Most multiple recordings you have?

[Que]

My policy of culling CD's in disuse prevents building up a high number of multiple recordings.
On top at the moment are my 8 Brahms symphonies cycles:

Stokowski/Philadelphia
Weingartner/ LSO/ LPO
Walter/NYPO
Klemperer/ Phil. Orch.
Van Beinum/ RCO
Haitink/ RCO
Furtwängler/ BPO/ VPO
Kempe/ BPO

Q

[Papy Oli]

Modest collection, hence modest multiple

Mahler - 1st symphony
3 versions : Maazel, Bertini, Zinman

Schubert 8th Symphony
3 versions : Kleiber, Menuhin, Halasz

[George]

To that I would add:
Furtwangler Music & Arts WWII set (incomplete)

that's the one on M&A right?

[George]

My policy of culling CD's in disuse prevents building up a high number of multiple recordings.
On top at the moment are my 8 Brahms symphonies cycles:

Stokowski/Philadelphia
Weingartner/ LSO/ LPO
Walter/NYPO
Klemperer/ Phil. Orch.
Van Beinum/ RCO
Haitink/ RCO
Furtwängler/ BPO/ VPO
Kempe/ BPO

Q

Faves?

[Bunny]

Beethoven Symphonies, 6 complete sets.
Sonatas, 3 sets.
Piano Concerto's, 3 sets.
SQ 4 sets.

Chopin, 2 sets.
Haydn Sym. 2 complete sets.
Piano trio's, 2 sets.
SQ 3 sets.

Glazunov, 3 complete sets.

Grieg, 3 sets

Mendelsohn, 3 sets.

Shosta 4 sets.

Mahler Symphonies 5 sets.

Brahms, 5 sets.

Schumann, 3 sets

Borodin 3 sets.

Now I'm worried!  I have more Beethoven symphony sets than Harry! And more Schubert, Mahler, Bruckner and Shostakovich.

For the rest, I still have some catching up to do.

Harry, you didn't mention your Bach.  I know that I have multiples of Bach and I suspect you do as well. Care to share?
 

[PaulR]

Without extensive looking, Shostakovich 8th Symphony with 4, Beethoven 9 and 5 with 4
The Shostakovich I have: Levi/Atlanta Symphony Orch. Rostropovich/LSO Litton/Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Jansons/PSO

The Beethoven:  Gardiner, Karajan/BPO, Edlinger/Zagreb Philharmonic and Weill/Tafelmusik   

[Bunny]

My policy of culling CD's in disuse prevents building up a high number of multiple recordings.
On top at the moment are my 8 Brahms symphonies cycles:

Stokowski/Philadelphia
Weingartner/ LSO/ LPO
Walter/NYPO
Klemperer/ Phil. Orch.
Van Beinum/ RCO
Haitink/ RCO
Furtwängler/ BPO/ VPO
Kempe/ BPO

Q

Que, what do you do with the cds that you have culled?

[Que]

Faves?

Weingartner, Walter, Klemperer, Haitink.

Que, what do you do with the cds that you have culled?

I either give them away to friends or sell them - Concerto in Amsterdam takes (and sells) 2nd hand.

But lately I'm considering ebay or Amazon for a few rare items.

Q

[BachQ]

Requiem by Antonio Rosetti .........

[George]

Weingartner, Walter, Klemperer, Haitink.

Thanks. 

[Mark]

Decided I needed to review exactly how many multiple recordings I have. So, using the rule of 'More than three = multiple' ... though there are many works of which I own three recordings ... I came up with this list:

