Favourite Compilations

[Barbirollians]

Whether of previously recorded material or original and including the work of more than one composer.

I doubt any record gives me more consistent pleasure than Decca's 2CD set Kathleen Ferrier a Tribute and is one I commonly turn to - spruced up remasterings and pretty much her greatest hits barring Das Lied von Der Erde .

Of original Records released as compilations - the Previn record including The Sea Interludes and Egdon Heath another favourite of mine , Callas's record of Lyric and Coloratura arias and of course the Art of the Prima Donna.

What are yours ?

[pastoralguy]

I've always enjoyed the soundtrack to 'Amadeus'. Lovely for a long car journey.

[mathias broucek]

There’s a lovely 2cd compilation based on the novel “A Certain Music”

[cloughie]

An EMI Forte issue with Previn’s Tchaikovsky Manfred and Temirkanov’s Rachmaninov Sym 2.

[Pulcinella]

Not exactly a favourite (yet) as it only arrived and got listened to on 22 March (as noted on the 'What are you listening to now' thread), but I like the concept behind this CD, a reconstruction of a concert given in Basel on 17 January 1947 with three world premieres:

Martinu: Toccata e due canzoni
Stravinsky: Concerto in D
Honegger: Symphony 4 (Deliciae basiliensis)

Kammerorchesterbasel/Hogwood

[pastoralguy]

Funnily enough, when I was trawling the Charity Shops this morning, I found a lovely cd of French songs from Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet and, a great favourite, Lucien Boyer.

[vinteuil]

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... I'm normally averse to the whole idea of 'compilation albums', but have to confess I have been listening to this one many, many times since it came out last year :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0783Z472D

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[pastoralguy]

As a young violin student I was always on the look out for what I suppose could be called 'Calling Cards' from whatever up and coming fiddle player was new on the scene. These lollipop discs, (Lps of course in the 1970's!), tended to be a hotch potch of short items designed to show off the players skill. Although I loved them at the time, I've rather found my feelings palling towards them. That bloody 'Meditation' from Thais always seemed to appear!

Perlman was the real master of these discs and I still find myself pulling his discs out today but few other players.