Whats on your turntable tonight?

Reiner conducts Wagner - Die Meistersinger & Die Götterdämmerung. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. RCA Victor ‘shaded dog’, probably 1960.

Mono

Szell conducts Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 with Leon Fleisher, piano. The Cleveland Orchestra. EPIC 1962

Mono

Charles Munch conducts Ravel - Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales / Fauré - Pelléas Et Mélisande Suite / Berlioz - Damnation Of Faust (Excerpts). The Philadelphia Orchestra. Columbia/Odyssey 1970’s.

A New Sound in America; Music for Organ and Brass. E. Power Biggs, organ and The Boston Brass Ensemble. Conducted by Richard Burgin. Canzonas of Gabrieli and Frescobaldi. Columbia Masterworks, probably late 50’s (59?)

From the notes on the album; ‘A Recording Premiere of the first true concert organ in America, built by D. A. Flentrop in 1958 for the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University.’

Awesome LP.

Mono

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Elgar - Symphony No. 2 In E Flat, Op.63 / Falstaff - Symphonic Study In C Minor Op. 68. Hallé Orchestra. Seraphim 2LP box reissue 1960’s, originally 1964

Picked up (were delivered by mail) four Scandinavian LP’s today. Looked interesting, the price was right, so sprung for the set.

First up:

‘2 Strakkvartetter’. Side A Wilhelm Stenhammar - String Quartet No 2 Op 14, Side B Ingvar Lidholm - Music for Strings.

Sveriges Radio 1967 Sweden

Øivin Fjeldstad Conducting the Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkester and Det Norske Solistkor.

David Monrad Johansen - Voluspaa

Philips 1969 Norway

Sir Adrian Boult conducts Tchaikovsky - Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 In G Major Opus. 55. Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire. London reissue 1967, originally 1956
 

@spiritofradio 

Had anybody purchased the David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name, 50th reissue?  

Just got it last week. Fantastic LP. Can't compare it to the original, but highly recommended

@noromance 

The heavy metal of opera. Sort of. In honor of Taylor Hawkins.

👍🏼

Bartók 

• Concerto For Violin And Orchestra, conducted by Ervin Lukács
• First Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra & Second Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra conducted by János Ferencsik

Budapest Symphony Orchestra with Dénes Kovács, violin
Hungaroton, Bartók Béla Complete Edition - I. Orchestral Music 9, 1971, Hungarian release 
 

 

@tomic601 

color wheel is next....

Somehow, I kinda believe you Jim :-D

Antal Dorati conducts Rimsky-Korsakov : Le Coq D’Or Suite & Borodin : Overture from “Prince Igor” & Polovetsian Dances. London Symphony Orchestra. Mercury ‘Golden Imports’ 1973 Italian pressing.

Only my second listen of this, and really is a nice recording. Subtle, but nice depth and soundstage. Not bad performance by the LSO either.

Szell conducts Sibelius #2. Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Philips 1965 Netherlands pressing.

May be my favorite Sibelius #2 I own. Especially the first movement and Szell’s direction of the oboes.

Dohnanyi conducts Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Vienna Philharmonic. London Records 1980

Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony #6 and The Lark Ascending. The New Philharmonia Orchestra with Hugh Bean, violin. Angel 1967.

Zubin Mehta conducts Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 ‘Pathetique’. Los Angeles Philharmonic. London Records 1979

I’ve become much of a Mehta fan recently, and seem to be collecting many of his releases. Not sure why he hasn’t get more attention for his conducting over the years. I always find his direction keeps my attention. A subjective thing perhaps.

@noromance

+1 Vaughan Williams, @bkeske

Sounded so good, I had to play more ;-)

Sir John Barbirolli Conducts Elgar - A) Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op. 47 and Serenade In E Minor, Op. 20 B) Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis and Fantasia On "Greensleeves". The Allegri String Quartet And The Strings of the Sinfonia of London. Angel reissue/remaster 1980’s. Original 1963.

Great collection and performances.

@slaw 

Luna "Bewitched'

Have had that on CD since it was first release Steve. Like that album a lot.

Just finished working, playing catch-up before the week starts.

Had a real urge to hear Kottke...

Leo Kottke - Ice Water. Capitol 1974

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel. Grateful Dead Records. 1974

No there isn’t Steve.

To me, very Velvet Undergroundesque is sound.

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking. A&M 1973

The SQ on this album always amazes and puts a smile on my face.

