My Essential Classical Albums.

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Do you have this album?

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Russian Orthodox liturgical music is not for everyone, but you could give his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (opus 41) a listen. I have the CD linked below, which I quite enjoy, although I haven't compared it with any other performances.

https://www.discogs.com/Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky-Liturgy-of-St-John-Chrysostom-Op-41/release/7747679

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1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

Thanks a lot! Checked out fragments of the 5th today, in fact it sounded not bad for mp3 streaming. I must go back to Shostakovich some day cause I have mainly quite old recordings of (just a couple of) his symphonies, usually with not very convincing sonics.

 

BTW I really wonder where is @AnotherSpin , we're discussing Russian composers, here..

 

Well here's my spin. I love the Shostakovitch symphonies, but for a real treat try his string quartets.

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If early 21st century is modern enough for you, Mitsuko Uchida has released some lovely Schubert recordings.

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Thanks for inspiring me to listen to some Schubert solo piano again. This one is very good:

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I really like Dvorak's trios and string quartets. This thread got me curious, so I sorted my Dvorak collection by number of plays. If you group all the performances of the trios together they came out on top, but the album that has the most plays is this:

 

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1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

After all is there anyone here who's heard all of Bach cantatas.?

 

I have Rilling's "Complete Cantatas" set. After ripping all 71 discs I listened to one cantata (not one CD) every day, which took most of a year. There may be cantatas that aren't in this "complete" set, as some were lost and others are fragments, but I don't think that's what you meant.