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    Three New Classical Selections

    From the dozens of choices for the Beethoven classics, I just got the 5th & 6th Symphonies from Karajan on Deutsche Grammophon.........no more information required.
    For the 9th Symphony I found John Eliot Gardiner featuring soprano Luba Organasova and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique -- this one has a 5-star rating.
    And finally, Jorge Frederico Osorio conducting the Asturias Symphony Orchestra for Brahams Piano Concerto # 2 and Brahams Piano Sonata # 2.

    Currently enjoying all five of these magnificent works on my computer at work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterCylinder View Post
    From the dozens of choices for the Beethoven classics, I just got the 5th & 6th Symphonies from Karajan on Deutsche Grammophon.........no more information required.
    For the 9th Symphony I found John Eliot Gardiner featuring soprano Luba Organasova and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique -- this one has a 5-star rating.
    And finally, Jorge Frederico Osorio conducting the Asturias Symphony Orchestra for Brahams Piano Concerto # 2 and Brahams Piano Sonata # 2.

    Currently enjoying all five of these magnificent works on my computer at work.
    Thank you for sharing your insights, MC.

    I have several versions of the Beethoven symphonies, though as it happens neither the 5th or 6th by Karajan -- note that Kavajan recording the complete Beethoven symphonies on three separate occasions over the years.

    To single out the 5th, I have two versions I like in particular: (1) Karlos Kleiber / Vienna Philharmonic, (2) Roger Norrington / London Classic Players. They are VERY different interpretations but it's possible to like both.

    I agree that John Eliot Gardner's 9th is great.

    I've never heard the Osorio version of the Brahms Piano Concertos, though I have a couple of other versions. I like the Ax/Levine/Chicago version of the No. 1 in particular.

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    Thank you.
    I like listening to the classics on the computer at work.
    I am glad to add these three to the selections.
    I have been listening over and over to a 10-CD box set of the Rachmaninov Piano Music (Idel Biret) and also to a Boris Berezovsky playing of Liszt, including his Piano Concertos 1 & 2, and also a fabulous reading of The Totentanz.
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    new Velodyne sub
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    Big, clean sound @ 800 watts

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterCylinder View Post
    From the dozens of choices for the Beethoven classics, I just got the 5th & 6th Symphonies from Karajan on Deutsche Grammophon.........no more information required.
    For the 9th Symphony I found John Eliot Gardiner featuring soprano Luba Organasova and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique -- this one has a 5-star rating.
    And finally, Jorge Frederico Osorio conducting the Asturias Symphony Orchestra for Brahams Piano Concerto # 2 and Brahams Piano Sonata # 2.

    Currently enjoying all five of these magnificent works on my computer at work.
    English, please.

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