The Beatles - White. Apple 1968 |
Karajan conducts Beethoven. The 9 Symphonies box set. Berliner Philharmonic. Symphonies 1-4. Deutsche Grammophon, German pressing, 1975 |
Rozhdestvensky conducts Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor. Henryk Szeryng & the London Symphony Orchestra. Philips. I believe from the min-60’s.
Marriner conducts Concerto De Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra. Pepe Romero & Bary Davis. Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields. Philips.
These come from an odd Korean box set (10 LP’s per set), I have two, which is a collection of previously released albums, called ‘The Great Classical Music of the World’. I’ve never been able to find out any info on these sets, even on Discogs. Stumbled upon them on eBay, and got them very cheap, but they are of very nice quality. Mostly Decca, Philips, and Deutsche Grammophon. If anyone can share some insight, let me know. |
Szell conducts Dvorak Cello Concerto in D minor. Pierre Fournier & The Berlin Philharmonic.
Martinon conducts Bruch Kol Nidrel. Orchestra Lamoureux Paris.
Deutsche Grammophon
Same Korean box set. |
@boxer12
Yea, it’s been a while. I’m enjoying it, cranked up! And I’m not even doing acid ;-) ‘Sweet Sixteen’ is just a gem.
This album was really recorded and mastered well. |
Uber....Yea, wait til I whip out my Modern Lovers album 😁 |
Szell conducts Haydn’s 6 London Symphonies (box set) 93-98. Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks. 1973. Playin them all in order (even though they were performed originally out of order). |
Still dipping into my Solti-Edition Volume 6:
1) Beethoven Symphony #7 (a very nice version), Wiener Philharmonker 1966
2) Franz Von Suppe Overtures, London Philharmonic 1960
3) Tchaikovsky Symphony #5, Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris 1968
All DECCA |
Raymond Leppard conducts Boccherini, Symphonies 1-6 (box set), New Philharmonia Orchestra. Philips. Release date unknown. |
Casals plays Schubert String Quartet in C Major. Recorded live; nice recording. Turnabout/VOX. 1971. |
Britten conducts ‘English Music for Strings’.
Purcell - Chacony in G Minor
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Britten - Simple Symphony for String Orchestra Delius - Two Aquarelles
Bridge - Sir Roger De Coverley for String Orchestra
London/Decca, 1969
Exquisite recording.
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@spiritofradio @bkeskesome of my favorite orchestral music on that record. Nice. Find a copy and buy it. You will not regret it, guarenteed. |
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens. A&M Records 1971 |
Diga Rhythm Band - Diga. Round Records. 1976 |
Szell conducts Beethoven’s Emperor piano concerto. The Cleveland Orchestra w/Gilels. Angel, late 60’s pressing. |
Maazel conducts Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. The Cleveland Orchestra. Telarc 1979.
Great recording of this well known piece.
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts ‘The Symphonies of Carl Nielsen’, (boxset), Symphonies 4,5, &6. Danish Radio Orchestra. Seraphim. 1975. |
Eels - The Deconstruction. PIAS America 2 10” LP gatefold 2018
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+1 on Mayall @big_greg keep forgetting to spin some of his old stuff, and I have most all of it....and the Bluesbreakers album as well. |
Hot Tuna - Burgers. Grunt. 1972. |
Leo Kottke - Chewing Pine. Capitol 1975
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Modern Jazz Quartet - Live from the Lighthouse. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1984, Original master recording.
Originally recorded in 1967/Atlantic.
Love this group. Happy to say I had the opportunity to see them live. Damn near center and almost front row. Incredible show. |
Wynton Marsalis- J Mood. Columbia. 1986. |
McCoy Tyner - Time for Tyner. Blue Note. Reissue, 1986. Originally recorded live in 1968. |
@spiritofradio Ludwig van Beethoven Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 "Emperor" Concerto You got it. Hopefully you like it. I have a Beethoven cycle conducted by Bohm. |
@spiritofradio
Agree with Water Song, one of my favorite tracks on that album.
As The Airplane went on, I have to say I was more attracted to what Jorma and Jack were doing with Hot Tuna vs Airplane at the time. And Papa John on their albums was awesome and just ‘fit’ better. He was one of my favorites at the time.
