If you could ONLY listen to classical music (see limitations) for a year, what would you listen to?

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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    brianlux said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    brianlux said:
    My wife and I sat down and listened to Beethoven's 8th Symphony this evening- one of my top three of LVB's symphonies.  What a great piece- one side of an album, economical yet not lacking, great themes woven throughout, terrific dynamics, killer finish.  Awesome.  Beethoven, is like the rock and roll of classical music at times.
    I was looking at an 8LP boxset with all LVB symphonies. I would want a stellar copy. What do you have Brian? Any recommendations? 

    I grew up listening most of them on Deutsche Grammophon as conducted by Herbert von Karajan, although I like the 6th conducted by Karl August Böhm (also on DG) better, and have long loved Leonard Bernstein's version of the 5th on Columbia.  The thing is though, I know of classical fans who are big fans of DG, and the more astute such fans are, the more likely they are to tell me I'm full of shit, lol.  Die hard classical fans are rather fanatical about their choices! 
    One thing I have that I like and might be helpful is this reference.  It's not helpful for choosing a vinyl source for the music, but it does have a lot of helpful info about many of the versions of a ton of classical music- the conductor, the orchestra, the way it was recorded, etc.:

    Ok cool. I have a 1968 German DG pressing of Carl Orff Carmina Burana and a couple other DG pressings, usually pick them up pretty cheap at antique shops. DG are solid to great pressings from what I’ve observed
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    brianlux said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    brianlux said:
    My wife and I sat down and listened to Beethoven's 8th Symphony this evening- one of my top three of LVB's symphonies.  What a great piece- one side of an album, economical yet not lacking, great themes woven throughout, terrific dynamics, killer finish.  Awesome.  Beethoven, is like the rock and roll of classical music at times.
    I was looking at an 8LP boxset with all LVB symphonies. I would want a stellar copy. What do you have Brian? Any recommendations? 

    I grew up listening most of them on Deutsche Grammophon as conducted by Herbert von Karajan, although I like the 6th conducted by Karl August Böhm (also on DG) better, and have long loved Leonard Bernstein's version of the 5th on Columbia.  The thing is though, I know of classical fans who are big fans of DG, and the more astute such fans are, the more likely they are to tell me I'm full of shit, lol.  Die hard classical fans are rather fanatical about their choices! 
    One thing I have that I like and might be helpful is this reference.  It's not helpful for choosing a vinyl source for the music, but it does have a lot of helpful info about many of the versions of a ton of classical music- the conductor, the orchestra, the way it was recorded, etc.:

    Ok cool. I have a 1968 German DG pressing of Carl Orff Carmina Burana and a couple other DG pressings, usually pick them up pretty cheap at antique shops. DG are solid to great pressings from what I’ve observed

    Yeah, I like them a lot as well.  I'm not sure why in some circle they get a bad rap.  I've enjoyed many of them for a long time. 
    Maybe it's the seams.  Those European DG pressings can give you some good practice re-gluing the sleeve seams, haha!  At least they split such that they can be re-glued!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    Carmina Burana is amazing with the right performance.  Give me some Wagner, and we have perfect German soul music.  Melancholy is part of our fiber
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    hrd2imgn said:
    Carmina Burana is amazing with the right performance.  Give me some Wagner, and we have perfect German soul music.  Melancholy is part of our fiber
    Carmina Burana... not being a big choral fan, I don't believe I've ever listened to the whole thing, but I really should give it a fair chance some time.  Any recommended performances?



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc

    Those rascals, lol!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited December 2022
    I listen to classical quite a bit - I love piano heavy pieces, Yo-Yo Ma cello colabs are always wonderful, and some featuring the violin are just amazing. I'd be happy going with the greats - Beethoven, Mozart, Bach... I would not mind only listening to classical for a year, just as long as there is none of that stuff, like court of Henry VIII kind of stuff, I hate that tinkling sounding classical. And please no Sousa, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc

    Those rascals, lol!
    Cartoons is how I learned about Cab Calloway and Habanera, Beethoven and the like.  They weren't exactly in my parents' wheelhouse but I came to enjoy them through Warner Bros and Tom & Jerry.  Taught me Spanish too Mama yo Quiero.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    PJ_Soul said:
    I listen to classical quite a bit - I love piano heavy pieces, Yo-Yo Ma cello colabs are always wonderful, and some featuring the violin are just amazing. I'd be happy going with the greats - Beethoven, Mozart, Bach... I would not mind only listening to classical for a year, just as long as there is none of that stuff, like court of Henry VIII kind of stuff, I hate that tinkling sounding classical. And please no Sousa, lol.

    Years ago when I was living in Mountain View in the Bay Area I had a neighbor who frequently used to leave her door open and blast John Phillips Sousa and the like on a fairly regular basis.  Some days, I thought I was going to lose my mind, lol. I found lots of reasons to get out and do other things!

    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc

    Those rascals, lol!
    Cartoons is how I learned about Cab Calloway and Habanera, Beethoven and the like.  They weren't exactly in my parents' wheelhouse but I came to enjoy them through Warner Bros and Tom & Jerry.  Taught me Spanish too Mama yo Quiero.

