What classical music you listening to, luv?

Freo-1 · « **Reply #1340 on:** 1 Feb 2016, 10:28 pm »

One of my favorite SACD's in the collection. A great performance that has stood the test of time:

brooklyn · « **Reply #1341 on:** 5 Feb 2016, 03:21 am »

tube-vds · « **Reply #1342 on:** 12 Feb 2016, 06:11 am »

great sounding "vintage recording style" collection.

even cd's can sound great. (well, kind of)

from 1957:
Prokofiev, scythian suite - symphony no. 5.
Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra.

brooklyn · « **Reply #1343 on:** 14 Feb 2016, 05:04 pm »

Todd_A · « **Reply #1344 on:** 17 Feb 2016, 03:54 am »

Phenomenally good Ravel. As a complete set, this at least matches anyone's (eg, Casadesus, Simon, Bavouzet, Osborne, you name it.) In Miroirs, Chamayou at least rivals Herbert Schuch, who has ruled the roost for nearing a decade for me. Maybe the "weak" link is Gaspard, where more personal versions like Pogorelich or more intense versions like Argerich may offer more, but then again, maybe not. Great Liszt (both the Transcendental Etudes and Annees) and now great Ravel. Erato needs to get this young man in the studio to record some more music ASAP.

tube-vds · « **Reply #1345 on:** 19 Feb 2016, 08:30 pm »

got it today. A. Khachaturian. Collected works. 4 LP's Spartakus. great sounding; after good cleaning...

brooklyn · « **Reply #1346 on:** 20 Feb 2016, 06:03 pm »

tube-vds · « **Reply #1347 on:** 20 Feb 2016, 07:15 pm »

etcarroll · « **Reply #1348 on:** 26 Feb 2016, 03:29 am »

Palladians / The Palladian Ensemble - The Sun King's Paradise

S Clark · « **Reply #1349 on:** 26 Feb 2016, 04:00 am »

In 1910, Pierre Monteux conducted the first performance of "Petrouchka" with Stravinski's glowing praise for the performance. 50 years later, Monteux recorded this performance for RCA with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. An excellent performance still on a better than average shaded dog LP.

etcarroll · « **Reply #1350 on:** 27 Feb 2016, 12:32 am »

Rachmaninov* - Saint-Saëns* - Shostakovich* - Emil Gilels

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rajacat · « **Reply #1351 on:** 27 Feb 2016, 12:59 am »

Strauss: Alpine Symphony
Richard Strauss (Composer), André Previn (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

tube-vds · « **Reply #1352 on:** 27 Feb 2016, 06:43 pm »

Richard Straus. Salome. EMI 1977. 2 LP's and a lot of reading, very nice.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1353 on:** 26 Mar 2016, 02:53 am »

Quote from: tube-vds on 12 Feb 2016, 06:11 am

great sounding "vintage recording style" collection.

even cd's can sound great. (well, kind of)

from 1957:
Prokofiev, scythian suite - symphony no. 5.
Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra.

Second Tube's appreciation of this labels output and sound. I have a Howard Hanson that's to die for. Others, too. Cheers, Tube.

S Clark · « **Reply #1354 on:** 26 Mar 2016, 04:08 am »

Granados 12 Spanish Dances on MHS played by.... Alicia de Larrocha. No photo that I can find.
Ms. de Larrocha studied under a student of Granados at the age of 4. First concert at 5.

jrobinson · « **Reply #1355 on:** 10 Apr 2016, 04:05 pm »

Music For A Glass Bead Game

Yitshak · « **Reply #1356 on:** 2 May 2016, 06:20 pm »

What a nice circle,

A Pearl of an album I discovered lately.
Mendelssohn String symphonies.

S Clark · « **Reply #1357 on:** 2 May 2016, 06:54 pm »

Walton's Façade on Vics 1168. This is one of the best recorded lp's I own. Some of the best instrument imaging on vinyl... and fun music.
I've been singing praises of the maroon Victrola lp's for several years, and their prices have been edging upward, but they are still the best bargains in classical records.

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #1358 on:** 7 May 2016, 08:53 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #1359 on:** 8 May 2016, 11:44 am »

Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite" on the Angel "Sonic Series" 45 rpm. From the late 70's to early 80's and was Angel/Columbia's answer to the rise of Sheffield Lab, CrystalClear, and others trying to create an audiophile quality LP. They were about 3X the price of a standard LP and were commonly found as demo lp's at your local Hi Fi store.
To this day, the sonics are high quality on this recording. Can't pull up a photo, but all of these series of recording had the very distinctive 45 rpm logo shown below.