Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Telarc Jazz and Classical Recommendatiions

I am thinking of placing my 1st order with Telarc. I am looking for great instrumental jazz and classical music recordings. I am sure you kind folks would have some excellent suggestions :). I am looking for anywhere between 5-10 c.d's. I am not into vinyl and I do not own a SACD player so those formats are out of the equation.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated

Dr., for a selection of Telarc CDs I'd suggest the following: Barber collection ; Gershwin collection ; Rachmaninoff Concertos ; Vaughan Williams ; Dvorak Slavonic Dances ; Glazunov Seasons ; Rachmaninoff Symphony and Dances ; Ravel collection; Kondonassis harp ; Smetana Ma Vlast .

JohnK

Thank you for taking the time to post. I will put these c.d's on my list :), very interesting selections . Do you have any favorites from that selection?

I notice they are all classical c.d's that you recommended. Are there any jazz c.d's that are worth ordering as well?

Thanks again for your help

I looked through Amazon.com at Telarc's jazz selections as I don't believe that I have any jazz from Telarc. I found a couple of McCoy Tyner CDs and a couple of Dave Brubeck CDs. Both of these musicians are jazz pianists. I have CDs of theirs on other labels, so I could not give you any specific titles but I do enjoy their music. I did not take the time to look at all 400+ choices on Amazon but for my tastes I would stick to classical on Telarc.

Thanks davidsch for your reply

I guess I will stick with the classical recordings from them.

In general what are some good instrumental jazz disks?

I don't know your taste in Jazz, but "Beyond Standard" by Hiromi's Sonicbloom is some pretty darn great comtemporary fusion jazz, and there's actually very little fusion I enjoy; it's one of only a few jazz albums I own recorded for the Telarc label.

I can appreciate anything that sounds good, really does not matter about the genre (except country and rap). As of this moment anything in the jazz or classical realm will do.

Thanks for your suggestion Zhimbo

I used to say anything except country and rap, too, but then I somehow removed that mental block and can now enjoy selected offerings in both of those genres. There was some denial involved, initially, but now I'm a better person for it.

Oh I have listened to my fair share of rap and country. They just do not do anything for me at this stage of my life.

I completely understand. I feel the same way about Raffi now.