Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
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Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams

  • Symphony No.5 In D Major

Philharmonia Orchestra
Angel 1962
 

Happy birthday Jean. You left us with incredible music which will live on ‘forever’.

Lorin Maazel conducts Sibelius - The Seven Symphonies
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 
DECCA 4 LP box 1972
UK release
 

Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah. Grateful Dead Records, 1975

A ‘new’ replacement for my old original beat up copy. Sounds fantastic. Clean.

John Mayall with Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers. London reissue 1977, originally 1966.

Also with John McVie

Just arrived.

Grateful Dead - Europe 72, 50th Anniversary reissue. Remaster by David Glasser.

Warner 2022, originally 1972. Very nice. Replaced my original pressing.

 

Next new arrival

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma. Warner reissue 2016, European release. Originally 1975

New arrival, one of four.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out. Columbia/MOV reissue remaster 2010 European release. Originally 1959.

Another…

Neil Young - Harvest. Warner reissue/remaster by Grundman, Bellman cut 2011. European release. Originally 1972.

Replaces my original pressing.

Last new incoming. This replaces my original copy with lots of wear, and not handled with care all the time back in the day.

Grateful Dead - American Beauty. Warner Bros reissue 1974, originally 1970.

The vinyl looks to be in incredible shape. Will see.

@noromance 

Brian, I have an original 1959 copy. It was at the back as it was virtually unplayable. One day last year, I ran it through the US a few times and it now plays as VG+ BUT, man, the SQ is fantastic.

I've only had the cassette, never the vinyl Brian. This MOV sounds great, and the price was right. Would love to hear the original pressing as well 👍

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts Schubert - The Complete Symphonies

  • Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-dur D 82
  • Sinfonie Nr. 2 B-dur D 125
  • Sinfonie Nr. 3 D-dur D200
  • Sinfonie Nr. 4 C-moll D 417 "Tragische Sinfonie"
  • Sinfonie Nr 5 B-dur D 485
  • Sinfonie Nr. 6 C-dur D 589 "Kleine C-dur Sinfonie"
  • Sinfonie Nr. 8 H-moll D799 "Unvollendete"
  • Overtüren Im Italienischen Stile / Nr. 2 C-dur D 591
  • Overtüren Im Italienschien Stile / Nr. 1 D-dur D 590
  • Sinfonie Nr. 9 C-dur D944 "Grosse C-dur Sinfonie"

Staatskapelle Dresden
Philips 5LP box 1978, European release 

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Nielsen - The Symphonies of Carl Nielsen, Album 2

  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable"
  • Sago-Drom (The Dream Of Gunnar), Op. 39
  • Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
  • Pan And Syrinx, Op. 49 B
  • Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia Semplice"
  • Rhapsodie Overture (An Imaginary Trip To The Faroe Islands)

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Seraphim 3LP box, 1975

 

Václav Neumann conducts Martinů - Symphonies 3,4,&5 
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon 2LP gatefold 1982
Czechoslovakian release
 

Don’t know what it is, but I often reach for Brahms on Fridays. it’s Friday.

The Cleveland Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman, viola & Bernard Greenhouse, cello
Brahms - The String Sextets Op. 18 & 36

  • String Sextet In B-Flat, Op. 18
  • String Sextet In G, Op. 36

RCA Red Seal 1982, 2 LP gatefold
 

Decided to spin all my recently purchased Beatles remaster/remixes today for a second spin. Nice to have some downtime heading into the Christmas Holidays

Szell conducts Brahms

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major

The Cleveland Orchestra with Leon Fleisher, piano. 
Columbia Odyssey reissue,1973 stereo. Originally 1963 mono

 

Karajan conducts Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite & Romeo & Juliet. 

Side A - Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a

  • Miniature Overture
  • March
  • Dance of the Sugur a Plum Fairy
  • Trepak (Russian Dance)
  • Arab Dance
  • Chinese Dance
  • Dance Of The Reed Pipes
  • Waltz of the Flowers

Side B - Romeo & Juliet 

  • Fantasy Overture 

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
London-Jubilee reissue mid-1980’s, originally 1961

Evgeni Svetlanov conducts Borodin

  • In The Steppes Of Central Asia
  • Symphony No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 5
  • Polovtsky March From "Prince Igor". 

U.S.S.R. Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya/Angel 1968

 

Szell conducts ‘Two Musical Fables’

  • Kodály - Háry János Suite
  • Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite. 