    Interesting!  Yeah, I remember cartoons that used music in very cool ways. 
    Although not classical music (so a bit off topic), I remember a cartoon that I saw just the one time when I was fairly young- maybe 5 or 6 or 7- that had this crazy family running around the house and they were all singing this song that I thought was cool.  I still remember the  melody and these few lines from the song:

    We are a happy family
    We laugh and sing and dance all day.

    Never have found that cartoon since way back when.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    brianlux said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I listen to classical quite a bit - I love piano heavy pieces, Yo-Yo Ma cello colabs are always wonderful, and some featuring the violin are just amazing. I'd be happy going with the greats - Beethoven, Mozart, Bach... I would not mind only listening to classical for a year, just as long as there is none of that stuff, like court of Henry VIII kind of stuff, I hate that tinkling sounding classical. And please no Sousa, lol.

    Years ago when I was living in Mountain View in the Bay Area I had a neighbor who frequently used to leave her door open and blast John Phillips Sousa and the like on a fairly regular basis.  Some days, I thought I was going to lose my mind, lol. I found lots of reasons to get out and do other things!

    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc

    Those rascals, lol!
    Cartoons is how I learned about Cab Calloway and Habanera, Beethoven and the like.  They weren't exactly in my parents' wheelhouse but I came to enjoy them through Warner Bros and Tom & Jerry.  Taught me Spanish too Mama yo Quiero.

    Interesting!  Yeah, I remember cartoons that used music in very cool ways. 
    Although not classical music (so a bit off topic), I remember a cartoon that I saw just the one time when I was fairly young- maybe 5 or 6 or 7- that had this crazy family running around the house and they were all singing this song that I thought was cool.  I still remember the  melody and these few lines from the song:

    We are a happy family
    We laugh and sing and dance all day.

    Never have found that cartoon since way back when.
    Concerto piano was very much a thing in Tom & Jerry though.

    As for your cartoon you are looking for, a word might be off.  I wish I had more to go off of cause I would find it!.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I listen to classical quite a bit - I love piano heavy pieces, Yo-Yo Ma cello colabs are always wonderful, and some featuring the violin are just amazing. I'd be happy going with the greats - Beethoven, Mozart, Bach... I would not mind only listening to classical for a year, just as long as there is none of that stuff, like court of Henry VIII kind of stuff, I hate that tinkling sounding classical. And please no Sousa, lol.

    Years ago when I was living in Mountain View in the Bay Area I had a neighbor who frequently used to leave her door open and blast John Phillips Sousa and the like on a fairly regular basis.  Some days, I thought I was going to lose my mind, lol. I found lots of reasons to get out and do other things!

    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Tom and Jerry have a good likening to it.
    https://youtu.be/3Wsx22WxWOc

    Those rascals, lol!
    Cartoons is how I learned about Cab Calloway and Habanera, Beethoven and the like.  They weren't exactly in my parents' wheelhouse but I came to enjoy them through Warner Bros and Tom & Jerry.  Taught me Spanish too Mama yo Quiero.

    Interesting!  Yeah, I remember cartoons that used music in very cool ways. 
    Although not classical music (so a bit off topic), I remember a cartoon that I saw just the one time when I was fairly young- maybe 5 or 6 or 7- that had this crazy family running around the house and they were all singing this song that I thought was cool.  I still remember the  melody and these few lines from the song:

    We are a happy family
    We laugh and sing and dance all day.

    Never have found that cartoon since way back when.
    Concerto piano was very much a thing in Tom & Jerry though.

    As for your cartoon you are looking for, a word might be off.  I wish I had more to go off of cause I would find it!.

    Yeah, we're talking upwards of as much as 65 years ago.  I might off a little off on the lyrics, lol.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    brianlux said:
    hrd2imgn said:
    Carmina Burana is amazing with the right performance.  Give me some Wagner, and we have perfect German soul music.  Melancholy is part of our fiber
    Carmina Burana... not being a big choral fan, I don't believe I've ever listened to the whole thing, but I really should give it a fair chance some time.  Any recommended performances?

    I discovered this in the movie Excalibur (also with Wagner) and my great uncle told me what it was-O fortuna.  The knights riding out to this as Arthur returns conquering his enemy and regenerating the land is about as great a use of a.musical score I can think up as well as Wagner when he confronts his son to the death
    ...film at it's best.

    It is a pretty versitile and winding experience. Most of the songs intertwine.  Some are way too much for.me, butbthe tension and glory in the music all in one just love it.  O Fortuna is certainly the prime cut. Fortune Plango Vulnera A nice extension,  then there are other extended parts to o fortuna,  so if you like that, you'll like those.

    Titles and parts are too long to type. So here is "the song"
    Veras lets facies 
    Floret Silva
    Estuans enterius
    Armor volat undique
    Cour d'amours in trutina

    The rest is a little much opera for me.  There are some Great performances and some.meh.

    This is my favorite 




  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited December 2022
    hrd2imgn said:
    brianlux said:
    hrd2imgn said:
    Carmina Burana is amazing with the right performance.  Give me some Wagner, and we have perfect German soul music.  Melancholy is part of our fiber
    Carmina Burana... not being a big choral fan, I don't believe I've ever listened to the whole thing, but I really should give it a fair chance some time.  Any recommended performances?

