Tchaikovski: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto

Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский (Čajkovskij). Very nice works. Argerich sounds harsh while hammering on the keyboard, but the concerto calls for a forceful interpretation, perhaps?. On the other hand, Milstein is refined, subtle and virtuoso. This Deutsche Grammophon's Millenium Collection CD is to be bought for Milstein's interpretation.

Name	Key	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra	Bbm	Op.23	Martha Argerich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Violin Concerto	D	Op.35	Milstein, WPO, Abbado

Mozart: Symphonies 10

These are refined but too tamed, or (and I insist from last Mozart symphony post) have I become numb ? Brilliant's box CD 1-10.

Mozart Akademie Amsterdam
Jaap ter Linden

Name	Key	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
Symphony #38	D	KV 504		Prague
Symphony #39	Eb	KV 543

Albinoni: Concertos opus 10, #1-6

Nice baroque. Nice soft listening.
I solisti Veneti, conductor Caludio Scimone
violin Pero Toso, all except op.10#5:Giuliano Carmigola
This continues the CD in post albinoni-concertos-opus-10-7-12.

Name	Key	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	Bb	Op.10 no.1
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	Gm	Op.10 no.2
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	C	Op.10 no.3
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	G	Op.10 no.4
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	A	Op.10 no.5
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo	D	Op.10 no.6

Furtwängler: Beethoven, Symphonien 5 & 7

[post modified jun-2010]
This is a beautiful interpretation. I used to be a musical ignorant and snob to the point that I would have frowned upon the dull recording of this CD. Fortunately, this experiment (of listening to great interpretations) has broadened my enjoyment, and can now heartedly recommend this Deutsche Grammophon CD as a cornerstone for a collection.
What a wide range of emotion, the precision of the attacks and releases is of such beauty. Furtwängler is in control of the orchestra at each step. What a crisp orchestration.
Be prepared for some deliberate slowness in the 5th, and an overwhelming precision and impetus in the 7th. This was an opportunity for Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmoniker to protest against the way Nazi Germany was heading towards the end of WWII.

Berlin Philharmoniker,Wilhelm Furtwängler

Name	Key	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
Symphony 5	Cm	Op.67		Live, Berlin, Philarmonie, 30.6.1943
Symphony 7	A	Op.92		Live, Berlin, Philarmonie, 3.11.1943

My Favourite Cello (Tortelier, de Machula, Fournier, Piatigorsky)

This is a sampler of different legendary cello players, with digitally remastered recordings from 1946-1950. I found Gregor Piatigorsky especially good playing Dvořák's concerto, which I have heard with Rostropovich. This Centurion Classics CD is well worth (and very cheap) because of Dvořák's concerto. The Beethoven's variations are interesting, too.

Name	Author	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
12 Variations: Mädchen, for cello and piano	Beethoven	Op.66	Paul Tortelier, Cello, Karl Engel, piano
Abendlied	Schumann	Op.85 no.1	Tibor de Machula, Residentie Orkest den Haag c. Willem van Otterloo	arr. Machula, for Cello and Orchestra
Abendlied	Schumann	Op.85 no.12	P.Fournier, pellas-Lemon, piano	for cello and piano
Concerto for cello and orchestra in Bm	Dvořák	Op. 104	Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello, Eugene Ormandy cond. Philadelphia Orchestra