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:
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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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Nice thread, and I am happy to play:
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Thanks, Karl. I almost posted a Henning disc, but bootlegs are not allowed. ;)
Yes, that is one composer who still awaits a proper CD debut.
Quote from: karlhenning on March 28, 2013, 06:58:09 AM
Yes, that is one composer who still awaits a proper CD debut.
Has he considered branching out with downloads first? Or is a proper CD debut considered a matter of pride and honour?
[Nothing do say, in terms of thread duty. Sorry.]
He'll consider anything viable : )
That's good to know. :)
[Onward with recommendations...]
Here are three eclectic choices for your consideration:
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Highly recommended are the 6 Songs on Poems of Maeterlinck Opus 13.
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One of the earliest and greatest film scores!
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Vierne, Ben Van Oosten, and Cavaille'-Coll Organs! COME ON! 0:)
Quote from: Cato on March 28, 2013, 07:44:28 AM
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One of the earliest and greatest film scores!
Won't need to order that one unless I want a spare copy. ;D
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Love that a Korngold card was played.
Quote from: Bogey on March 28, 2013, 07:46:26 AM
Won't need to order that one unless I want a spare copy. ;D
Well, we expect
Bogey to know all about film scores! 0:)
Great thread!
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Hoping these are obscure (or difficult to procure) enough. (Sorry, no images, only links - tech problems today)
Carter-Cage-Babbitt-Schuller, CSO/Levine
http://www.allmusic.com/album/cage-carter-babbitt-schuller-mw0001800533
On DG, but out of print for years. Only one work here (Carter's Variations for Orchestra) that I would consider a masterpiece, but the whole album offers a fascinating snapshot of the American avant-garde of the time. Personally I think DG should re-issue Levine's Variations with Knussen's Symphonia, and they'd have the greatest Carter orchestral disc of all time.
Perotin, Hilliard Ensemble
http://www.allmusic.com/album/perotin-mw0000280141
From the dawn of Western music, one of the most entrancing Early Music discs.
Schein, Motets
http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/johann-hermann-schein-israelsbr%C3%BCnnlein-mr0002845933
Awesome motets by an early Baroque master, given the luxury treatment with cornets, sackbuts and other accompaniment. An E. German disc from the 1980s that I picked up in Moscow.
Some cool covers there. Allow me, V:
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Hey thanks!
That last one may be a sooner than later for Linda (my wife) and me.
Quote from: Bogey on March 28, 2013, 09:27:50 AM
Some cool covers there. Allow me, V:
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These all look mighty tasty, O former Spitvalve.
That Stevenson Passacaglia upthread is a great pick.
Alongside that I'll offer:
Aho: Concerto for Contrabassoon
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(and seasonal ...)
Penderecki: St Luke Passion
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This is so good, I rather assumed everyone already owned it.
I am delighted to have a few of these (already posted) disks, like 'Enchanted Kingdom' and 'Caucasian Sketches', which are among my favorites too!
3 you should have;
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Michael Haydn's "St Jerome Mass", one of the great masses of the Classical era
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Mozart - some little known repertoire wonderfully presented (available in a Zig-Zag economy pack for less than this original costs!)
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My favorite Schubert Lieder disk. Superbly performed.
8)
Quote from: Todd on March 28, 2013, 10:20:18 AM
This is so good, I rather assumed everyone already owned it.
I have a CDR(?) from Arkiv of this recording. Didn't really make it through when I listened. It hurt my ear holes.
Great idea for a thread.
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Remarkable playing from Suk, essential Dvorak should you love his concerto. Fantasy in G and more so his Romance in F are to drool over.
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This DLvDE has everything for me, sits very highly in this category.
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Debatable, but is this Novak's finest? Certainly should be in everyone's collection. A huge poeme, a huge journey.
I guess these picks are more personal and sentimental ;)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 28, 2013, 10:22:26 AM
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My favorite Schubert Lieder disk. Superbly performed.
8)
Mine, too. The combination of the songs and his voice is hard to beat - and Haefliger is pretty great at the piano. 8)
--Bruce
Quote from: Cato on March 28, 2013, 07:44:28 AM
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One of the earliest and greatest film scores!
Got outbid on eBay the other day whilst after Kong! Still watching for a copy though.
Quote from: Todd on March 28, 2013, 10:20:18 AM
This is so good, I rather assumed everyone already owned it.
:D You're such a jokester, Todd. :)
Quote from: Brewski on March 28, 2013, 10:24:53 AM
Mine, too. The combination of the songs and his voice is hard to beat - and Haefliger is pretty great at the piano. 8)
--Bruce
Yeah, I think I got it on a rec from you, in fact. Well done! :)
8)
David Lang: the so-called laws of nature (So Percussion) - Beautiful piece in three parts, for wood, metal, and ceramics, respectively - might be my favorite piece by Lang, and the So guys have to be one of the best percussion groups in the world at the moment.
