I have a degree in vocal performance and classical music flowed through my veins all through high school and college until I left it behind, sick of all the uppity, head up their own ass reviewers who say with 20,000 words that which can be said with 2. ( The cadenza of the first movement is really brilliant and virtuosic, full of unspeakable difficulties yet entirely suitable in presenting the themes )--gag me with a spoon, pal..
anyway.. I still enjoy classical music(and still despise classical cd reviewers(why couldnt there be a lester bangs of classical reviewers? he got to the point and wasn't obsessed with himself)
anyway..these are my desert island discs. enjoy!
Arvo Part- Te Deum(ECM)
Morton Lauridsen-Lux Aeterna(RCM)
Gorecki-Symphony of Sorrowful Songs(Nonesuch)
Music for a Glass Bead Game - John Marks Records
Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa- Nonesuch
Eric Bibb & Needed Time - Sprit and the Blues - Opus 3
Appalachian Waltz SK68460 Sony
Appalachian Journey-Sony
Short Trip Home- Sony
Mark Isham - Blue Sun- K67227 Columbia
The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland - Dorian
Brahms/Mozart Clarinet Quintets, Mitchell Lurie and the Muir Quartet on Eco classics- An absolutely stunning performance and recording. IMO, the one that all others should be judged.
Brahms complete trios- Beaux Arts Trio- Phillips Duo
Daugherty- Metropolis Symphony (Argo)
Schubert-Lieder w/ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore (DG)
Shostakovich Symphony #1 and #7, Chicago/Bernstein (DG)
Messiaen- Concert a quatre/Les Offrandes oubliees, etc... Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille, Myung-whun Chung (DG)
Smetana- Ma Vlast Levine/Vienna (DG)
Schwantner- Percussion Concerto, Evelyn Glennie/National Symphony/Slatkin (RCA Red Seal)
Rachel Podger - Bach Sonatas & Partitas [solo] on baroque violin, Channel Classics
Shaw conducting Poulenc Mass in G Major, Quatre Petite Prieres de St. Francois, Quatre Motets de Penitence, & Quatre Motets de Noel [his Faure and Dupre Requiems are lovely as well], Telarc
All Baltimore Consort Dorian Recordings
Chanticleer- Missa pro defunctis, Palestrina Motets. (Teldec)
Aaron Rosand playing music of Pablo de Sarasate. (Vox)
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances etc RR-96, Minnesota Orch, Oue, a Keith Johnson recording that will restore one's faith in what 44/16 can do.
http://classicalcdreview.com/srsd.htm
Bach-Oster Oratorium, Collegium Vocale Philippe Herreweghe, (Harmonia Mundi)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson-Live at Ravinia(Harmonia Mundi)-Her last recording. Masterfully recorded by my internet mentor, Hudson Fair. (yes, that is his real name)
EMI Verdi Requiem DVD
The John Eliot Gardiner/Philharmonia performance of The Plantes(Deutsche Gramophon)
Antonio Vivaldi: La Straganza - Rachel Podger: Arte Dei Suonatori, (Channel Classics)
Anouar Brahem -Le Pas Du Chat Noir(ECM)
El Cant de la Sibil-la(Alia VOx)
Gary Karr/Harmon Lewis- Adagio D
I have a degree in vocal performance and classical music flowed through my veins all through high school and college until I left it behind, sick of all the uppity, head up their own ass reviewers who say with 20,000 words that which can be said with 2. ( The cadenza of the first movement is really brilliant and virtuosic, full of unspeakable difficulties yet entirely suitable in presenting the themes )--gag me with a spoon, pal..
anyway.. I still enjoy classical music(and still despise classical cd reviewers(why couldnt there be a lester bangs of classical reviewers? he got to the point and wasn't obsessed with himself)
anyway..these are my desert island discs. enjoy!
Arvo Part- Te Deum(ECM)
Morton Lauridsen-Lux Aeterna(RCM)
Gorecki-Symphony of Sorrowful Songs(Nonesuch)
Music for a Glass Bead Game - John Marks Records
Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa- Nonesuch
Eric Bibb & Needed Time - Sprit and the Blues - Opus 3
Appalachian Waltz SK68460 Sony
Appalachian Journey-Sony
Short Trip Home- Sony
Mark Isham - Blue Sun- K67227 Columbia
The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland - Dorian
Brahms/Mozart Clarinet Quintets, Mitchell Lurie and the Muir Quartet on Eco classics- An absolutely stunning performance and recording. IMO, the one that all others should be judged.
Brahms complete trios- Beaux Arts Trio- Phillips Duo
Daugherty- Metropolis Symphony (Argo)
Schubert-Lieder w/ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore (DG)
Shostakovich Symphony #1 and #7, Chicago/Bernstein (DG)
Messiaen- Concert a quatre/Les Offrandes oubliees, etc... Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille, Myung-whun Chung (DG)
Smetana- Ma Vlast Levine/Vienna (DG)
Schwantner- Percussion Concerto, Evelyn Glennie/National Symphony/Slatkin (RCA Red Seal)
Rachel Podger - Bach Sonatas & Partitas [solo] on baroque violin, Channel Classics
Shaw conducting Poulenc Mass in G Major, Quatre Petite Prieres de St. Francois, Quatre Motets de Penitence, & Quatre Motets de Noel [his Faure and Dupre Requiems are lovely as well], Telarc
All Baltimore Consort Dorian Recordings
Chanticleer- Missa pro defunctis, Palestrina Motets. (Teldec)
Aaron Rosand playing music of Pablo de Sarasate. (Vox)
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances etc RR-96, Minnesota Orch, Oue, a Keith Johnson recording that will restore one's faith in what 44/16 can do.
http://classicalcdreview.com/srsd.htm
Bach-Oster Oratorium, Collegium Vocale Philippe Herreweghe, (Harmonia Mundi)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson-Live at Ravinia(Harmonia Mundi)-Her last recording. Masterfully recorded by my internet mentor, Hudson Fair. (yes, that is his real name)
EMI Verdi Requiem DVD
The John Eliot Gardiner/Philharmonia performance of The Plantes(Deutsche Gramophon)
Antonio Vivaldi: La Straganza - Rachel Podger: Arte Dei Suonatori, (Channel Classics)
Anouar Brahem -Le Pas Du Chat Noir(ECM)
El Cant de la Sibil-la(Alia VOx)
Gary Karr/Harmon Lewis- Adagio D