I don’t quite know where to start so this will be a jumble. If I had to do the Desert Island thing, it would be his seventies Debussy and Ravel with the Concertgebouw, which was the first time I had heard this French music with just a touch of Mittel Europa suavity, with the Orchestra beautifully recorded in the peak of analog by Phillips. I also love his Schubert Nine (Eight?) from the same time with the burnished sound of that superlative Orchestra, and superb pacing that doesn’t make the piece seem overlong.
His Shostakovich and RVW Symphonies were formative experiences for me. Many of them were my initial acquaintances with the works. I will single out his DSCH 4 (I have both his LPO and CSO recordings, which are remarkably consistent, I purchased the latter after attemding the Concerts from which it is culled), which blew me away with it’s ferocity, and the RVW Antarctica, which opened my eyes to RVW as a Symphonist.
His Beethoven PC cycles with Perahia are long term favorites.
And yours?
His Shostakovich and RVW Symphonies were formative experiences for me. Many of them were my initial acquaintances with the works. I will single out his DSCH 4 (I have both his LPO and CSO recordings, which are remarkably consistent, I purchased the latter after attemding the Concerts from which it is culled), which blew me away with it’s ferocity, and the RVW Antarctica, which opened my eyes to RVW as a Symphonist.
His Beethoven PC cycles with Perahia are long term favorites.
And yours?