    I discovered this in the movie Excalibur (also with Wagner) and my great uncle told me what it was-O fortuna.  The knights riding out to this as Arthur returns conquering his enemy and regenerating the land is about as great a use of a.musical score I can think up as well as Wagner when he confronts his son to the death
    ...film at it's best.

    It is a pretty versitile and winding experience. Most of the songs intertwine.  Some are way too much for.me, butbthe tension and glory in the music all in one just love it.  O Fortuna is certainly the prime cut. Fortune Plango Vulnera A nice extension,  then there are other extended parts to o fortuna,  so if you like that, you'll like those.

    Titles and parts are too long to type. So here is "the song"
    Veras lets facies 
    Floret Silva
    Estuans enterius
    Armor volat undique
    Cour d'amours in trutina

    The rest is a little much opera for me.  There are some Great performances and some.meh.

    This is my favorite 




    I’ll have to check this out. I have a 1968 DG German  copy. Unfortunately it’s a little beat up. Need something better

    EDIT - found that speakers corner records reissued this in 1995. AAA. Going to grab a copy


    Post edited by 1ThoughtKnown on
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    hrd2imgn said:
    brianlux said:
    hrd2imgn said:
    Carmina Burana is amazing with the right performance.  Give me some Wagner, and we have perfect German soul music.  Melancholy is part of our fiber
    Carmina Burana... not being a big choral fan, I don't believe I've ever listened to the whole thing, but I really should give it a fair chance some time.  Any recommended performances?

    I discovered this in the movie Excalibur (also with Wagner) and my great uncle told me what it was-O fortuna.  The knights riding out to this as Arthur returns conquering his enemy and regenerating the land is about as great a use of a.musical score I can think up as well as Wagner when he confronts his son to the death
    ...film at it's best.

    It is a pretty versitile and winding experience. Most of the songs intertwine.  Some are way too much for.me, butbthe tension and glory in the music all in one just love it.  O Fortuna is certainly the prime cut. Fortune Plango Vulnera A nice extension,  then there are other extended parts to o fortuna,  so if you like that, you'll like those.

    Titles and parts are too long to type. So here is "the song"
    Veras lets facies 
    Floret Silva
    Estuans enterius
    Armor volat undique
    Cour d'amours in trutina

    The rest is a little much opera for me.  There are some Great performances and some.meh.

    This is my favorite 





    Great, thanks!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited January 2024
    This thread had me add a few classical albums on the wantlist. I’m listening to The Planets right now.. and it’s just stellar. If you like this performance, I recommend this pressing. 

    Post edited by 1ThoughtKnown on
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671

    1ThoughtKnown said:
    This thread had me add a few classical albums on the wantlist. I’m listening to The Planets right now.. and it’s just stellar. If you like this performance, I recommend this pressing. 


    Oooh,  that looks great!  I like the Bernstein/ NY Philharmonic OK, but have been looking to upgrade.  That might be the ticket, thanks for posting it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    brianlux said:

    1ThoughtKnown said:
    This thread had me add a few classical albums on the wantlist. I’m listening to The Planets right now.. and it’s just stellar. If you like this performance, I recommend this pressing. 


    Oooh,  that looks great!  I like the Bernstein/ NY Philharmonic OK, but have been looking to upgrade.  That might be the ticket, thanks for posting it!
    Right on b. I’m going to spin this SC/DG pressing later tonight. It seems SC uses the original stampers as the hype sticker on my version was different. Read somewhere that SC pressings never really go out of print:



  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    brianlux said:

    1ThoughtKnown said:
    This thread had me add a few classical albums on the wantlist. I’m listening to The Planets right now.. and it’s just stellar. If you like this performance, I recommend this pressing. 


    Oooh,  that looks great!  I like the Bernstein/ NY Philharmonic OK, but have been looking to upgrade.  That might be the ticket, thanks for posting it!
    Right on b. I’m going to spin this SC/DG pressing later tonight. It seems SC uses the original stampers as the hype sticker on my version was different. Read somewhere that SC pressings never really go out of print:




    Ah, yes!  I have a fondness for Deutsche Grammophon LPs that goes back, oh, well, let's just say "a ways".  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    Contemporary composer Max Richter has some moving and impressive work.  People would mostly know him from "On the Nature of Daylight" from the album "The Blue Notebooks" and which was featured in the movie Arrival.  

    He did a very interesting project called "Recomposed By Max Richter - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons." Whether or not you like baroque classical, this album is a genuinely beautiful reimagining of some very well worn melodies.  Highly recommended.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    HeavyHands said:
    Contemporary composer Max Richter has some moving and impressive work.  People would mostly know him from "On the Nature of Daylight" from the album "The Blue Notebooks" and which was featured in the movie Arrival.  

    He did a very interesting project called "Recomposed By Max Richter - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons." Whether or not you like baroque classical, this album is a genuinely beautiful reimagining of some very well worn melodies.  Highly recommended.

    Only vaguely know the name, but not his work.  Will check him out!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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