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To promote their 57 CD box of DGG recordings, the BSO had a little
contest on facebook to win a copy of the box. You just had to comment
on what your favorite BSO recording was. Here's the comments,
(slightly edited) in case you're looking for recommendations on what to
listen to (at least they're the favorites of at least one person!):



Matthew Brown Has to be the Mahler Second Symphony with Seiji Ozawa
leading the BSO and the Tanglewood Chorus. A perfection combination of
the Orchestra, Chorus and outstanding soloists lead by one of my
favorite conductors. But that's a Phillips recording.... so it may not
count.


Christie Hitchcock Ravel "Daphnis & Chloe" conducted by Charles Munch.
I studied with Harold Wright and my advisor was Roger Voisin. I ushered
at Symphony Hall while in grad school. The BSO will always be my
favorite orchestra.


Mark Lutton My all-time favorite is the three-LP set "Debussy, Ravel,
Ives, Ruggles: First recordings on DGG by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and Boston Symphony Chamber Players."


John Sullivan Bernstein-The Final Concert. I grew up watching Leonard
Bernstein explain classical music to children on TV and have always
been fascinated by him. This recording made at Tanglewood, a place I
love very much, makes me feel even closer to this super star of
classical music.


Matt Bardin Its a tie between Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition with
Koussevitzky conducting and Pines/Fountains of Rome with Seiji Ozawa


Martin Massini Ezcurra Great idea. Next should be the reissue of all
the recordings by the Boston Pops on Polydor/DG/Universal Music, not to
mention RCA (maybee too bulky, unless you make it available to download
only)

Marcus Thompson Another vote for Mahler's Symphony No. 1 conducted by
Maestro Ozawa, but some of these other titles sound incredible! If I
don't win, can someone please give me this for Christmas? haha!


Derek Bacon The BSO performance of Shostakovich 2nd Cello Concerto with
Ozawa and Rostropovich was a revelation when it came out in 1976 and
the accompanying BPO Tchaikovsky 'Andante Cantabile' and BSO Glazunov
'Chant du ménestrel' made for a still-treasured cd.


Donald Moisen Shostskovich ...Symphony 10... Heard it by several
orchestras, including Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, in Prince
Mahidol Hall. I own the BSO cd.


Timothy Tikker My favorite?! That's so hard to narrow down! It'd
probably be Charles Munch directing the complete Ravel Daphnis et
Chloé.


Ryan Moser Gustav Holst The Planets & Richard Strauss Also Sprach
Zarathustra conducted by William Steinberg. It is my favorite because I
bought it at Symphony Hall the first time I saw the BSO.


Yigal Agam Mahler's 1st with Seiji Ozawa on DG. Won 1st place in a
blind listening session I held with some friends, against some tough
competition!


Patrick Fowler Shostakovich 5, 8, and 9. The 3rd movement of 8 is so
clean, and I love the tempo changes in the 4th movement of 5.


Thomas Roth William Schuman Violin concerto with Paul Zukofsky cw
Walter Piston second symphony. BSO Michael Tilson Thomas.


Christopher Reikies For me it is Andris Nelsons conducting of
Shostakovichs 5th Symphony. It is probably my favorite recording of
Shostakovichs 5th Symphony!


Dawson Weber Carl Ruggles, Sun-treader and Charles Ives, Three Places
in New England; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas on LP


John Caughman V Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder with Ozawa!


David Post Complete Ravel Cycle with Ozawa c. 1974


Jule Streety Copland Conducts Copland with Appalachian Spring and The
Tender Land


Simon Lenoe "Mahler Symphony no. 2" with my man Seiji Ozawa at the helm
and KirI Te Kanawa singing


David Michael Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3. Conducted by Charles Munch
with Berj Zamkochian, Organ.


Aaron Small Smetana¹s ³Má Vlast² with Kubelik conducting. Great
recording.


Iverson Eliopoulos William Steinberg¹s Also Sprach and The Planets

Hadar Agam The Sibelius symphony cycle with Colin Davis


Harold Tucker Michael Tilsonn Thomas Tchaikovsky "Winter Dreams".


Nate Klause Dmitri Shostakovich, Under Stalin¹s Shadow - Symphony No.
10.


Michel Brouwer I like the new Andris Nelsons' Shostakovich album,
symphonies 5 & 9!


Chi-Ning Chou My favorite is Beethoven piano concerto No. 4


Dan Malis Levine¹s ³Brahms Requiem² from a few years ago.


