Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent

Congrats on the lucky find!

I wish I was so lucky. Congrats!

Lucky?? As I said previously, this is not a rare record. With the one I just bought, I now have three. After I cherry pick the one I want to keep, the other two will end up in my give away pile.

If you guys like this music, do try Dvorak's chamber music. I prefer it to his orchestral pieces. The Piano Trio's or Piano Quartets on with the Beaux Art's Trio on Phillips are charming works and easy to locate. Cheap to boot when you find them. Well worth the effort.

i have never found one in the local shops. Also, everytime I try Ebay I am disappointed.

I've been collecting record's from the eary stereo period since the 1980's. In my collection I have almost every LSC, SR and Blueback. Here is my observation on the reissues.

The Classic LSC's have better bass and dynamics. You can hear more information. But, many of their early reissues don't have the "golden glow" of the originals. I agree with the comments that they don't sound as rich as the originals. But, to me how important this is varies. On the Reiner Pictures LP I prefer the Classic. On Venice, LSC 2313, the core benefit of the music is the string tone. The Classic pales in comparison to the original.

As time went by the Classic's improved. Their Heifetz reissues are very good. Ein Heldenleben is much better than the VICS. As some point I think they switched to tube mastering, but whatever the reason their later releases seemed to tone down the bright string tone. My personal favorite Classic reissues are the six Mercury titles. These were amoung the last titles they did and I know they were tube mastered.

Just as Classic finally began to release a truly great product they stopped releasing new titles and only gave us 200g and 45rpm re-pressings. Truly a pity.

If you are skeptical and think Classic ruined every title, listen to their reissue of Walter's Brahms #4. It absolutely destroys the original six-eye.