KlassikNet: 101 Best Classical CDs
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KlassikNet: 101 Best Classical CDs
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101 Best Classical Music CDs: Building The Ultimate Record Collection By Hugues Mousseau and Joseph E. Romero |
Early + Baroque Music Hadyn - Mozart - Beethoven Austro - German Early Romanticism Austro - German Romanticism Romanticism in France + Spain Romanticism in Russia + Eastern Europe Post - Romanticism Italian Opera 20th Century in France + Spain 20th Century in Eastern Europe + Russia 20th Century in Vienna 20th Century in the Americas 20th Century in Britain |
Just as great wines have their great years, so works of
music have their "vintage" recordings which are of major
historical significance and establish the standards by which all other
recorded performances are judged.
The comparison stops there because the shelf-price of a great recording is most often the same as a mediocre one. Over 500 new releases come on to the market each month. Unless you are a specialist, who knows the real value of what's in the bins? Building a coherent record library can therefore be a daunting task, not to say very expensive if you get it wrong! KLASSIKNET's 101 Best proposes a collection of vintage recordings worthy of the most demanding connoisseur. Here's our first pick. To explore our others, choose from the list on the left.
Carlos Kleiber, conductor Sony Classical This really isn't as corny as it looks. Carlos Kleiber and his Viennese band knock the socks off these dances. Strauss waltzes and polkas were the Saturday Night Fever of Imperial Vienna. Today, this is a big Eurovision event watched by millions of Europeans nursing hangovers on New Year's Day. |