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Great lists. Thank you all.

 

[Mrtn77]

A few perennial favorites, mostly "early music" played on historical instruments, things I've not seen mentionned heretofore. A few are, sadly, out of print, but when has that stopped anyone ?:
 
Guillaume Dufay, O Gemma Lux, Complete Isorythmic Motets, Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel, Harmonia Mundi
 
Josquin Desprez, Missa Pange Lingua, Ensemble Organum, Ensemble Clément Janequin, Marcel Pérès, Harmonia Mundi
 
Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo, Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido, K617
 
Henry Purcell, Fantasias for the Viols, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall, Auvidis
 
Antoine Forqueray, Pièces de Viole avec la Basse Continue, Paolo Pandolfo, Glossa
 
François Couperin, Les Nations, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall, Astrée Auvidis
 
J-S Bach, Great Organ Works, Gustav Leonhardt, Sony Vivarte
 
J-S Bach, The Well-Tempered Keyboard, Gustav Leonhardt, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
 
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Pièces de Luth, Hopkinson Smith, Astrée Auvidis
 
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Boréades, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Gardiner, Erato
 
Alban Berg, Wozzeck, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Boulez, Sony

 

[W0lfd0g]

 
I prefer the recording below, but wanted an easy link to a portion of the work that you could preview.
 

 

[calaf]

I have put together on spotify a (huge) playlist containing all recordings of the big tyson list I could find there, plus a few middle-of-the-road replacements for the missing ones. Here is the url to the list
 http://open.spotify.com/user/1231388220/playlist/1rHT4oIROI9UKN5hPH8kD2
and the spotify URI
spotify:user:1231388220laylist:1rHT4oIROI9UKN5hPH8kD2
 
It is a collaborative list so please feel free to add any missing recording as they become available. Some day I will find the courage to try to put together something similar to tyson's list,  but for opera...

 

[Nachash]

Hi, may I ask for something similar to this? I don't know exactly where to start.
 

thanks. 

 

[paristhecure]

Just wanted to thank you for the list and I was wondering what you think about Philip Glass. I think it would be a good addition to the list.

 

[bigshot]

Phillip Glass is a monotonous hack.

 

[Tyson]

Agree with bigshot - Glass tries my patience more often than not.  John Adams, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich are all much more interesting composers from the "minimalist" school.

 

[bigshot]

I'm a maximalist. Too much is never enough.

 

[Freerider]

Nice list, Thanks!

 

[widmerpool]

I like the Koyannisquatsi trilogy soundtracks, Dracula, and the Low Symphony. Agree with preference for Reich though.
 
I'd also put George Crumb, Kaija Saariaho, and Arvo Part on the list of essential contemporary composers.
 
Sibelius Symphonies - Maazel Vienna Philharmonic
 
Biber Violin Sonatas - Romanesca
 
Biber Mystery Sonatas - Andrew Manze

 

[Anthony Lo]

Thank you Tyson, what a wonderful list. Thanks again !!!

 

[Anthony Lo]

Do you have a recommendation for "Mozart - Magic Flute" ? 

 

[calaf]

try this


it's a great cast of Mozart specialists, Keenlyside is a great vocal comedian as Papageno, and the two ladies are appropriately intense and lovely (respectively). Colin Davis direction is very conservative, but things are kept alive but what's happening on stage. The production has drawn some criticism - considered too dark for the subject matter. Personally I find it beautiful and well attuned to the music and story.

 

[Light - Man]

I seems like this thread is dead - what a shame!