Inessential classics - who owns lots of them

[Barbirollians]

Inspired by Rob's thread I find I have multiple recordings of what would be regarded by many as inessential classics.

HS and Caliban for example would no doubt be baffled to find that i have all the following Chopin Piano Concertos !

Coupled


Argerich/Dutoit
Perahia/Mehta
Rubinstein 1960s
Zimerman/Giulini ( superb in No2 - could convert anyone !)
Vasary
Kissin in 1984


Argerich/Abbado - No1
Argerich?rostropovich No2
Argerich in Lugano No 1
Lipatti( the real not the fake one ) 1
Pollini/Kletzki No1 ( still stupendous after 50 years )


Any inessential classics - that somehow have invaded your collection in multiple version s?

[EdgeleyRob]

I've got quite a few Eine Kleine Nachts.

[Nick Armstrong]

Inspired by Rob's thread I find I have multiple recordings of what would be regarded by many as inessential classics.

HS and Caliban for example would no doubt be baffled to find that i have all the following Chopin Piano Concertos !

Coupled


Argerich/Dutoit
Perahia/Mehta
Rubinstein 1960s
Zimerman/Giulini ( superb in No2 - could convert anyone !)
Vasary
Kissin in 1984


Argerich/Abbado - No1
Argerich?rostropovich No2
Argerich in Lugano No 1
Lipatti( the real not the fake one ) 1
Pollini/Kletzki No1 ( still stupendous after 50 years )


Any inessential classics - that somehow have invaded your collection in multiple version s?

Thanks for the namecheck ....but that you should have the Chopin PCs doesn't baffle me at all: I love "No 1" and it usually means you get "No 2" as well, which I like much less. Oddly though, I don't have any of the No-1-only recordings you mention above.

I have:

No 1 only
Maria Joao Pires
Jan Lisiecki (d/l)

Coupled
Neighbour Vasary
Kissin (same one as you)
Perahia
Rubinstein
Rafal Blechacz

[Barbirollians]

The Pollini is magnificent ! As is his recording of the Etudes from the same time which he refused to let be released until they appeared on Testament last year .

Many of his later DG Chopin records have struck me as rather chilly - but these are breathtaking and the Pollini Kletzki can be found for about £4 in its laterst EMI Masters release

Have you listened to Vasary's No2 yet - it was my first recording of the piece on cassette - lovely playing .

[Barbirollians]

Perhaps more inconceivable is to have three recordings of the Rustic Wedding Symphony ! ( Gunzenhauser ( a candidate for the charity shop ) , Previn and Lenny B

[Nick Armstrong]

Have you listened to Vasary's No2 yet - it was my first recording of the piece on cassette - lovely playing .

No ... and I must.

[PJPJ]

Perhaps more inconceivable is to have three recordings of the Rustic Wedding Symphony ! ( Gunzenhauser ( a candidate for the charity shop ) , Previn and Lenny B

And not Beecham? Shame!

[cloughie]

Perhaps more inconceivable is to have three recordings of the Rustic Wedding Symphony ! ( Gunzenhauser ( a candidate for the charity shop ) , Previn and Lenny B

How about having 5?

Abravanel
Bernstein
Gunzenhauser
Lopez-Cobos
Previn

...I have acquired several Boleros which I dislike intensely and Sorcerer's Apprentice which I have tired of - but being relatively short pieces they come coupled to things I really want and like.

[MickyD]

Despite the fact that I have an embarrassing amount of the Brandenburg Concertos, any new version that catches my eye is invariably snapped up.

[Parry1912]

I've got five versions of Zemlinsky's 'Lyric Symphony':

Chailly
Conlon
Gielen
Maazel
Sinopoli

Six versions of Walton's Violin Concerto:

Bell
Chung
Haendel
Kennedy
Little
Heifetz

I could pare this down but some are in boxed sets and others are coupled with things that I want to keep. Mind you, I used to have seven versions (Accardo).

[Barbirollians]

And not Beecham? Shame!

Well indeed but seems even to be unavailable from marketplace sellers .

Going back to Chopin 2 - Argerich and Rostropovich were pretty marvellous in this too- just given it a whirl again.

[Pabmusic]

My little contribution is an obsessive series of recordings of the Kalinnikov symphonies. Hardly 'essential' classics, but they would both be in my top 20 all-time favourites.

Both symphonies:

Svetlanov/USSR SO
Kucher/Ukraine Natnl Orch
Dudarova/Russian SO
Jarvi/RSNO
Bakels/Malaysian PO

The first only:

Toscannini/NBC SO
Kondrashin/Moscow PO
Golovanov/USSR SO
Scherechen/Czech PO

The second only:

Mravinsky/Leningrad PO

[Sir Velo]

I've got five versions of Zemlinsky's 'Lyric Symphony':

Six versions of Walton's Violin Concerto:

:

In what sense are the Zemlinksy or Walton "inessential"?

To my mind they are major landmarks in the 20th century; particularly the Zemlinsky.

[Parry1912]

In what sense are the Zemlinksy or Walton "inessential"?

To my mind they are major landmarks in the 20th century; particularly the Zemlinsky.

Calm down, calm down!

Obviously I think so or I wouldn't have acquired so many versions. But I'm sure many people without our taste would see them as 'inessential'.

[Roehre]

In what sense are the Zemlinksy or Walton "inessential"?

To my mind they are major landmarks in the 20th century; particularly the Zemlinsky.

Not inessential. But I hardly know any work worth having more than 2 performances on one's shelf