Spinning Today (Classical version)

http://www.classical.net/music/recs/...n/nxs59347.jpg

Hmm. The Flagello I enjoyed, and he is on my 'want more' list - the Rosner I can live without!

http://theartofsound.net/forum/attac...1&d=1368264772

Just the Prelude in B major Op.16-1 is worth the entire session. A miraculous disc.

Just acquired a mint copy of this:

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- and very splendid it sounds too :D

Brahms
Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
Szigeti, violin
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormandy, cond.
Columbia Masterworks ML 4015 (mono / deep groove)

I love these old thick as a brick microgroove platters. According to the Ronpenndorf website (where I lifted a pic of a similar pressing, below) this disc was probably pre 1950! 63 years later, having been made decades before I was born, I can still throw it on my TT and enjoy the music. I love that! :D


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It's very good.

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Originally Posted by morris_minor

Just acquired a mint copy of this:

http://991.com/newGallery/Antonio-Vi...jor-535453.jpg

- and very splendid it sounds too :D

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It's simply fabulous. My favourite performance of the Gloria.

Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6
Tretyakov, violin
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Yarvy, cond.

(vinyl)

Recently oiked out a much-neglected Music For Pleasure LP of Tchaikovsky (Nutcracker suite) and Mendelssohn (Midsummer Nights Dream suite). I was surprised to find it played by the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin as that fact had never registered with me.

Doing a bit of digging I found it was from a 1957 US-only Capitol disc. The MFP disc (undated) hails from the days when it was a Paul Hamlyn company, and the pressing quality would put many modern-day releases to shame.

With sparkling performances in Capitol's "Full-dimensional sound" this was a happy find. The recording is wide rather than deep, and more like a "pit orchestra" sound than the typical concert-hall.

http://www.shugarecords.com/Images/P...a0d004f2-1.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Kogan-Mendels...ldMoQ~~_35.JPG

Kind of a 'thick' sound, but listenable, and very fine performances.

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AbFab! :thumbsup: - superb in every way.

Both the above on LP. :)

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:thumbsup:

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Lovely music - not very demanding, just melodious and nice to listen to. :)