Your Classical LP Collection

i cleaned this back in May,but put off listening to this 80-minute work.
i've remained ambivalent about Messiaen.his music is impressive but hard for me to take completely seriously.i like the sound of the Ondes Martenot,but
at times it gives a cartoon-ish feel to the music that i don't think is Messiaen's intention.anyway,i'm enjoying this as an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink piece of high-impact music,just a bit wacky. Angel SB-3853,from 1978.this is SQ Quadraphonic,but of course i'm listening in stereo.
producer:Christopher Bishop.engineer:Christopher Parker.

 

Philips 9500 973.i think this came out in 1981.it's a fine recording,with good sound.

 

Say no more, the best of the best of EMI.

 

according to Gray,this was recorded in Studio No.1,Abbey Road on 7/11/77.
some impressive percussion on this.

 

London CS 7110,released 8/79.recorded in Kingsway Hall,2/14-15/78.
producer:James Mallinson.engineers:Kenneth Wilkinson & Andrew Pinder.
i would rate the performance & sound as good,but not outstanding.
cheesy cover.

 

London CS 7179,released 7/80.recorded in Decca West Hampsted Studio 3,
9/3-12/79.producer:Michael Haas.engineer:Simon Eadon.this is Dutch pressing,made after Polygram bought Decca.mastering was done in England.
unfortunately,my copy is noisy.de Larrocha is an elegant pianist.

 

London CS 6209,5/61.recorded in the Sofiensaal,Vienna.recorded 1/7-9/60 & 6/22-30/60.producer:John Culshaw.engineer:James Brown.

 

London CS 6225,4/62.Images recorded 3/10,13/61.Symphonies recorded 3/18/61.Pavane recorded 10-11/60.all recorded in Victoria Hall,Geneva.
producer:James Walker.engineer:Roy Wallace.these are really fine recordings & the sound is beautiful.my copy is in unusually good shape.

 

And my HMV pressings sound wonderful. So little surface noise.

 

L'Oiseau-Lyre OL 50086.The St. Anthony Singers & The Boyd Neel Orchestra,conducted by Anthony Lewis.soloists:Jennifer Vyvyan,Nancy Evans,William Herbert,George James.don't know when this mono LP was issued or recorded.i've never seen this yellow label before.

 

London CS 6232,12/62.recorded 4/24-27/61 in the Sofiensaal,Vienna.
producer:Christopher Raeburn.engineer:James Brown.music by the Strauss family(Johann Sr. & Jr.,Joseph) & one by Ziehrer.this pressing is a bit of a mystery:it doesn't have the usual "made in England" & doesn't show any
country of origin.above the matrix number on each side is an N-or maybe i should say below,since the matrix number (as usual for that era) is printed upside down & so is the N.

 

London CS 6346,12/63.recorded 12/62,West Hampstead Studio No. 3.
producer:Erik Smith.engineers:Michael Savage & Gordon Parry.the label is the blue label of the London pop music series (think Beggars' Banquet) rather than the usual red classical label.no country of origin on the label.the music is rather dryly played & recorded,and in any case,this is the kind of Mozart that doesn't stick with me.

 

RCA LSC-2354,from 1959.producereter Dellheim.engineer:Lewis Layton.

 

RCA Gold Seal AGL1-1270,from 1975.this is a reissue of LSC-2568,recorded on 2/26-7/61 in Symphony Hall,Boston.produced by Max Wilcox.engineer:Lewis Layton.the reissue only gives credit to Peter Dellheim as reissue producer & Bernard Keville as remastering engineer.a beautiful recording.obviously no expense was spared on the reissue cover.

 

these recordings were made for Vox,c.1959.the conductor is Eduard van Remoortel.the "Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra" is heard in the Symphony & the "South West German Orchestra" in the Dream.according to a review in Billboard,the Symphony recording was the 1st to be released in stereo.
performances & sound aren't bad.my copy is an RCA Custom pressing,c.1977.

 

more Vox recordings on this one.40 is by the Philharmonica Hungarica,another fine performance conducted by Peter Maag.41 is by the North German Radio Orchestra conducted by Leopold Ludwig & is less to my liking.sound on 40 is good,but 41 is rather shrill.a quiet 1976 pressing from RCA Custom.

 

RCA Victor ARL1-1326,from 1976.produced by Thomas Z. Shepard & Jay David Saks.recording engineeraul Goodman.not bad,but i'd like to hear it in better sound,if possible.

 

more Brahms from Levine,& my comments for No. 1 also apply to this one.
RCA ARL1-2624,from 1978.producer:Thomas Z. Shepard.engineeraul Goodman.

 

Columbia Odyssey 32 16 0298,from 1968 or 1969.original issue was Columbia Masterworks MS 6007,fom 1958.the Masterworks Stereo series began with MS 6001,so this was one of the early stereo LPs on Columbia.fine performances from a great conductor in decent sound.

 

That's a great LP. I was thrilled when I found a stereo six-eye WLP a couple years ago for $3, looked kinda beat but plays great.

 

Bizet - L' Arlesienne Suites plus Danse Bohemienne played by Andre Kostelanetz

It's on a RED Columbia 6- eye label. Often Kostelanetz had the green label, but I don't think this is any way 'pops' or the like, music, so it's a little odd. Sonics and performance nothing remarkable

 

Interesting thread. I have about 4000 classical LP's, though my total collection has shifted decidedly over to the CD format. I will need to do some catch-up on this thread before I will start posting some of my treasured classical LP's ...

 

I have this recording on both CD and LP. I also have the VHS of the movie Elvira Madigan ...

 

i couldn't find a picture of the original MS 6007 cover-i assume it's not the same as the Odssey reissue.

 

Angel S-36531,from 1969.this LP contains the selections from the Suites plus additional music for the play omitted from the Suites,arranged in the order they appeared in the play.fine performances,well recorded.no credits for producer or engineer,but as the liner notes were written by Ronald Kinloch Anderson,he is probably the producer as well.i'm now listening to this on CD:
EMI Encore,from 1993,& it sounds really good.