Whats on your turntable tonight?

@spiritofradio 

I’m seeing things in this album cover that I’ve never seen before.  

Perhaps what you were drinking James 😁

I have a mono version of this, which is an excellent mono recording, but just received a stereo version in the mail today. Sealed copy, which is incredible.

Benjamin Britten Conducts Britten - Symphony For Cello And Orchestra & Haydn - Concerto In C For Cello And Orchestra. The English Chamber Orchestra with Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. London 1964.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Three Windows, (with the New York Chamber Symphony). Atlantic Jazz 1987

Sir Neville Marriner conducts Bach - The Art of Fugue. The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Philips 2LP box set 1975, European pressing.

This is a wonderful set 

@noromance 

Saint-Saëns – *****Greatest Hits*****

That made me smile Brian

Anshel Brusilow conducts Ravel - Le Tombeau De Couperin, Françaix - Serenade For Small Orchestra and Ibert - Suite Symphonique & Capriccio. Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia. RCA Red Seal 1969

Fantastic clean vinyl, just arrived today.

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe. Elektra 1987

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats. Bizarre 1969

Joni Mitchell - Mingus. Asylum 1979

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity. Columbia 1973 Live

Man, I really like this album.

Yellowjackets - Four Corners. MCA 1987

@boxer12 turned me on to this IIRC.

Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra. Atlantic reissue, unknown release, but per label, I’ll guess the late 60’s.

Whew. Taking the ‘fusion’ temp down a notch after Frank (love Hot Rats).

Montreux - Sign Language. Windham Hill Records 1987

Haven’t spun this in years...

Morton Gould conducts Shostakovich - Symphony No. 2 & No. 3. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & ​​​​​​The Royal Philharmonic Chorus. RCA Red Seal 1968

 

Herbert von Karajan conducts Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10. Berliner Philharmoniker. Deutsche Grammophon, Italian release unknown date, originally 1967

 

In what’s turning out to be a ‘fusion Saturday’ for me, next up...

Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia - Hooteroll?. Douglas 5 1971

Groovy 

Artur Rodzinski conducts Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Special Products 1977
 

 

@tomic601 

BK did the Trumpet sound ?

It will sound tomorrow.....itchy fingers wants to go pound on the Lakewood Post Office doors and demand freedom, trumpets ablazing

@tomic601 

😁

Alain Lombard conducts Prokofiev Violin Concerto #1 & 2. Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg With Pierre Amoyal, violin. Erato 1974 French pressing.

Good news, it looks like the Hagerman Trumpet is arriving tomorrow, a day earlier than originally scheduled.

@slaw

lol, I appreciate the offer Steve, but I’m a bit anxious to hook that baby up myself.

@spiritofradio 

I recently bought a Karajan conducted Beethoven Violin Concerto with Christian Ferras.   It’s big and full like a symphony

I’ve seen that album, but never heard it. Thanks for the heads up.

Just finished that box set, complete. Quite nice. Odd 6LP box set pressed in Italy, but there is even a larger box set of the ‘same’, but contains even more in a 12 LP box I believe. Karajan brings a lot of, ummm....’energy’ to his conducting, and it was well on display in all the symphonies in that set. I was in the mood for it, and enjoyed every one of them. All sounded excellent in regards to the engineering/mastering as well. The imaging and soundstage draws you into them all. At times I think Karajan goes a bit overboard and lacks the subtlety of other conductors....but hey, as I say, must have been in the mood for it today.

That was a nice afternoon and evening of listening.

Don’t know how many of these I will actually get through, but have never played them all through as a set in order. Got this set really cheap, and the vinyl is in really great shape. And I’m kinda in the mood, so.... I have many of these singly or in other sets.

Herbert Von Karajan - Great Symphonies. Deutsche Grammophon 6 LP box set. All with the Berlin Philharmonic. Not sure when this set was released, but would guess in the late 70’s. Italian pressings. 

Included are :

Beethoven Symphony #3 & “Coriolan” Overture

Schubert Symphony #8 ‘Unfinished’

Mendelssohn Symphony #4 ‘Italian’

Brahms Symphony #1

Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 & Marche Slave

Sibelius Symphony #5 & Tapiola

Prokofiev Symphony #5

Dang, this Karajan set is kicking some booty. 

