Dave Hurwitz at Classical.net is the best resource for great recordings. He has great YouTube videos where he reviews and compares the best recordings and the website has a lot more. But he's fun to watch and has impeccable taste.
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I'm starting a Classical Music (cd) Collection and this seems to be a great resource.
I know this is a lot to ask, but most of the recommendation links are broken. Anyone have some suggestions as to which are the best renditions of each work?
TIA
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Agree that Dave Hurwitz at https://www.classicstoday.com/ is a great resource. His YouTube videos are generally excellent and always amusing. He has strong opinions on just about everything and is very well informed. You may not always agree with him, of course. |
OP, I am assuming you want to build a collection BUT you are not familiar with Classical music? If that's the case, boy are you in luck! By any chance do you spin CD's? People literally are giving CD's away. Secondly, there is a company called "Great Courses" These are study guides on many subjects. I own one called "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music". You could likely pick it up dirt cheap. Again this is a CD collection. Maybe they are online at this point. I don't know. I could recommend a few CD's that I own that are very relatable. I listen to about anything with Neville Mariner like the soundtrack to "Amadeus" I have more excellent suggestions if you like. Joe |
If you want to enjoy Bach, consider he is a BAROQUE composer, not a classical. There was no piano at that time, so discount any recording using the awful piano. Second, most performances use the dreaded vibrato as a sauce. However, according to JS Bach himself, vibrato is an ORNAMENT, ranked #13, so to be used very sparingly. For all baroque composers, Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Biber, +++, look for musicians using HIPP approach: Historically Informed Performance Practice. Eg. Tafelmusik from Toronto. |
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