The Legendary Recordings Thread

[Mark]

Thought it might be nice to devote a thread to those recordings which are generally acknowledged to be in some way 'legendary'. My hope is that through our combined experience and appreciation of such landmark recordings - from the very earliest to the very latest - we will, in effect, create a kind of 'Hall of Fame' which can act as a useful guide to newcomers and old hands alike; a single point of reference for those who want a pretty much 'fail safe' recording of any given work.

I'm going to suggest we include the following three recordings:


Du Pre's outstandingly personal account of the Elgar Cello Concerto




Ashkenazy's breathtaking, terrifying yet beautiful vision of Rachmaninov's Isle of the Dead




Casals' ground-breaking interpretations of Bach's Suites for Solo Cello




Over to you.

[Holden]

I'll see your three








...and raise you three.

[Mark]

Your inclusion of Richter reminds me that this also ought to be in:

[AnthonyAthletic]

Who doesn't have this? 

[Bonehelm]

You have NOT heard LvB 9th if you haven't heard this.

[George]

Your inclusion of Richter reminds me that this also ought to be in:

Indeed. 

Can someone speak to the remastering differences between this and the two "Originals" CDs that it spawned?

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[George]

...and Vol's 4 and 5. 

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[George]

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[Brian]

...of course!

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