New Year's Concert. I'm considering, and will probably buy, the 2013 Welser-Möst.

Sarge

[Brian]

I've got four of them: Harnoncourt 2003, Karajan 87, Kleiber 92, Kleiber 89. I've occasionally posted in the listening thread. I agree with you. Everyone should have at least one New Year's Concert. I'm considering, and will probably buy, the 2013 Welser-Möst.

Sarge

I have the two Kleibers and they're outstanding.

[Lisztianwagner]

I've got four of them: Harnoncourt 2003, Karajan 87, Kleiber 92, Kleiber 89. I've occasionally posted in the listening thread. I agree with you. Everyone should have at least one New Year's Concert. I'm considering, and will probably buy, the 2013 Welser-Möst.

Sarge

Really? I haven't seen those posts, but I'm very pleased to know that there's someone else appreciating these concerts. Kleiber 89 and 92 are absolutely two of the finest performances of the Strausses music I've ever listened to.
Welser-Möst did an excellent job this year, the Neujahrskonzert was really beautiful; except for the too dull cymbals in Lohengrin's prelude.

[Fafner]

My pick:

Marie Podvalová - Operatic Recital
(scenes from Dalibor (Smetana), Šárka (Fibich), Rusalka (Dvořák), and Libuše (Smetana))

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[kishnevi]

I've got four of them: Harnoncourt 2003, Karajan 87, Kleiber 92, Kleiber 89. I've occasionally posted in the listening thread. I agree with you. Everyone should have at least one New Year's Concert. I'm considering, and will probably buy, the 2013 Welser-Möst.

Sarge

Perhaps this would fit the bill:
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Contains a potpourri of pieces from 1990-1996 conducted by Maazel and Mehta on CDs 1 and 2, the Kleiber 89 on CD 3 (I have a vague memory that there are one or two pieces cut from this release that can be found on the individual issue Ilaria featured), and Karajan 87 on DVD.

I've also got the Jansons 2012 shown by Ilaria.   

Frankly, while it's not deep and earthshaking music,  I'd be boggled to find anyone who couldn't enjoy this music.

[Lisztianwagner]

[asin]B005D4Y70M[/asin]
I have a vague memory that there are one or two pieces cut from this release that can be found on the individual issue Ilaria featured

Frankly, while it's not deep and earthshaking music,  I'd be boggled to find anyone who couldn't enjoy this music.

You're right, it doesn't contain Plappermäulchen and Jokey-Polka.

Maybe it's not as deep and overhwelming as Wagner's or Mahler's music, but I've always found Strauss' works very passionate, colourful and beautifully poetical. Yes, I would be rather surprised to find anyone who couldn't enjoy this music too; but if I'm not wrong, John (MI) couldn't.

[vandermolen]

You may only list three.  That's it.  No honorable mentions.  (I shake my head at youth soccer trophies for participation.).  Three cds that you rarely, if ever, see posted here that you think others should put on their shelf, from composers that that are rarely mentioned, even here!  No box sets and try to list cds that we can actually find.  Remember, the goal is to put cds that you enjoy on another member's shelf:


Here be my three:


http://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Kingdom-Pletnev-National-Orchestra/dp/B000001GPM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1364478884&sr=8-3&keywords=the+enchanted+kingdom

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[asin]B002I9T59S[/asin]

I like the look of 'The Enchanted Kingdom'.

Here are my three. I've stuck to Naxos or budget CD. The Ince is extraordinary - a bit like John Adams meets the Whirling Dervishes mixed in with Basil Poledouris's score to 'Conan the Barbarian' - great fun.

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[asin]B000H1QUQK[/asin]
[asin]B008OHV4WE[/asin]

[Daverz]

I think this thread should be renamed just "Recommended".  It would make a good complement to the "Listening", "Purchases", and "Considering" threads.

[Octave]

Whatever it's named, I kind of hope the rules are loosened somewhat, so the thread can persist as an ongoing concern; I really like getting ~unsolicited recommendations of non-canonical/extra-repertory (?) stuff, "obscure" or otherwise.


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James Tenney: FORMS 1-4 (hatHut, 2cd, 2002)
Four pieces by Tenney juxtaposed with one piece each by Varèse, Cage, Wolpe, Feldman.

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Bent Sørensen: BIRDS AND BELLS (ECM, 2007 [?])
A little bit hard to find at decent prices; I found a cheap copy via Ebay not too long ago.

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Rachmaninov: VESPERS (by Sveshnikov - Melodiya)
Apparently almost unavailable?  There is also a 'licensed' CDR with a different cover and blue border.  Maybe everyone has this already.  I've heard a few recordings of the work and this one is still magic.

I absolutely would have mentioned this instead of the Rach (not that it is better than the Rach, just less likely to be in everyone's collection), except it is apparently OOP and beastly expensive:

[asin]B000066I9B[/asin]
Takemitsu: IN AN AUTUMN GARDEN (DG 20/21)
If it gets reissued at a reasonable price, it is absolutely worth having, though as with the Tenney and Sorensen, probably needs to be sampled first.

[Karl Henning]

[asin]B001EMT72U[/asin]
Rachmaninov: VESPERS (by Sveshnikov - Melodiya)
Apparently almost unavailable?  There is also a 'licensed' CDR with a different cover and blue border.  Maybe everyone has this already.  I've heard a few recordings of the work and this one is still magic.

Utterly exquisite music, of course; I have a different Melodiya recording.

[brunumb]

Behzad Ranjbaran: Persian Trilogy
LSO/JoAnn Falletta
Delos

http://www.amazon.com/Ranjbaran-Persian-al-Behzad-Composer/dp/B0003JAHRE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365054626&sr=8-1&keywords=persian+trilogy+ranjbaran

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Jansons's under-the-radar Brahms cycle comes to mind (w/ Oslo). Twice the value as both the sound and performances are stellar.



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[bhodges]

Jansons's under-the-radar Brahms cycle comes to mind (w/ Oslo). Twice the value as both the sound and performances are stellar.

[asin]B000056OZ1[/asin]

Thanks, was not aware of these. I have the Jansons/Oslo recording below (also on Simax, and also in superb sound). I suspect it is also very much under-the-radar, since there are so many other versions of both works, R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel and the complete Stravinsky Firebird.

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--Bruce