Brahms library limited to 5 discs

[ChamberNut]

Inspired by Adam's Mozart thread.  Limit to 5 discs.

PS - Dm, you can't pick 5 different recordings of Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor 

Here are mine:

1 - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25; Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60/(Ax, Stern, Laredo, Ma)/Sony

2 - Cello Sonatas (Rostropovich/Serkin)/DG

3 - Ein deutches Requiem, Op. 45 (Czech Philharmonic/Giuseppe Sinopoli/Prague Philharmonic Choir)/DG

4 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (Kovacevich, piano/London Philharmonic/Sawallisch); Two Songs for alto voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (Ann Murray, alto/Nobuko Imai, viola/Kovacevich, piano)/EMI Classics

5 - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St. Anthony), Op. 56a; Tragic Overture, Op. 81(London Philharmonic/Sawallisch)/EMI Classics

[Lethevich]

*hides*

This is just an excuse to bump the thread for more chamber music recs.

[Brian]

Symphony No 4 (Kleiber/VPO)
Symphony No 4 (Ormandy/Philadelphia)
Symphony No 4 (Kubelik/SOBR)
Symphony No 4 (Gielen/SWR Stuttgart)
You don't need a fifth CD. 

[ChamberNut]

Symphony No 4 (Kleiber/VPO)
Symphony No 4 (Ormandy/Philadelphia)
Symphony No 4 (Kubelik/SOBR)
Symphony No 4 (Gielen/SWR Stuttgart)
You don't need a fifth CD. 

Brian!  You cheater, did you not read the PS note for Dm?    

[ChamberNut]

*hides*

This is just an excuse to bump the thread for more chamber music recs.

Lethe, great set, that I've almost worn out from playing so many times!   

[karlhenning]

Brian!  You cheater, did you not read the PS note for Dm?    

You didn't indicate general application of the principle, Ray 

[Brian]

Brian!  You cheater, did you not read the PS note for Dm?    

Well then...

Schubert - Unfinished Symphony; Wagner - Isolde's Liebestod (Kleiber / VPO)
R. Strauss - Don Juan (Ormandy / SOBR)
Brahms - Symphony No 3 (Kubelik / SOBR)
Brahms - Hungarian Dances, selection (Janowski / Pittsburgh)

Whatever you do, don't ask what the couplings are. 

[karlhenning]

I couldn't imagine a Brahms collection (however small) without the Third and Fourth Symphonies.

Or without the German Requiem.

[adamdavid80]

Do the same rules apply here as in my Mozart thread?  A two-disc set is within the rules, but boxes are out (unless it's the enitre thing)?  (BTW, if someone wanted in the  mozart thread to just have five interpretations of any one Mozart piece, that's fine by me...my idea was to find the best interpretations of the best pieces)...

Anyhoo...my Brahms five...

PCs 1&2 Gilels/Jochum (a two-fer, along with Fantasias!)

http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Concertos-Piano-No-Fantasia/dp/B000001GQY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226278422&sr=8-1

Complete Trios (some great Beaux Arts Trio work)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=brahms+beaux+arts+trio&x=6&y=23

Complete Piano Quartets (more BAT!)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=brahms+beaux+arts+trio&x=6&y=23

Cello Sonatas, with Rostropovich and Serkin

http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-The-Cello-Sonatas/dp/B000001G4M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226278881&sr=1-2

Clarinet Quintet, de peyer (this is the only interpretation I have...if there's another, better...would love to know...I would assume Karl would be the authority for that info...or hornteacher....or many others on here   )

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-and-Brahms-Clarinet-Quintets/dp/B00005NEZW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226278970&sr=1-10


What I'm learning more and more is that overall I am simply not a symphony person, except in a handful of instances (I even reach for my Liszt piano interpretations of LVB's symphonies before I reach for the "real" thing).  So, yes, this is my "BRAHMS GREATEST HITS" rather than an actual "BRAHMS GREATEST HITS"; the stuff that I listen to for my own personal pleasure.

[Keemun]

Here is my list:

Ein deutches Requiem (Karajan/BPO)
Clarinet Quintet and String Quartets (Neidich/Juilliard String Quartet)
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Gilels/Jochum/BPO)
Violin Concerto (Stern/Ormandy/Philadelphia)
Symphony No. 4 (Ormandy/Philadelphia)

Clarinet Quintet, de peyer (this is the only interpretation I have...if there's another, better...would love to know...I would assume Karl would be the authority for that info...or hornteacher....or many others on here   )

I don't know if it's better (because it's the only one I've heard), but I definitely recommend THIS ONE, if you can find it.

[Novi]

Symphony No 4 (Kleiber/VPO)
Symphony No 4 (Ormandy/Philadelphia)
Symphony No 4 (Kubelik/SOBR)
Symphony No 4 (Gielen/SWR Stuttgart)
You don't need a fifth CD. 

I think you should add Furtwängler/BPO to round it off .

[Brian]

I think you should add Furtwängler/BPO to round it off .

Thanks! I was trying to decide on a fifth and it just got too difficult. Gladly endorse this one. 

[Novi]

Horn Trio + Clarinet Quintet (Busch Qt with Brain and Kell)

Violin Sonatas (Suk/Katchen)

Sextets (l'Archibudelli)

Symphony 4 (toss up between Kleiber and Furtwängler) or I'll pop over to Brian's and borrow one of his

PC 1 (Malcuzynski/Rowicki)

[Novi]

Thanks! I was trying to decide on a fifth and it just got too difficult. Gladly endorse this one. 

Man of taste !

[Bulldog]

Piano Concertos and Handel Variations - Fleisher/Szell/Sony
Works for Solo Piano - Katchen/Decca
German Requiem - Klemperer/EMI
Violin Sonatas - Katchen/Suk/Decca
Late Piano Works - Grimaud/Erato

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

5 Cds of BRAHMS? You're a sadistic nut.

[Bulldog]

5 Cds of BRAHMS? You're a sadistic nut.

No, just sadistic.

[Herman]

1 Violin sonatas, Arthur Grumiaux

2 Clarinet Sonatas

3 the box with the Amadeus Qt; particularly the two string quintets are stellar.

4 Piano trios, Beaux Arts Trio

5 OK one orchestral work: either Symphony nr 3 VPO/Giulini or the 2nd PC

[Que]

A very, very though call....

Symphony no. 4: Furtwängler '44 (Melodiya etc.)
Violin concerto: Szigeti/Harty (Symposium or Opus Kura)
piano trios: Suk/Katchen/Starker (Decca)
Violin sonatas: Suk/Katchen (Decca)
clarinet quintet: Veilhan & Stadler Quartet (K617)

Q

[Wanderer]

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