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Basic Repertoire or flogging a dead horse

Not much interest in the thread I initiated on coming up with a basic repertoire of audiophile quality cds and lps of orchestral music. Maybe this shows the importance attributed to music over equipment on 'Agon. Maybe everybody is away on vacation. Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree. Maybe the kids simply don't like me... Oh well. As a first (and maybe last) instalment of this thing, does anyone care to suggest the best of the following:

BACH:
Brandenburg Concertos
Suites for Orchestra

BARBER:
Adagio for Strings

BARTOK:
Concerto for Orchestra

At least I tried!

Good day.
pbb

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gregm
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Pbb: in my case, the tough part is yr request for "quality recording":) I usually go for the performance & hope for the sonic quality... which is rarely there, to be honest!

Coming to yr pieces.
The Antiqua Koln Orch. recording for Bach's Brandenburg & others (Archiv/DG -- CD).

Don't remember which Bartok is sonically pleasing-- will get back to you on that. (Don't know about Barber, sorry).

I could add to suggestions above:
Orff/Carmina Burana - Jochum -- DG (LP)
Mahler 2nd - Klemperer+Philarmonia (EMI, LP & cd)
Mahler 5th - Barbirolli (EMI "great recordings" or is it BBC classics? CD)
Scheherazade / Telarc (not a top-notch performance but powerful dynamics)
Berlioz /Symphonie Fantastique/ Munch (CD, japanese edition of Mercury, I think. I also have a CBS LP of this -- so, I may be quoting the wrong label s/where: cbs is Sony nowadays)

Cheers
gregm
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Back to Bartok's Concerto for Orch: to my knowledge, the better sounding one is w/ Chicago S. Orch/Boulez (DG -- CD).
I prefer Chicago/Reiner (RCA -- LP, probably CD too), but the sound is not audiophile quality! Cheers
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