The Cleveland Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks early 70’s

János Ferencsik conducts Kodály
‘Ballet Music’

  • Balett Zene
  • Szimfónia

The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Qualiton 1965 Hungarian release

 

Daniil Trifonov

Bach: The Art Of Life

  • Sonata No. 5 In A Major, Op. 17/5 
  • Polonaise No. 8 In E Minor Fk 12/8
  • Rondo In C Minor Wq 59/4 (H283) 
  • Allegretto Con Variazioni ("Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman") Wf 12/2
  • Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  • Chaconne In D Minor For The Left Hand (Piano Studies No. 5) Anh. 1a/1
  • The Art Of The Fugue 
  • Jesu, Joy Of Man‘s Desiring

Deutsche Grammophon 2021 3LP gatefold

Szell conducts Mozart

  • Concerto No. 15 In B-Flat Major For Piano And Orchestra, K. 450
  • Concerto No. 17 In G Major For Piano And Orchestra, K. 453

Members of The Cleveland Orchestra w/Robert Casadesus, piano
Columbia Masterworks 1969
 

Ignaz Moscheles : Michael Ponti, piano

  • Piano Concerto In G Minor, Opus 58 with Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar F. M. Mága conducting
  • Etudes, Opus 70 
  • Characteristic Etudes, Opus 95 

Candide 1969
 

Sir Adrian Boult Conducts String Music Of Vaughan Williams

  • Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
  • Concerto Grosso
  • Partita For Double String Orchestra

The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Angel 1976
 

 

My monthly (it seems) spin of this. One of my favorite Williams composition.

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams

  • A London Symphony

Hallé Orchestra. Angel, 1968

Pierre Boulez conducts Schoenberg

  • Serenade Op. 24

Domaine Musical Ensemble. 
Everest, early-mid 60’s release
 

Janáček Quartet : Martinů - String Quartet No. 5
Vlach Quartet : Martinů - String Quartet No. 7
Supraphon 1980, Czechoslovakian release 
 

Isaac Stern and Alexander Zakin

  • Franck - Sonata In A Major
  • Debussy - Sonata In G-Minor

Columbia Masterworks 1960

My copy is in an orphan sleeve, unfortunately
 

Szell conducts Brahms - The Four Symphonies

  • Symphony No. I In C Minor, Op 68
  • Symphony No. II In D Major, Op. 73
  • Symphony No. III In F Major, Op 90
  • Symphony No. IV In E Minor, Op. 98

The Cleveland Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 3LP box, 1967

Just arrived.

Hilary Hahn - Eclipse

  • Dvořák - Violin Concerto In A Minor Op. 53
  • Pablo de Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy Op. 25
  • Ginastera - Violin Concerto Op. 30

Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Andrés Orozco-EstradaDeutsche Grammophon 2 LP gatefold,  2022

Szell conducts :

  • Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
  • Borodin - Polovetsian Dances From "Prince Igor"
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mussorgsky - Dawn On The Moskva River From "Khovantchina" (Prelude To Act 1)

The Cleveland Orchestra.
Columbia Odyssey reissue 1970’s, originally 1958

Karajan conducts Dvořák

  • Symphony No. 8 (No. 4) In G Major. Opus 88

Wiener Philharmoniker
London 1965
 

 

A rather recent pick-up for me, so my second spin of this.

Mehta conducts Rimsky-Korsakov

  • Scheherazade

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra w/Sidney Harth, violin
London 1975

Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel

  • Ma Mère l'Oye 
  • Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
  • Le Tombeau De Couperin
  • Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
London 1984

Sticking with another Mehta selection. Don’t typically prefer his pace with Tchaikovsky, but hey, I’m in his groove right now.

Mehta conducts Tchaikovsky 

  • Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
London 1967
 

Ahmad Jamal - Live at The Montreal Jazz Festival 1985

Atlantic 2LP gatefold 1986


 

Incredible set

Wynton Marsalis - The All American Hero

I believe part of the first recordings of Wynton:

"...He appeared with Blakey Oct 11, 1980 at Bubba’s in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when this recording was made..."

With Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / Billy Pierce, tenor sax / Bobby Watson, alto sax / James Williams, piano / Charles Fambrough, bass / Art Blakey, drums

Who’s Who in Jazz, released 1985

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde

Prestige/Original Jazz Classics reissue 1982 180 gram

Originally 1955

Charlie Parker - The Charlie Parker Collection

Deja Vue 1984, Italian release