Friday, November 3, 2017

Last Two Classes - Recommended Recordings

Bruckner: Symphony no. 7
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Brahms: Symphony no. 1
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Brahms: Symphony no. 2
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Brahms: Symphony no 3
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Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann (their CD recording is even better, but it was too hard to find)
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Brahms: Symphony no: 4
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1 "Winter Daydreams"
Honorable Mentions:
London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 
(these are in no way the usual recommendations, but I find the traditional Russian way in this piece is too slow and unimaginative. The first three are from 1929, 1941, and 1936, in listenable sound but hardly even adequate by today's standards. They are of an individuality that would never be considered bad taste today - but are glorious. Leonard Bernstein and Wilhelm Furtwangler have something like this freedom, but they usually take ten minutes longer with it, and it gets boring.)
Special Medals:
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Honorable Mention
New York Philharmonic/Jaap Van Zweden

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