Just enjoy the beautiful music

1. Bach Guild - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc etc / Tomasow, et al

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performers: Tomasow, Jan (Violin), Heiller, Anton (Harpsichord), Ganoci, Anton (Mandolin), Pavlinek, Ferdo (Mandolin), Wobisch, Helmut (Trumpet), Holler, Adolf (Trumpet)
Orchestras/Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
Conductor: Janigro, AntonioIgor Stravinsky, the great Russian composer, considered this version of The Four Seasons "The best interpretation of this work during the past twenty years".

The conductor Antonio Janigro (1918-1989) was an expert in 18th century music "discovered" by Pablo Casals (1876-1973), the father of cellist.

Besides the best version of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", I highly recommend the "Concerto for 2 Mandolins" in this CD.
The interpretation is so elegant. The recording years are from 1957-1964 that we called "the golden era of recordings". The sound effect of "vaccum tube stereo" in this CD I consider much better than modern digital recordings.
You may compare this version with N Kennedy's and you'll find that why he should be completely forgotten.

2. Serenata - A Bouquet of Favorites for Stringsscreen
Composers: Tomaso Albinoni, Arcangelo Corelli, Luigi Boccherini, Maria Theresia Paradis, Ottorino Respighi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gio Battista Pergolesi, Jean Sibelius, Samuel Barber, Franz Joseph Haydn

Performer: Baker, Julius (Flute)Orchestras/Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
Conductor: Janigro, Antonio

Another great recording by Antonio Janigro with "Ultra Analog Stereo".

3. William Boyce Eight

Composer: William BoyceConductor: Antonio JanigroPerformer: Herbert TacheziLabel: Vanguard Classics - #46

4.Stokowski

Conducts Vivaldi/Bach/Corelli/

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, et al.
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Performer: Igor KipnisLabel: Vanguard Classics - #8009

This CD also contains the best version of Correli's "Christmas Concerto".
About the great conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977), I'll post his biography later here.

5. Mozart: Serenades et Divertimenti Vol 2 / Sandor Vegh

Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
2. Serenade no 6 in D major, K 239 "Serenata notturna"
3. Divertimento for String Quartet in B flat major, K 137 (125b)
4. Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a)
Conductor: Vegh, SandorEnsemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica
Sander Vegh (1905?-1997) is one of the greatest conductor in the music of Mozart and Hydan. He is also a great violinist. One of his teacher is the great violinist Jeno Hubay (1858-1937).
His version of Mozart's "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K525 is the best stereo version. It's so magnificent! You can compare it with other "routine" performances.

6.Jascha Horenstein conducts Mozart: Symphonies, etc screen
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPerformers: Lipp, Wilma (Soprano), Ludwig, Christa (Mezzo Soprano), Dickie, Murray (Tenor), Berry, Walter (Bass Baritone)Orchestras/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Horenstein, JaschaLabel: Vox Box Legends
1. Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
2. Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"
3. Mass in C major, K 317 "Coronation"
4. Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 5435. Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339A MUST FOR YOU !!!
7. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Jascha Horenstein
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachWritten: 1708-1710
Conductor: Horenstein, JaschaEnsemble: Vienna Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Label: Vox Box Legends
It's the very first recording of this work in original instruments of 18th century.

8. Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 / Schnabel/Stock/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

This is an ideal CD as an introduction of Beethoven's music. The pianist Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) was called "the one who invented Beethoven". I'll post his biography here later. This is his best version of these 2 concertos. 9. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I &

Composer: Johann Sebastian BachPerformer: Wanda LandowskaWanda Landowska (1879-1959) is the greatest interpretor in 18th century keyboard music. Detail information will be posted later. These 2 CD box sets include the teaching notes written by the performer.10. Baroque Esprit - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, etc

1. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 3512. Water Music, HWV 348-350Collegium Aureum is one of the most important orchestra in performing 18th century music.
This version of Water Music & Royal Firework is the best one I've ever heard!

11.Rameau: Ballet Suites, Dardanus / Collegium Aureum
Composer: Jean-Philippe RameauOrchestras/Ensemble: Collegium Aureum Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683-1764Avid reader of Zarlino, Kircher, and Descartes, as a youth Rameau set out to discover the laws of harmony for himself.
His Traité de l'harmonie (1722) laid the foundation for a rational science of music, and his concept of the invertibility of triads--a stroke of genius by any measure--had great consequences for the teaching of theory.
At first not received well in France, Rameau's ideas were introduced into Germany by Marpurg. Rameau was a first-rate composer as well as theorist, composing mainly operas but also sacred, harpsichord, and chamber works. In the "War of the Buffoons" of 1752 Rameau was a defender of the French opera style of Lully and Destouches as opposed to the opera buffa of Pergolesi. In later years, however, Rameau said that if he had it to do over again he would have gone to Italy and studied with Pergolesi. Just enjoy the beautiful music!