13 x Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil (aka 'Vespers') - Fave: Sveshnikov/USSR State Choir.
12 x Beethoven's Ninth 'Choral' Symphony - Fave: Sanderling/Philharmonia & Chorus or Haitink/LSO & Chorus
10 x Saint-Saens' Third 'Organ' Symphony - Fave: Mehta/LAPO.
9 x Beethoven's Symphonies (complete) - Fave: Abbado/VPO or Sanderling/Philharmonia ... but that's a VERY tough call!
9 x Sibelius' Violin Concerto - Fave: Haendel/Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
8 x Brahms' A German Requiem - Fave: Maazel/New Philharmonia & Chorus or Haitink/VPO/Vienna State Opera Chorus ... another tough call.
7 x Grieg's Piano Concerto - Fave: Ousset/Marriner/LSO.
6 x Elgar's Cello Concerto - Fave: Du Pre/Barbirolli/LSO
6 x Elgar's Enigma Variations - Fave: Mehta/LAPO
5 x Rachmaninov's Piano Concerti (complete) - Fave: Hough/Litton/Dallas Symphony Orchestra
5 x Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 - Fave: Rosel/Masur/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
5 x Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Fave: (A) Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra [1991 & 1998 recordings]
4 x Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - Fave: (C) Davis/VPO
4 x Faure's Requiem - Fave: Summerly/Schola Cantorum, Oxford/Oxford Camerata
4 x Mahler's Fifth Symphony - Fave: Nott/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
4 x Mozart's Requiem - Fave: Kosler/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
4 x Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez - Fave: Behrend/Peters/BPO
4 x Sibelius' Symphonies (complete) - Fave: Sanderling/Berlin Symphony Orchestra or (C) Davis/LSO [2006/07 recordings]
4 x Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto - No fave here as yet
4 x Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Fave: Biondi/Europa Galante or Kennedy/English Chamber Orchestra.

Quite revealing, I think. Shows which works are clearly my favourites, as I don't keep or buy multiples of works just for the fun of it.

[hornteacher]

Beethoven Symphonies x 5
Beethoven Piano Concertos x 3
Beethoven Piano Sonatas x 2
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto x 3
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro x 3
Dvorak's New World x 4
Copland Appalachian Spring x 3

[op.110]

If it helps, I can record 110 on my home piano and send you a CD. I can do most of 111, but the boogie-woogie variation is a bit beyond me.

110, my favorite.

[op.110]

Brahms Violin Concerto, about 10 or so.

[PSmith08]

Pretty sure it's the Mahler 2 at this point:

Abbado LFO '04
Abbado CSO '77
Barbirolli RSOS '70
Barbirolli BP '65
Bernstein NYPO '88
Bertini RSOK '93
Boulez WP '05
Boulez WP '06
Fischer BFO '06
Kaplan WP '03
Klemperer PO '63
Klemperer BRSO '65
Levi ASO '02
Mehta WP '75
Ozawa SKO '00
Rattle CBSO '87
Slatkin SLSO '83
Thomas SFSO '04
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18 copies, with the Mehta and live ('05) Boulez recordings tied in first.

I'm fairly sure Beethoven's 9th might be in second, with fifteen (four from Furtwängler and three from Von Karajan). Die Walküre, then, would be in third place, with something like fourteen recordings of that.

[vandermolen]

+ Gliere Symphony 3

Botstein
Downes
Johanos
Stokowski
Faberman
Rakhlin
Rahmalovich
Another Russian Disc version (can't remember conductor)

[marvinbrown]

For which work do you have the most multiple recordings and how many are they?

  Wagner's Ring Cycle of course (3 recordings so far: 2 cds: Furtwangler RAI and Solti on cd and 1 DVD:  Levine (MET) on DVD)  This is the only work that I have more than one recording of.  Part of the reason for this is the sheer immensity and magnitude of this work.  There is no definitive recording (not even Solti's) that multiple recordings are necessary.  Just ask Sarge...


  marvin

[Bogey]

My major collecting vice, as is well-known in these parts, was the Beethoven symphonies.  I have around 30 complete sets (not counting many singles).  I've listed them before on the old site if anyone is truly interested.

As far as faves, if aliens came down from space and zapped my CD collection, these are the 5 that I'd be most likely to reacquire (in no particular order):

Szell
Karajan (either the 60's or 70's set, tough call - probably 60s in SACD)
Barenboim
Hogwood
Scherchen

So, did Hogwood show Gardiner the door JW?

[Sergeant Rock]

There are two versions (or remasterings rather) of that. The Naxos sonics is WAYYYYY superior to the original Marco Polo.

Is it? I see another buy in the making...

Sarge

[from the new world]

Mahler's 9th (24)

Ancerl
Barbirolli
Barenboim
Bernstein DG
Bertini
Boulez
Chailly
Giulini
Inbal
Karajan (both)
Klemperer
Levine MPO
Maazel
Pesek
Rattle
Segerstam
Sinopoli (both)
Solti (both)
Tabakov
Tennstedt
Zander