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What recommendations for "entry level" works or recordings by these guys?"I guess I just fell in with the wrong crowd" - that's what I'll tell my head-banger wife when I bring it home from record shopping this afternoon.
Visiting the forum has actually made me interested in this stuff. Thanks, I think.
The Ring: Orchestral Highlights(Munich, Konwitshny cond.), Urania release; too quiet and non-dynamic pressing, not very clear instrmentation but inspired performance. Need to give it another chance turned up louder, but the rumble was getting pretty bad approaching 3 o'clock on the ol' Planer 2 as it was. Something just ain't right with that pressing.Wagner - Flying Dutchman, Siegfied Idyll, Vensberg from Tannhaeuser (Vienna, Sawallisch cond.), Turnabout Vox release. Wow! The real thing IMHO. Great sound quality. Can't wait to play this on the way to the dump.
Karajan Conducts Wagner, album one - Tannhauser Overature, Lohengrin, Prelude, etc. (Berlin Philharmonic), Angel-EMI release. Wonderful sound quality, loud, rich, dynamic, clear EXCEPT for abundant surface noise. I'm goin' back to try one of their other copies of this baby.
And they were all $2.50 each. Forgot to look for new/used Basie I was so excited. Thanks for the tips guys. (Is Gillette foamy the best?)
... I suggest you ease yourself in by purchasing a selection of his overtures. Excerps from Lohengrin will be familiar (I will not spoil it further but investigate - you will be surprised). If you feel like taking the operatic plunge try "The Flying Dutchman" as this is an early work and very easy to listen to. As posted below "The Ring" is the ultimate but ease yourself in gently.I agree with all the Tchaik. posts below. Do not overlook "Swan Lake" & "Sleeping Beauty". It was Tchaik. who legitimised ballet as an art form in its own right. Before him ballet was inserted in the middle of operas, often without much relation to the plot, possibly to titillate some of the audience. On this theme the ballet at the start of Wagner's "Tanhauser" is sometimes particularly erotic. I have a laserdisc of the complete work which is great to perve over!!
Peace at AA
John
That's what the erotic part in Tannhauser is called.Rob
Wagner excerpts from the Ring by George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra on a budget Sony are essential. Wagner excerpts by Furtwangler are also excellent. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 by Van Cliburn. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker , many good versions--Rodzinski, Dorati and others. Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture and Marche Slav, many good versions. Tchaikovsky Symphony #6, many good versions.
You can join me in exploring Wagner dpy, as I just asked for recommendations a couple of days ago. Why don't you ease into him with orchestral pieces? You'll be surprised how familiar they are. For Tchaikovsky I'd start with his Violin Concerto. If you pick up the disc by Kyung Wha Chung, you'll get the violin concertos by Tchai, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Sibelius. That would be a great way of starting out, and your wife might even like it enough to keep her from wondering just what else you've gotten into without letting her know, none of us ever needs those kind of thoughts from a wife.John
on the Chung recommendation. If you want less initial investment, I would suggest Chung's debut album - I made her sound like a rock guitarist - which contains Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin concertos, conducted by Andre Previn. Emotional, passionate and easy to relate to. That recording was my introduction to classical music.
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