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Re: Classical Beginner

Posted by edta on April 19, 2000 at 18:34:32:
If you like Beethoven's 9th and Mozart you will like the other Beethoven Symphonies. Sym #3 cond by Von Matacic, Sym #s 5&7 by Carlos Kleiber, Sym #6 by Walter. My favorite Beethoven 9 is by Toscanini. If you like piano there are no better piano sonatas than Beethoven's. Try Rubinstein doing the Moonlight, Pathetique and Appassionata. The late piano sonatas and quartets by Beethoven are the pinnacle of classical music. Schnabel and Solomon in the piano. The Busch quartet and the Yale in the quartets. Many also swear by the Vegh Quartet in these late quartets.
Schubert's Unfinished symphony is a great work you may also want to check out. Re Mozart, my feeling is that it is Szell and Walter in the symphonies, although many on here regard Bohm's versions as excellent. Szell's 3 CD reissue is really great, the only one that falls down is #40 and you can get Bruno Walter's version of that.
I'm not big on Vivaldi, but I like Marriner on Argo in the Four Seasons.
Instead of Vivaldi I would suggest Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Pinnock did a nice version on Archiv. Bach piano concertos and solo works by Glenn Gould. Many, many other Bach works.