In Reply to: Recommend 5 top classical recordings posted by gunnar on March 31, 2007 at 14:20:46:
Oh, but there are so many.Here are some favorites:
Mozart, Symphonies nos. 35, 41, Haydn Symphony no. 104,. Josef Krips and René Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Reissued on Chesky CD16
Brahms, Symphony no. 4, Fritz Reiner, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Reissued on Chesky CD6
Smetana, “Ma Vlast“ (“My Homeland“), Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.550931
Beethoven, "Symphonies Nos. 6 and 8," René Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Reissued on Chesky CD69
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra. Telarc CD-80042. Not my favorite performance but a good one in spectacular sound. I don't own it, but have heard the library's copy. My favorite recording is with Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orchestra but the sound, while quite good, is not in the same class.
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