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Some great sounding classical "warhorses" ??

When I changed over from LPs to CDs some years ago I intended to replace pretty much everything in my LP collection over time. Here are a handful of pieces that I still need. I'm hoping to find excellent sounding versions---natural, ungimmicked, good imaging, little or no digital artefacts, etc.---for these:

Espagna - Chabrier
Carmen Suite No. 1 - Bizet
Enigma Variations - Elgar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Britten
Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov
Candide/Suite - Bernstein
Carmina Burana - Orff

Thanks!
beemerrider

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steveott
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For Elgar and Britten, check out this review of a new release by Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati:

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/reviews/review.asp?reviewnumber=11818933

The review of the performance is favorable, and talks about the recorded sound a lot. But read the caveats about the two-channel sound.

I saw these forces do Mahler's 9th in Cincy Sat. night. 'twas very nice.

Steve O.
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