With over a thousand CDs and a far more varied taste than most
people would credit me for, I find it difficult to start. Here are
some examples of the music I enjoy
| Mahler |
The Symphonies and Lieder. All of Mahler’s symphonies
have been so deeply influential to me that I find it difficult
to write in brief on this subject. Try the first movement of
the third and ninth symphonies, the fourth movement of the fourth
or “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” for a start.
In live performance, I have been most deeply moved by performances
conducted by Ricardo Chailly with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. |
| Mahler |
1st Symphony, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra |
| Mahler |
2nd Symphony, conducted by Klaus Tennstedt, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Mahler |
3rd Symphony, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, with the City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| Mahler |
4th Symphony, conducted by Otto Klemperer with the Philharmonia
Orchesta and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
| Mahler |
5th Symphony: conducted by Ricardo Chailly, with the Concertgebouw
Orchestra |
| Mahler |
6th Symphony, conducted by Bernard Haitink, with the Concertgebouw
Orchestra |
| Mahler |
7th Symphony, conducted by Claudio Abbado, with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra |
| Mahler |
Das Lied von der Erde: conducted by Otto Klemperer with the
Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras, Christa Ludwig
and Fritz Wunderlich |
| Mahler |
8th Symphony: conducted by Klaus Tennstedt, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Tiffin School
Boy’s Choir and soloists |
| Mahler |
9th Symphony, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli with the Berliner
Philharmoniker |
| Mahler |
Kindertötenlieder, sung by Janet Baker, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli |
| Wagner |
Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Karl Böhm, with the
choir and orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele |
| Wagner |
Parsifal, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, with the Wiener Philharmoniker |
| Wagner |
Der Ring des Niebelungen, conducted by Sir Geore Solti |
| Bruckner |
9th Symphony conducted by Günter Wand, with the Berliner
Philharmoniker |
| Richard Strauss |
Salome, conducted by Sir Georg Solti with the Wiener Philharmoniker
and Birgit Nilsson |
| Schubert |
Schwanengesang D957 sung by Dietrich Ficher-Dieskau, with
Gerald Moore on the Piano |
| Schubert |
Fantasia for Piano, Four hands in F minor, D940 with Murray
Perahia and Radu Lupu |
| Verdi |
Il Trovatore, conducted by Richard Bonynge, with the London
Opera Chorus and National Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Puccini |
La Bohème, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, with the
RCA Victor Orchestra and chorus |
| Mozart |
Sonata in E minor KV304 (300c), with Maria João Pires
on the piano and Augustin Dumay on the violin |
| Mozart |
Die Zauberflöte, conducted by Bernard Haitink, with the
chorus and symphony orchestra of the Bayerischen Rundfunk |
| Rachmaninov |
3rd Piano Concerto in D minor, with Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| CPE Bach |
Symphonies 1-6, conducted by Emil Klein with the Hamburg soloists |
| JS Bach |
Musikalisches Opfer, BWV1079 “RICERCAR” |
| Debussy |
Nocturnes, conducted by Pierre Boulez |
| Canteloube |
Chants D’Auvergne, sung by Victoria de los Angeles,
with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, conducted by Jean-Pierre
Jacquillat |
| Cleo Laine |
“Wordsongs” |
| New Order |
Substance |
| Pet Shop Boys |
Actually |
| Seal |
Seal |
| Jamiroquai |
Emergency on planet Earth |