Paul David Chadbourne II Shostakovich under Stalin¹s Shadow or
Bernstein conducting Beethoven 7


Evan Mino Strauss Zarathustra and Heldenleben with Ozawa


Tanner Jordan Andris Nelsons w/ the BSO conducting Shostakovich 10 is a
stunning take of that piece


Joe Souto Sibelius symphonies and tone poems under Sir Colin Davis


Andris Dzen?tis Shostakovich symphonies No.5, 8 and 9 with Andris
Nelsons


David Nelson Sibelius symphony no 2 with Nelsons!


Hyoung Seok Shin My favorite BSO album is Symphony Hall Centennial
Celebration box (12CDs) released by BSO!!


Nathaniel Geiger Overture to "Tannhäuser" from "Wagner and Sibelius"
with Andris Nelson.


Manuel Padilla Sánchez Shostakovich under Stalin's shadow. Nelsons :-)


Sam Lee Sibelius and Wagner with Andris Nelsons


Andrew Beckerman Walter Piston Symphony #6 conducted by Charles Munch,
with Martinu Symphony #6.


James K Kelley Ozawa Mahler 3 and 6 with Jessye Norman


Austin Comerford Levine Brahms German Requiem. Shortly followed by most
recent Under Stalin¹s Shadow.


Luke Hall The BSO recording of Swan Lake with Ozawa.


Spencer Chapman Dmitri Shostakovich, Under Stalin's Shadow- Symphony
Number 10.


Henry Tervo Shostakovich symphonies #5, 8 and 9 with Andris Nelsons.


Richard Wright Brahms Symphonies/Andris Nelsons.. Loving this recording.


Bruce Kozuma Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame under Seiji Ozawa


Edward Valizan Gustav Holst "The Planets", conducted by William
Steinberg (1971, vinyl)


Collin Tyrrell Love the Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow. Beautiful!


Ryan Webber Franck Symphony & Poulenc Organ Concerto with Ozawa


Nathan Huxtable Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra or Smetana's Ma Vlast,
for sure.


Tim Leonelli I love James Levine¹s Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe! Amazing
artistry!!


Yangming Kou Andris Nelsons Brahms Symphonies -- listening to them
right now :)


Tony Brackett Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin; Concerto for Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Rafael Kubelik...See More


Cerianne Huang Ravel with Ozawa! Love his interpretations of the
craziness that Ravel wrote

Joseph Reopel Shostakovich under Stalin¹s shadow

Mark Wolf Mahler 3 with leinsdorf on rca.

On DG- The Planets with Steinberg

Jeff Levy Anne Sophie-Mutter Previn Violin Cto and Bernstein Serenade

Malcolm Druery Berlioz symphonie fantastique with Munch (the first
recording)

William Ronneburg Sibelius 2 and Overture to Tannhauser with Andris
Nelsons

Lori North Guba Beethoven 5th Symphony/6th Symphony "Pastoral" Charles
Munch conducting

Timothy Flynn Sibelius Second Symphony with Maestro Davis.

Michael Metz Under Stalin¹s Shadow - Shostakovich Symphony No. 10.

Ben Court Andris Nelsons, Under Stalin's Shadow: Shostakovich,
Symphonies 5, 8, 9.

Mary Rogers Shostakovich 5th Symphony with Andries Nelson

Sofia SpIawska shostakovich under stalin's shadow with nelsons!

Michael Brown Under Stalin¹s Shadow - Shostakovich Symphony No. 10.
Andris Nelsons

Joe LeFevre Shostakovich Under Stalin¹s Shadow with Nelsons!!! Symphony
No. 5 is awesome!

Henry Lussier Neruda Songs with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson under Lance
Levine


David Stein Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow, Symphony No. 10

Henrique Peralta Shostakovich symphonies 5, 8 and 9 with Andris Nelsons
conducting

Jacob Wu Sviatoslav Richter's recording of Brahms's Second Piano
Concerto with BSO and Charles Munch.

Taylor Jones Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Ozawa

Mike Mansfield Shostakovich under Stalin¹s shadow. Symphony no. 10
Andris nelsons

Laura Nederhoff Brahms symphony no. 4 with Haitink! Looks like a great
set. This season is also amazing!

Jose A. Crñ Manuel de Falla , The Three-Cornered Hat Seiji Ozawa

Ray Tarantola Mahler's 1st with Ozawa.