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Jennifer Higdon, Steve Mackey, et al: strange imaginary animals (eighth blackbird) - An excellent collection of recent works by some of the most interesting composers working today - and won the group its first Grammy.
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Respighi, R. Strauss, Lutoslawski: Bravura (James DePreist / Oregon Symphony) - DePreist has been on my mind lately since he just died a few months ago. :( This is one of his best efforts, and seems to be overlooked. (I'm not fond of the title, or the generic fireworks cover, either.) The program is excellent, though, and very well played and recorded.
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--Bruce
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Paul Schoenfield - This disc features the pieces Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra, Vaudeville for Piccolo Trumpet and Orchestra and Klezmer Rondos. A nice variety of music from an American-born composer (b.1947) who is clearly influenced by musical styles from all over the world. From classical, Jazz, Klezmer and Folk. These three pieces are a perfect example of just how alive, and universal, Schoenfield's language is. This is a desert island pick for me, has been for almost 20 yeas now.
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The Scandinavian string quintet, The Forge Players, joined by rock singers Mikael Samuelson and Freddie Wadling deliver the most successfully modern interpretations of John Dowland's most beloved music. It's edgy, both in tone and performance, but always delicate and never ignores the brilliance of Dowland's writing.
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Accordionists James Crabb and Geir Draugsvoll perform Stravinsky's Petrushka and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Accordions are cool. That's all.
Quote from: Brewski on March 28, 2013, 10:44:55 AM
David Lang: the so-called laws of nature (So Percussion) - Beautiful piece in three parts, for wood, metal, and ceramics, respectively - might be my favorite piece by Lang, and the So guys have to be one of the best percussion groups in the world at the moment.
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--Bruce
Scary, I was actually considering using this recording in my list. :D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 28, 2013, 10:53:18 AM
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Paul Schoenfield - This disc features the pieces Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra, Vaudeville for Piccolo Trumpet and Orchestra and Klezmer Rondos. A nice variety of music from an American-born composer (b.1947) who is clearly influenced by musical styles from all over the world. From classical, Jazz, Klezmer and Folk. These three pieces are a perfect example of just how alive, and universal, Schoenfield's language is. This is a desert island pick for me, has been for almost 20 yeas now.
A big "yes" for this one, too. I bought it after hearing the
Four Parables years ago by the Juilliard Orchestra (with pianist Stephen Gosling, now one of the "new music powerhouses" in NYC) - great piece, and one that people who think they don't like "any" modern music can enjoy.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 28, 2013, 10:54:04 AM
Scary, I was actually considering using this recording in my list. :D
Ha! "Great minds..." 8)
--Bruce
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Quote from: Beorn on March 28, 2013, 10:23:28 AM
I have a CDR(?) from Arkiv of this recording. Didn't really make it through when I listened. It hurt my ear holes.
Doesn't pretty much anything non-Beethoven (& non-Chopin) hurt your ears, Dave? ;)
This thread is great! I already see so many items that I've never heard of before. I had one little question about the following. Is this....
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 28, 2013, 10:24:02 AM
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Remarkable playing from Suk, essential Dvorak should you love his concerto. Fantasy in G and more so his Romance in F are to drool over.
....the same performances as this:
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Jennifer Higdon, Steve Mackey, et al: strange imaginary animals (eighth blackbird) - An excellent collection of recent works by some of the most interesting composers working today - and won the group its first Grammy.
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Good call! Love this release.
Hmmm, I'm going to put it on later. Perfect hoops soundtrack. . .
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on March 28, 2013, 01:05:28 PM
Doesn't pretty much anything non-Beethoven (& non-Chopin) hurt your ears, Dave? ;)
Well, it's not quite that simple, my friend.
Quote from: Octave on March 28, 2013, 01:58:39 PM
Is this....
....the same performances as this:
Yes. The Ancerl Edition mastering is scrubbed up a bit.
Great idea, let's play:
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Quote from: Brewski on March 28, 2013, 10:44:55 AM
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I love this one. So wonderfully quirky.
I probably should have these, but sadly I do not. ???
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Great thread, I'll delurk just to play!
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Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man
Orchestral songs for amplified soprano to texts (NB not music) of Bob Dylan
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Stölzel: German Chamber Cantatas Vols 1 & 2
Quote from: The new erato on April 01, 2013, 12:04:56 AM
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FWIW, I found the Blitzstein horrid. The Schulhoff certainly has it's moments, but it's not the composer's best work. Except for collectors of obscure stage works, I'm not convinced these titles are natural candidates for this thread.
