Favorite Classical Recordings in association with amazon.com


Here are some of my favorite classical recordings, the sort I would take to sustain me if I were trapped on a desert island. What about your top classical favorites? Feel free to email me with yours. I may start a page of visitor favorites. You can click on any cd image to go to amazon.com and order the disk

List of Composers

Haydn Mozart Vivaldi

Haydn
Piano Sonatas (62) and Variations (Complete).

McCabe offers a lovely 12 CD survey of Haydn's piano music which sparkles throughout. The readings are unforced and let the music speak for itself. These performances feature a charm and wit special to Haydn, and plenty of power and drama that will surprise and delight. A wonderful journey in to the under-appreciated world of Haydn's genius. Hours of pleasure await you! [LONDON (Decca) 443785 ] (12 disks).
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Mozart
Piano Concertos Nos. 8 K. 246; 23, K. 488; 24 K.491; 27 K. 595.

Recorded by Wilhelm Kempff, piano and the Bamburg and Berlin Symphony Orchestras directed by Ferdinand Leitner. Concertos 23 in A major and 24 in C minor breathe perfection from every note with a crystalline beauty rarely found in Mozart on disk. These performances received a rosette from the Penguin Guide. Concerto No. 8 in C major receives a cool, clean interpretation, No. 27 offers a lovely, poetic interpretation of a transcendant Mozart finally at peace as his life draws to a close. [DG 439699 ] (2 disks).
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Vivaldi
Concerti Op 8/ 1-4. "The Four Seasons"

Recorded by the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner in the 1970's, this version offers a sense of poetic fantasy combined with restrained power. A truely unique recording [Agro 414 468].
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