My copy has some wear, (not too bad though), and I’ve always thought of replacing it, but sometimes, with albums, those imperfections bring back good memories of the days it was spinning on my TT regularly with my buddies. This is one of those. |
@dayglow John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman-Side 1 Great album. I would have had to play both sides though 😉 |
John Lennon - Imagine. Apple 1971
have not spun this in a long time. |
Mehta conducts Bruch - Violin Concerto & Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole. Los Angeles Philharmonic w/Zukerman. Columbia Masterworks 1979 |
Joni Mitchell - Hejira. Asylum 1976
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@spiritofradio I concur about ‘worn’ or well used albums. Heck, I will still play my Meet The Beatles bought by my parents when it first came out. We kids just trashed that album, but ya know what? It still sounds pretty good, and all those imperfections bring back memories. Hey, and thanks for the direction on the few classical records we’ve discussed lately. I sure need and appreciate that kind of help. Hope it can continue. Be more than happy when I can. To be honest I’ve only really dived into classical seriously over the last three to four years, and finding it most satisfying and my collection has grown incredibly in a very short time. But, I have so much more to learn. People that have been into classical for lots of years know so much more more about the nuances, and how the interpretations have changed over the years. More than anything, it was probably my interest in Jazz that got me more interested in classical, especially The Modern Jazz Quartet. I never really understood classical in terms of, OK, there are these ‘handful’ of composers, and you have hundreds of orchestras playing the same thing over and over for decades. How could that possibly be interesting? Well, I have realized it can indeed be incredibly interesting, and now have many many different recordings (and many composers I had no knowledge of) of the same compositions, and find it incredibly interesting to hear the differences; How it was conducted, played, live vs not, the various periods that were created over history, etc. But most importantly I love the music, the instrumentation, the sound, and the history behind the symphonies, the conductors, and most importantly the composers. It’s quite fascinating. BTW, I haven’t received it yet, but you got me to buy a vinyl version of Beethoven’s piano concerto #5 for myself (As I had no copy). Arthur Rubinstein with the Boston Orchestra recorded in 1964. And ya know, it probably won’t be my last version of it either. |
Richard P. Havens, 1983. Dbl album set. Verve. 1969 |
@tomic601
I would be honored sir.
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Arlo Guthrie - Hobo’s Lullabye. Reprise. 1972.
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Fairport Convention - Liege & Leaf. Island Records. 1970.
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@uberwaltz Bkeske.
+1 on the Fairport Convention.
Remember catching them live in England many years ago. Oh man, you lucky dog. Have been a fan since the early-mid 70’s. Was Sandy Denny with them? |
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat. Verve. Per Discogs, unknown release date on this pressing. Only ‘early 70’s pressing’ is known. |
@reubent Let me know what you think of "Spirit in the Sky". Norman Greenbaum is always considered as a One Hit Wonder based on the great title track - "Spirit in the Sky". I bought a nice clean copy last year, and I enjoy the whole album quite a bit. I’ve got that album, have had it since the mid-70’s. I concur, haven’t listened to it for a while, but not a bad album in total beyond ‘spirit’. Always enjoyed it. |
Joni Mitchell - Live At Canterbury House - 1967, Second Set. Rhino 2020. |
Szell conducts ‘Two Favorite Suites’; Grieg‘s Peer Gynt and Bizet’s L’Arlesienne. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks. 1966. |
Sir Georg Solti conduccts Beethoven’s Missa solemnis D-dur. Solti-Edition Vol. 6, sides 1-4. Decca. Released 1981.
I have two of these box sets thus far, and they are incredible. Always keeping my eyes peeled for another volume at a good price. |
@simao
Great! I don’t think they have made a major change to my phono pre sound, but worth it regardless. Really pretty well made and machined for the low cost. |
Canned Heat – Hallelujah. Liberty reissue 1970. Originally 1969 |
Andre Previn conducts Shostakovich symphony #5. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Angel. 1978. |
Yea Steve, this is nice. Seems to be getting better as it goes along.
Unfortunately there is a small imperfection on the last song/side 1, but not bad really. It is/was a new sealed copy, so goodness knows why these things happen. US release/reissue.
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@spiritofradio @bkeske, That Symphony is incredible isn’t it. Have you ever heard this version? Yes it is. I have one other version of the 5th by The Royal Concertgebouw recorded live. But I must say, this is a pretty good version as much as I like the Concertgebouw. This symphony has very nice range, dramatic, and its movements all nicely ‘seamed’ together. I don’t have Amazon Music so cannot check that out, but perhaps via Tidal. Shostakovich was a very interesting composer. I have a full set of his String Quartets which are really good, but very different from the symphony compositions I have heard. |
Been listening to many sides of Sir Georg Solti Solti-Edition Vol. 6, Mostly choral numbers. Decca. Released 1981.
But, need a change of pace, so:
The Chamber Society of Lincoln Center. 4 LP box set from 1975. The Classic Record Company, for the Book-Of-The-Month-Club. Yea, when I bought it I though, this will probably really stink, but was supposedly in great condition and cheap. So took a chance. Glad I did, as this set is very nicely recorded, mic’d well, has a great soundstage and imaging, and it was mastered to provide that ‘your are going to get what was played’ approach, you can feel the room, you can clearly hear the musicians breath into their instruments, etc. which I like, a lot. Pressed onto heavy vinyl too. It’s fairly available on places like Discogs, for really pretty cheap (someone is selling a copy right now in VG+ condition for $.50), and IMO much better than some bigger label recordings of chamber music. If interested in this type of music, highly recommended.
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Dutoit conducts Ravel - Ma Mere l’Oye, Pavene pour une infante defunte, Le Tombeau de Couperin, & Valse nobles et sentimentales. Montreal Symphony. London 1984
Thanks @slaw My musical tastes are very wide ranging. But I would not be upset if others became interested in a bit of orchestral music along their journey as well ;-)
You guys always provide me possible music to check out, and that is very a good reason for this section of the forum to exist IMO. |
Szell conducts Brahms Double Concerto. The Cleveland Orchestra w/Oistrakh & Rostropovich. Angel. About 1970 ?
This album rocks (for slaw 😆).....but I really do mean that, this album was recorded really well and sounds incredible. |
@slaw
Me too, and especially finding those odd gems of recordings produced by the most unlikely people/companies. |