Yes, I reversed the original intention and that ended up in works I hadn't heard. ;D
Quote from: The new erato on April 01, 2013, 05:38:28 AM
Yes, I reversed the original intention
"Recordings you have, but probably shouldn't"
Quote from: Brian on April 01, 2013, 06:02:22 AM
"Recordings you have, but probably shouldn't"
"Recordings you thought you ought to have, but probably shouldn't"
A few very random discs I picked up for no apparent reason, that I would not want to be without:
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Quote from: MishaK on April 01, 2013, 06:39:14 AM
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.
This:
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The New Year's Concerts of the Wiener Philharmoniker; I've never seen someone listening to them, apart from me:
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Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 02, 2013, 05:44:23 AM
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
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2013, 05:57:20 AM
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.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2013, 05:57:20 AM
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.
My pick:
Marie Podvalová - Operatic Recital
(scenes from Dalibor (Smetana), Šárka (Fibich), Rusalka (Dvořák), and Libuše (Smetana))
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Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 02, 2013, 05:57:20 AM
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.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 02, 2013, 07:35:50 AM
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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. :)
Quote from: Bogey on March 28, 2013, 06:14:08 AM
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:
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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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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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I think this thread should be renamed just "Recommended". It would make a good complement to the "Listening", "Purchases", and "Considering" threads.
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:
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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.
Quote from: Octave on April 02, 2013, 08:57:35 PM
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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.
Utterly exquisite music, of course; I have a different Melodiya recording.
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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
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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Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on April 09, 2013, 11:17:17 AM
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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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
Quote from: Brewski on April 09, 2013, 11:28:55 AM
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
And thanks back at you for mentioning this one, Bruce. Hadn't know of its existence. Very tempting.
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on April 09, 2013, 11:17:17 AM
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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Excellent. I heard that combination live at Carnegie in 99. (Minus the Joachim)
Like some earlier posters, I'm fond of the idea of an expansion of the concept behind this thread so we can get more mileage out of it. Perhaps Bogey would be generous enough to allow us one post per month with a set of three new recordings each month, or something along those lines. In any case, my choices won't be dealing with obscure composers, but they will deal with recordings that are somewhat obscure.
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This recording is known by a few members of this board--that's how I found it--but not by enough. For those interested, this is a PI recording and a quite beautiful one; if nothing else can be said for it--and there's plenty else that can be said--Matthews makes music out of these at times difficult works without trying to romanticize them. Her tone is beautiful, too. Listen to the samples on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Sonatas-Partitas-Complete/dp/B00487BT42/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1367678586&sr=8-2) and see what you think.
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Here we have my favorite recording of Brahms' violin concerto and one that is unfortunately often overlooked. Isabelle Faust, a wonderful soloist, is accompanied by Daniel Harding and the oddly named Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a brilliant, HIP-influenced account. I've long felt that Brahms works best when recorded with the size of orchestra he works for and this disc makes a great argument for that; you lose none of the beauty or power of Brahms with a larger orchestra, but you gain clarity that makes large forces sound muddy in comparison. The tempos are brisk, but not over the top. The fact that the pairing is the quite substantial String Sextet No. 2 certainly doesn't hurt this disc, either.
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I apologize, but in this case I had to break the rule about recommending recordings that are easily available. This set is OOP and a bit hard to find at a good price (for now at least, there's a rumor that it will be re-released later this year), but it is so ridiculously good that I cannot help but recommend it. Haydn's Op. 76 quartets are sheer brilliance and these musicians nail them down perfectly. This is a desert island purchase if there ever was one.
Quote from: Geo Dude on May 04, 2013, 07:52:11 AM
Like some earlier posters, I'm fond of the idea of an expansion of the concept behind this thread so we can get more mileage out of it. Perhaps Bogey would be generous enough to allow us one post per month with a set of three new recordings each month, or something along those lines. In any case, my choices won't be dealing with obscure composers, but they will deal with recordings that are somewhat obscure.
But of course. I just want well worn discs that are not well known by many of us. :) Maybe we move from "musts" to "really shoulds". However, keeping a limit prevents the participation trophies from coming out.
PS Maybe note that they are your second set of three. That way we can tell the difference between your crème de la crème and the half and half. ;)
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Got that one thanks to the GMG Calvary.
Quote from: Bogey on May 04, 2013, 03:08:28 PM
But of course. I just want well worn discs that are not well known by many of us. :) Maybe we move from "musts" to "really shoulds". However, keeping a limit prevents the participation trophies from coming out.
PS Maybe note that they are your second set of three. That way we can tell the difference between your crème de la crème and the half and half. ;)
Fair enough. I felt the once a month limit would give people time to think on the subject before posting a new set and thus come up with a new créme de la créme. Something tells me that at least a few members here have more than three obscure yet essential albums hiding in their collection. ;)