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What Classical Music Are You Listening To?


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19 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I tend to shy away from anything by Organdy. I understand it's a fobia.

You're not alone. Lots of folks dislike Ormandy.

I have a soft spot for him because his recordings of Charles Ives' music were my gateway into Ives' world. Ormandy's version of "Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut" -- from Three Places in New England -- FLATTENED me when I first heard it in college. I'd never heard anything like it, and I've loved Ives' music ever since.

Gotta say tho', I like Ormandy in other repertory too -- especially Russian composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky. Even Prokofiev and Shostakovich. I also appreciate his Sibelius and many of his recordings by French and Spanish composers.

Just my 2 cents. ;) 

 

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