In Reply to: If you want superb sound you won't get the finest performances of most of the important works. posted by edta on April 1, 2007 at 17:36:49:
Ok, some picks from recordings I like in very good to excellent sound. All are on SACD and I ONLY recommend those SACD versions.Szell and Cleveland Orchestra on Sony:
Wagner Orchestral Music
Grieg, Bizet, Mussorgsky
Strauss WaltzesReiner and Chicago Orchestra on RCA:
Strauss Don Quixote
Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade
Bartok Concerto for OrchestraArtur Rubinstein Piano on RCA;
Beethoven Sonatas
Chopin BalladesVan Cliburn Piano on RCA:
Tchaikovsky Piano Cto #1 & Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2
Vanska on BIS:
Beethoven Ninth Symphony
Boulez on Sony:
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra and Miraculous Mandarin
Dorati on Mercury:
Enesco Romanian Rhapsody and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies
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- Some picks - edta 17:57:56 04/01/07 (0)