Gidon Kremer - Edition Lockenhaus Vol. 1/2. ECM New Series, 2 LP gatefold 1986 German pressing. All live from the Lockenhaus Festival.

The Gabrieli String Quartet : Britten - ‘Early Chamber Music’ - Temporal Variations / Phantasy In F Minor (For String Quintet) / Alla Marcia / Three Divertimenti / Two Insect Pieces / Phantasy Quartet Op. 2 (For Oboe And Strings). Unicorn-Kanchana 1983

 

 

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

The maiden performance of the Hagerman Trumpet...

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly. WB 1983

How am I suppose to get work done now?

The Allegri String Quartet : Britten - String Quartet No. 1 In D, Op. 25 & String Quartet No. 2 In C, Op. 36. London 1976
 

 

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe. Elektra 1987

@spiritofradio

Lets just say I’m pretty happy. It takes a few albums to realize just how large the subtle changes are, which means overall, not really subtle at all when you sit and listen. Even makes In My Tribe much more listenable. That’s why I put it on, to see how much difference, if any, there was.

Big notes: Everything has so much more weight & realism. The instruments have weight, as do the vocals. Lots of punch in the mids and mid-bass areas. Sharp defined punch. I was interested in how much more ‘holographic’ it may sound with the tubes, but that didn’t necessarily improve as much as I thought, but rather, the whole soundstage seems ‘knitted together’ while also providing and maintaining very good imaging, if that makes sense. Like the whole soundstage is much bigger, rather than sounds over here, and some over there. It’s all connected, but not a ‘big glob’ kinda way. Overall very natural sounding. I’m experimenting with a couple tube dampers on the 2 12au7 ‘front tubes’ not the main 100 gain 12ax7’s. It’s interesting how much difference that makes. Takes a bit of ‘air’ off the highs and mid-highs, but perhaps more natural and realistic. Fun to try stuff and see what I may end up with.

The more I play, the more I listen, the more that I realize what this thing is doing. That Szell Sibelius LP earlier today was incredible.

@spiritofradio 

Thanks man. Just tried the dampers on the 4 preamp 12ax7 tubes, and took them off the au7’s, and man, what a change. That more holographic imaging appeared. Tubes are a funny thing. As Jim would say....’fun’

Members of the Vienna Octet : Britten - Sinfonietta, Op. 1 & Hindemith - Octet (1957–58). London Treasury Series 1976
 

Natalie Merchant - Motherland. MOV reissue 2013

Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood. Grateful Dead Records 1973

The Gabrieli String Quartet : Bridge - Novelletten For String Quartet / Three Idylls For String Quartet & Britten - String Quartet In D Major (1931) / Phantasy Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola And Violincello. London Treasury Series 1979
 

 

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking. A&M Reissue 1973, originally 1969

Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights. Hannibal 1982

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush. Reprise reissue 1978, originally 1970.

@noromance

Thanks re: Schubert, just bought it 👍🏼

Leo Kottke - Chewing Pine. Capitol 1975

Szell conducts Mendelssohn - Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61 & Schubert - Incidental Music To "Rosamunde". The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks reissue, mid-70’s? Originally 1967
 

 

Britten Conducts English Music For Strings. Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra. 

Purcell - Chacony In G Minor For Strings
Elgar - Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op. 47 
Britten - Simple Symphony For String Orchestra
Delius - Two Aquarelles
Bridge - "Sir Roger De Coverly" For String Orchestra

London 1969

 

 

Rozhdestvensky conducts Prokofiev - The Stone Flower. Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Melodiya/Angel 1968
 

@mammothguy54 

👍🏼 Nice to hear regarding the new rig. Enjoy! …….and……probably makes you a little more anxious to get those new speakers 😉

As far as classical? Jump in, the waters fine.

I do believe my new Belles Aria Sig pre is really starting to settle in. I may be crazy, but everything I have been playing sounds better than ever before. Maybe it’s just today, and, maybe not. Johnny said to give it 3-4 weeks and it will start ‘opening up’. He might be right.

😁😛

 

Actually, I bet James has us beat, or Steve in shear volume 

Just arrived today....

Arlo Guthrie - Amigo. Reprise 1976

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring). Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1961

@bkeske Back at you. I bought the The Gabrieli String Quartet!

😁👍🏼