Mark Young Bernstein's final performance (Beethoven 7) and Andris
Nelsons Shostakovich under Stalin series

Chris Geiger Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies nos. 5, 8,
& 9, Suite from "Hamlet"
I can't not listen to the trombones in 5 & 8

Mike Getzin Seiji Ozawa and the Holst Planets - everyone should get
this set.

Brandon Brown Leonard Bernstein ?­ The Final Concert

Matt Williamson Dmitri Shostakovich- Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies
No.5, 8 and 9; Suite from Hamlet with Andris Nelsons

Ben Dettelback Under Stalin's Shadow Shostakovich

Mike Zonshine Mahler # 5 Lenisdorf

Kaspar Mänd Respighi Rome trilogy with Seiji Ozawa

Paul Yankowskas Holst "The Planets" with Steinberg

Michael Ferraguto Damnation of Faust, Ozawa!

Jack Whitten Mahler 6 James Levine

Peter Barach Holst: The Planets (Steinberg)

Caleb Ren Sibelius 2!

Nate Bamberger Seiji Ozawa - Mahler Symphony No. 7; Kindertotenlieder

Andrew Anthopoulos Andris Nelson's Under Stalin's shadow

Erick Matta Host-Planets-BSO-Steinberg

Will Fowler Shostakovich under Stalin¹s Shadow- Symphony 10

David Burks Munch/Saint-Saens Organ Symphony

Kathleen Crotty Adris Nelsons/Shostakovich 10

Dave Renoni Bernstein¹s Final Concert

James Lambert Hindemith Mathis der Maler

Marc Williams Andrea Nelsons Shostakovich 5

Ray Bannon Tilson Thomas Tchaikovsky 1...

Carl Petersheim "Daphnis Et Chloé" with Seiji Ozawa

Robert Alan Myers Zarathustra with Steinberg

Dennis Herrick Under Stalin's Shadow, Symphonies 5, 8, 9

Geoff Morris Elgar Enigma variations Eugen Jochum.

Andy Bryan Shostakovich 5, 8, & 9 with Nelsons

Brendan Ho MUSSORGSKY PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Changyun Lee Rachmaninov Piano concertos nos.1&2 (Zimerman, Ozawa)

Rich Bradway Plain Song, Fantastic Dances

Christopher Blair Saint-Seans Symphony No3 (Munch)

Chris Thomas Under Stalin's Shadow!

Annie Lee Mahler 3 under Seiji Ozawa!

Josh Nannestad Neruda Songs!

Francisco Javier Alberca Pintor Tchaikovsky: ballet suites with Ozawa
and Fausto Symphony with Bernstein

Santiago Paraguay Mahler 1, Ozawa

Peyton Cook Shostakovich No. 10!!!

Rick Seaholm Bernstein Final Concert. Breathtaking.

??????? ??????? Shostakovich symphony 10

Jerry Michael Nesker Qzawa and the Mahler 8. Wow

Sara Page Mahler 3 & 6 with Ozawa!

Michael Ostrzyga All Sibelius with A. Nelson

Vivek Bangalore Shostakovich Symphony No.10 (Allegro)

Benjamin Ruesch Shostakovich 5

Fernando Gargano Mahler 5 Ozawa. 1995?

Perry Holbrook Andris Nelsons- Shostakovich 10!

Valerie Ross brahms symphonies!!

Jon Davidson ³Daphnis et Chloe²

Tyler Sieh Leinsdorf's Brahms Symphony no. 2

Shawn Pinette Mozart: Symphonies: 14, 18, 20, 39, and 41

Michael Durst Neruda Songs

Carleton Gebhardt Shostakovich 10th

Kathryn Geiger Brahms: The Symphonies

Matthew Gellar Brahms: The Symphonies

Dana Sekundiak Mendelsson Midsummers's Night Dream Osawa

Yixuan Zhao Shostakovich 5, 8, 9 - Andris Nelsons

Bill Brian Shostakovich symphony #10.

Harrison Klein Shostakovich 5th! Andris Nelsons!

David Noel Edwards Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10

Kate Bykov Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Scott Hummel Munch's Saint-Saëns, Debussy & Ibert
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Oboe Wan Kan-obi Mahler Symphonies Nos. 3 & 1 - Erich Leinsdorf

Dong Shan Shostakovich 5 with Nelsons

Christopher Hall Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow Symphony No 10

Ryanne Flynn Tannhauser and Schumann #2