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
slipknot1

The Electric Prunes  "Underground" 

2023/Jackpot Records 

mastered as above post

The Electric Prunes "S/T" 

2023/Jackpot Records 

Remastered from original tapes by KG at Cohearent

 

Interesting new arrival today. New old stock.

The Kohon String Quartet
The Early String Quartet In The U.S.A.

  • Daniel Gregory Mason - String Quartet In G Minor, Op. 19 (On Negro Themes)
  • Charles Griffes - Two Sketches Based On Indian Themes
  • Benjamin Franklin - String Quartet (As Originally Written For Open Strings)
  • Arthur Foote - Quartet In D Major, Op. 70
  • George Whitefield Chadwick - String Quartet No. 4 In E Minor
  • Henry Kimball Hadley - Quintet For Piano And Strings, Op. 50, In A Minor
  • Charles Martin Loeffler - Music For Four Stringed Instruments

VoxBox 3LP box, unknown release date, possible early 1960’s

 

Bernard Haitink conducts Liszt
Complete Symphonic Poems

  • Les Préludes
  • Orpheus
  • Tasso, Lamento E Trionfo
  • Hungaria
  • Mazeppa
  • Hamlet
  • Ce Qu'on Entend Sur La Montagne
  • Hunnenschlacht
  • Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe
  • Prometheus
  • Mephisto
  • Héroïde Funèbre
  • Festklänge
  • Die Ideale

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philips 5LP box 1972, Netherlands release

OK, this is all very new to me. Strauss chamber music. Had to check it out.

Désiré Dondeyne conducts Strauss 
Intégrale Des Oeuvres Pour Harmonie De Chambre

  • Serenade Opus 7
  • Suite In B-dur Für 13 Blasinstrumente, Opus 4
  • Sonatine Für Bläser
  • Symphonie Für Bläser, Opus Posthume

Musique Des Gardiens De La Paix
Arion 3LP box 1979, French release

 

Cowboy Junkies "The Wilderness"  

The Nomad Series/ Vol. 4

2012/Diverse 

Zdeněk Košler conducts Martinů

  • Concerto No. 2 For Violoncello And Orchestra

The Prague Symphony Orchestra
Supraphon repress 1978, originally 1967, Czechoslovakia release
 

Václav Neumann conducts Dvořák

  • Concerto In B Minor For Cello & Orchestra Op.104

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Pro Arte 1981, originally Supraphon 1976


 

 

A. Glazunov Works for the String Quartet

  • Three Pieces For Two Violins, Viola And Cello From The Set Of "Fridays"
  • Quartet No. 3 For Two Violins, Viola And Cello In G Major, Op. 26 "Slavonic"

Alexander Balashov & Andre Shishlov, violin
Alexander Galkovsky, viola
Alexander Korchagin, cello

Мелодия 1978, USSR release

Arnold Katz conducts S. Taneyev

  • Concerto-Suite For Violin And Orchestra

Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra w/Igor Oistrach violin
Мелодия 1980, USSR release

Stumbled across this, and never knew it existed, so bought it.

Jascha Heifetz

Miklós Rózsa

  • Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

Walter Hendl conducts Dallas Symphony Orchestra 

Arthur Benjamin

  • Romantic Fantasy (For Violin, Viola and Orchestra)

Izler Solomon conducts RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

RCA Victor Red Seal repress, early 70’s, originally 1964

Peter Maxwell Davies conducts Peter Maxwell Davies

  • Ave Maris Stella
  • Tenebrae Super Gesualdo

Fires Of London with Timothy Walker guitar & Mary Thomas soprano 
Unicorn-Kanchana 1981, UK release
 

 

Choo Hoey conducts Balakirev

  • In Bohemia
  • Overture On A Spanish March Theme
  • Overture To King Lear
  • Chopin Suite (1910)

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Marco Polo 1985, Japanese release

