Classical Music. What should I listen to? What is your favorites?

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1. any Beethoven symphony (all movements)
2. Mozart 41st (4th movement)
3. Schubert's Great (4M) - great because there are 2 C major symphonies
4. Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
5. Orff's Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (read background story)
6. Faure Pavane (bring tissues)
7. Tchaikovsky Francesca Di Rimini
8. Horowitz Carmen Variations by Horowitz or Yuja Wang
9. Bach Toccata and Fugue D Minor
10. Brahms Violin concerto (3M)
11. Bruch Violin concerto (3M)
12. Mozart Queen of the Night
13. Mussorsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Giulini/CSO) vinyl only with MC

and if you are writing the great american novel or building a 16-leg put/call
straddle/strangle with 8 naked legs, or rebuilding a 1926 Rolex with screw-down
crown:

try all the Requiems til you find the one that works.
 
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I’m no classical connoisseur but I found this the other day and liked it:
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Classical music is a deep rabbit hole but Tidal and Roon have made it so simple to find and tryout the multitude of recordings.
 
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In live performance, I could listen to Schubert "lieder" for hours, but recorded, not so much. We had a tenor in our choir who did wonderful Schubert, but all the recordings I have just fall flat.

I probably have ~1,000 CDs and maybe 300 LP's -- of these operatic and choral are in the greatest frequency.

Take a listen to the Allegri "Miserere"...
 
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For the Miserere I like this version which I grew up with (and have on vinyl and CD). It's an older recording but was considered highly for many years. There may be better now, but once you know one version well all others can seem wrong.
 

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BTW, here’s a very nice podcast from swiss national radio, srf2: https://www.srf.ch/audio/diskothek

It is about (blindly) comparing various interpretations of a specific classical piece. They listen to various parts of it and discuss it, and at the end the interprets are revealed. I was flabbergasted at the spectrum of … interpretation‘s qualities?

It is all in german of course, unfortunately.
 
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Rupopulles said:
My favorite piece is Mahlers 5th symphonie but I struggle to find a great recording. Any suggestions or more pieces along these lines?

Mahlers 5th part One tears me open each time. I have not found a piece of music that comes close.
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Believe it or not, my favorite Mahler 5... but first let me tell you this...and, I am not a pathological liar.

There are only two people shaking hands between me and Gustav Mahler... who died in 1911. My friend and colleague Jerry Bruck, when he was young, knew Mahler's widow Alma, when she was very old.

I have heard very many Mahler 5s. My favorite is the one conducted by radical modern composer Pierre Boulez!!! With the Vienna Philharmonic.

https://play.qobuz.com/album/0002894534162

My guess is that because Boulez probably had trouble getting conductors exactly to follow the instructions in the music he wrote, he decided to honor Mahler by following Mahler's instructions exactly. And, of course, string tone hardly gets any better.

BTW, there is an a-cappella choral (WITH WORDS!!!) version of the slow movement of M5. I love it. But my former boss at Stereophile finds it unlistenable. So, you get to decide. It's Track 2 on this album:

https://play.qobuz.com/album/0822189013592

If you like Mahler Symphony 5, try Elgar Symphony 2! The English Horn solo in the slow movement is amazing.

https://play.qobuz.com/album/qbw7wqc6kgkec

all my best,

john
 
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