Neil Young - Self Titled

Reprise 1970, Promo Copy

Back to vinyl…..been spinning my neglected shiny discs all week.

Szell conducts Schumann - Symphony No. 2 In C Major. The Cleveland Orchestra. Epic 1962

Szell conducts Beethoven’s The Four Leonores. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1967

Erich Leinsdorf conducts Beethoven’s ‘Emperor Concerto’ (Piano Concerto #5). Artur Rubinstein, piano. Boston Symphony Orchestra. RCA Red Seal reissue late 1960’s. Originally 1963.

@spiritofradio 

Simon Rattle Conducting
Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings 2017

I’m sure that is very nice indeed. The 1st is still one of my favorites.

John Hartford - Aereo-Plain

WB 1971

Leonard Bernstein conducts Rachmaninoff - Second Piano Concerto & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. New York Philharmonic with Gary Graffman, piano. Columbia Masterworks 1964 

‘Adagio’ - nice collection of various composers; Albinoni, Pachelbel, Rameau, Purcell, and Bach. Rudolf Baumgartner conducting the Festival Strings Lucerne. Deutsche Grammophon Musikfest, 1980’s, I believe. German pressing.

György Lehel conducts Bartók - Symphonic Poem "Kossuth" Sz. 75a, Bb 31 / Scherzo In C Major From Symphony In E Flat Major Dd 68, Bb 25 / Scherzo For Piano And Orchestra. Magyar Rádió És Televízió Szimfónikus Zenekara w/Tusa Erzsébet, piano. Hungaroton 1971, Hungarian release
 

My new Belles Aria Signature preamp arrived today. Brand new, not close to being broken in yet, but spun Soular Energy  (my reference vinyl) after setting it up, (stopped working as I could not resist), and it already sounds great. Really pleased already.

Should be a fun weekend with a new piece in the rig.

My systems page has been updated already if interested in taking a peek.

@reubent

Thanks!

A little snow on this side of town, but assume the east side has much more (lake effect always clobbers the east side even though I’m very close to the lake).

Regardless, will be a good weekend of spinning vinyl!

Thanks Bill, yep, the overall system has taken a leap forward this last couple months. 😃

S.Taneyev 
The Taneyev Quartet of Leningrad

• Quartet No. 2 for Two Vilions, Viola, and Cello in C Major, Op. 5

Мелодия 1980, USSR release

Joni Mitchell - Blue. Reprise reissue, originally 1971

Thanks @boxer12 

@bslon

 

Charles Lloyd and The Marvels / Tone Poem
2021 Blue Note

Delightful double LP received yesterday, finishing with sides C&D.
It’s Poem, not Poet spellcheck…

Bill, I’ve been streaming that album. Very interesting and unique. My finger is real close to buying the LP.

Leo Kottke - Ice Water. Capitol 1974

 

@slaw Thanks! And will do. And, I kinda miss not picking out bridges, and traffic lights, and hills, and…..😁

Yea Bill, that absolutely surprised me, and it works !

The Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead. WB 1970

Mickey Hart’s Diga Rhythm Band - Diga. Round Records 1976

The Gabrieli String Quartet : Bridge - Novelletten For String Quartet & Three Idylls For String Quartet / Britten - String Quartet In D Major & Phantasy Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola And Violincello. London 1979
 

@tomic601 

@bkeske Congrats Brian ! Now, more than ever Cleveland Rocks !

😄 Thanks Jim! 
 

Now here is something interesting. I had to move my Hagerman Trumpet phono pre up next to my SOTA, (yea, I know Jim, close to the TT motor, but doesn’t seem to have an impact), as the Belles takes up a lot more real estate on the lower shelf. Anyway, during the winter, I battle static electricity/lack of humidity. It’s 15% right now, even with a humidifier working. Thus I’ve always had a zap touching the tone arm unless I grounded myself first. Well, Lo and behold, I am no longer transmitting static at the tonearm/turntable. Odd and interesting that is seems to have disappeared, even at these low humidity levels. 🤔 Change in equipment location? Doesn’t seem like that would/should have an effect.

Oh, and can’t wait to hear how this Belles pre sounds after the recommended 250 hours burn/break-in, because it is amazing me as a virgin.

Tom Petty - Angel Dream. Warner Records 2021

@femoore12 

Yes! Absolutely get Diga. One of Micky’s best IMO. A sonic beauty.

Brian Eno - Before and After Science. Island 1977

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix. Polydor 1977, New Zealand release