Rita MacNeil-Flying On Your Own Side A

Liona Boyd-Spanish Fantasy Side 1 SQ*

Klymaxx-The Maxx Is Back Side 1

Toni Tennille-All Of Me Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Uriah Heep-The Magician's Birthday Side 2 SQ*

Wilton Felder-We All Have A Star Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Haydn-Concerto No,2(Geringas/Eurodisc 200745-366) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Merle Haggard & Leona Williams-Heart To Heart Side 1 SQ*

With 3 Audiophile recordings and 3 SQ* near misses crushes my average. As I close in on playing my complete vinyl collection having 25% Audiophile recordings appears optimistic. Toni Tennille takes the SQ crown! Her vocals are outstanding on this recording.

 

Waylon Jennings "Live from Austin Texas" 

2012/New West 

"well I'm barely past forty 

still in my jeans"....

Zdeněk Košler conducts Martinů

  • Concerto No. 1 For Cello & Orchestra
  • Concerto For Violin, Piano & Orchestra

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
Josef Chuchro cello
Jaroslav Kolář piano
Nora Grumlíková violin

Supraphon 1973, Czechoslovakia release

 

Jorge Mester conducts 

Heitor Villa-Lobos

  • Bachianas Brasileieas No. 4

Priscilla McLean

  • Variations And Mosaics On A Theme Of Stravinsky

The Louisville Orchestra
First Edition Records 1977

 

Steely Dan-Aja(ABC first press) Side B SQ Audiophile

Tammy Wynette-Next To Tou Side 1

The Serpent Power(Vanguard VSD-79252) Side 1

Denise LaSalle-Hittin Where It Hurts Side 1

Corelli/Tartini/Schubert-Andrea Sestakova(Opus 9111 0629) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Al Di Meola-Casino Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Player-Danger Zone Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Firefall-Luna Sea Side 1 SQ*

Very good night when 4/8 have Audiophile SQ. Di Meola Takes the SQ crown in a strong field. Don't sleep on Danger Zone(Player) still could be in the budget bins. The Serpent Power will NOT be found in the budget bins, after nearly a decade of trying to locate a stereo version at estate/yard/garage/thrift sales finally have a M- copy.

Hilary Hahn - Paris

  • Prokofiev - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major Op. 19
  • Chausson - Poème Op. 25 For Violin And Orchestra
  • Rautavaara - Deux Sérénades

Mikko Franck conducting Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France
Deutsche Grammophon 2LP 45rpm 2021

Szell conducts Beethoven

  • Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, Op. 19
  • 32 Variations In C Minor On An Original Theme, G.191

The Cleveland Orchestra with Emil Gilels, piano.
Angel mid/late 1970

Szell conducts Beethoven:

  • Leonore Overture No. 1
  • Leonore Overture No. 2
  • Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Overture To "Fidelio"

The Cleveland Orchestra 
Columbia Masterworks 1967
 

 

The Kohon Quartet of New York University
Dvořák - Chamber Music (Complete) Vol. I

  • Quartet In A Minor, Op. 16
  • Quartet in D Minor, Op. 34
  • Quartet In E-flat Major, Op. 51
  • Quartet In C Major, Op. 61
  • Quartet In E Major, Op. 80

VOX 3LP box, early 1960’s

Szell conducts Schumann

  • Symphony No. 2 In C Major

The Cleveland Orchestra
Epic 1962

Szell conducts :

  • Bartók - Concerto For Orchestra
  • Janáček - Sinfonietta For Orchestra, Op. 60

The Cleveland Orchestra 
Columbia Masterworks 1966

 

Szell conducts Debussy & Ravel

  • Debussy: La Mer
  • Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • Ravel: Pavane For A Dead Princess

The Cleveland Orchestra

Odyssey reissue 1973, originally 1963

Radio station copy

 

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Strauss

  • Ein Heldenleben Op. 40

Cleveland Orchestra with Daniel Majeske, violin
London 1985
 

 

Camper Van Beethoven "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart"  

1988/Virgin Records