stuff of dreams....3000 classical records inbound.

[Mike Lavigne]

5 that are great listens (if you can get your head around the music) and i'm sure cheap cheap to acquire. sonically all winners.

i took a month off after my push push to get my project done, just needed to be away from it to recover. but today walked over and grabbed 5 consecutive pressings on the shelf and am just finishing listening to all 5 all the way through. each one sounded excellent, fresh and new. before i had just briefly sampled each one of these.

fall started on Sunday and today it is suppose to rain all day. getting cooler outside. great time to listen to vinyl and get back to it.

--Peter Maxwell Davies---Vasalii Icones---for cello, small instrument group, and dancers. Nonesuch (Robert Ludwig mastered)
--Franz Danzi---3 Woodwind Quintets, Nonesuch
--The Play Of Daniel--Ludus Danielis, Nonesuch
--The Cozens Lute Book, Anthony Rooley, L'Oisea-Lyre
--Couperin, Trois Lecons deTenebres, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, L'Oisea-Lyre

 

[rando]

ok, after just doing a quick look at my 'B's, this is not anything i can do quickly. the name is followed by the number of pressings. i can say that in each case, these are records i want to listen to all the way through.

Frantisek Benda---2
Franz Berwald--2
Heinrich Biber--2 (had heard this name before)
William Boyce--3
Frank Bridge--4
William Byrd--12

Franz Berwald stands out enough to be curious if your gentleman scholar happened to collect this LSO / Sixten Ehrling LP that stands among my favorite recordings.

Very easy to get your head around compositions when placed against your recent explorations of early music.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Franz Berwald stands out enough to be curious if your gentleman scholar happened to collect this LSO / Sixten Ehrling LP that stands among my favorite recordings.

Very easy to get your head around compositions when placed against your recent explorations of early music.

Yes, got the London pressing version. Recall that I very much liked it from when I cleaned it.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

from 1968.....a real gem.....just listened all the way through. both the Mendelson Octet and the Boccherini Cello Quintet. sweet string tone and great sense of space and flow. a winner.. Argo ZGR 569

 

[SeagoatLeo]

from 1968.....a real gem.....just listened all the way through. both the Mendelson Octet and the Boccherini Cello Quintet. sweet string tone and great sense of space and flow. a winner.. Argo ZGR 569

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Wow, this is a coincidence! My best friend/jazz/audiophile who I got into classical music deeply two years ago phoned me about the same time that this was posted informing me he had just heard the Octet and was crazy about it. I have at least four versions including the famous Heifetz/Piatigorsky version. I'll check to see if I have this one as well.

 

[crosswind]

Just ordered, thanks @Mike Lavigne

 

[oldvinyl]

Indeed, the Octet is an incredible piece. I have the Argo and the Heifetz Soria version too (and others).

 

[Mike Lavigne]

superb choral pressing from 1973. zero glare, warm and enveloping. just soars. will reward soundstage depth and height. great separation and being there vibe. propulsive sound.

if you are asking why vinyl? why sound staging matters musically? here is one answer experientially. YMMV.

cheap, cheap, cheap.

Monteverdi Madrigals. Hamburg/Jurgens. Archiv 2533 146

 

[godofwealth]

As an impoverished grad student, I used to often frequent Princeton Record Exchange in the early 1980s. It was literally a goldmine of used classical (and everything else) records. I picked up many bargains there, such as Dorati's famous box sets of Haydn symphonies. Must have bought several thousand over the years from there even after I graduated and got a "real" job. Foolishly sold it when I moved to the West Coast, thinking that I'd be happy to listen only to my CDs and streaming. After a miserable year or two of being deprived of my vinyl, I started building back some of my lost collection, now paying prices far higher than I did 40+ years ago. But, there are bargains to be had via places like eBay. I bought the original Decca SXL release of Dorati's Haydn box sets, the piano trios of Haydn from Beaux Arts Trio, the original Decca release of the Shostakovich quartets by Fitzwilliam quartet, and many more. In the Bay Area, there are a few reasonable record stores, including Amoeba and several others in SF and in Berkeley. But, the web makes it possible to acquire just about anything you want, if you're willing to pay for shipping from the UK or someplace else.

 

[oldvinyl]

Monteverdi Madrigals.

Did someone mention Monteverdi? On vinyl? Uh oh. The secret is out.




I have a rather extensive collection of Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque on vinyl. Amazing music, amazing performances and top notch recordings and pressings.

 

[oldvinyl]

As an impoverished grad student, I used to often frequent Princeton Record Exchange in the early 1980s. It was literally a goldmine of used classical (and everything else) records. I picked up many bargains there, such as Dorati's famous box sets of Haydn symphonies. Must have bought several thousand over the years from there even after I graduated and got a "real" job. Foolishly sold it when I moved to the West Coast, thinking that I'd be happy to listen only to my CDs and streaming. After a miserable year or two of being deprived of my vinyl, I started building back some of my lost collection, now paying prices far higher than I did 40+ years ago. But, there are bargains to be had via places like eBay. I bought the original Decca SXL release of Dorati's Haydn box sets, the piano trios of Haydn from Beaux Arts Trio, the original Decca release of the Shostakovich quartets by Fitzwilliam quartet, and many more. In the Bay Area, there are a few reasonable record stores, including Amoeba and several others in SF and in Berkeley. But, the web makes it possible to acquire just about anything you want, if you're willing to pay for shipping from the UK or someplace else.

Wow, some of these are easy to find, some are almost impossible to find these days. There used to be some good record shows in the Bay Area. I bought mine from a myriad of places over the decades. Glad I hung on to them. Although, as I get older I do wonder how to downsize or what to do with them all. Loads of original pressings from Argo, Harmonia Mundi, Archiv, Archive, EMI Reflexe, Telefunken Das Alte Werke, L'Oiseau-Lyre.

 

[godofwealth]

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I have a rather extensive collection of Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque on vinyl. Amazing music, amazing performances and top notch recordings and pressings.

I realize that this thread is about vinyl, but speaking of Monteverdi, I’m in love with this 30-CD box set of his vocal music from Brilliant Classics. Generally, their stuff is hit or miss, but this one hits it out of the park. On my ultra large 9-foot Soundlab G9-7c panels, the voices are spookily real and there’s not a hint of the usual digital artifacts.

 

[SeagoatLeo]

Wow, some of these are easy to find, some are almost impossible to find these days. There used to be some good record shows in the Bay Area. I bought mine from a myriad of places over the decades. Glad I hung on to them. Although, as I get older I do wonder how to downsize or what to do with them all. Loads of original pressings from Argo, Harmonia Mundi, Archiv, Archive, EMI Reflexe, Telefunken Das Alte Werke, L'Oiseau-Lyre.

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I have a friend who is in his mid-80s and wants to dispose of about 500-800 similar Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque on vinyl in Calabasas, CA. for cheap, maybe $1/LP or less. He also has about 2,000 more classical for sale really cheap. I have 31,300 LPs so I am more particular now and have probably 300+ CDs from the same era already (or same recordings). If interested, please contact me.

 

[godofwealth]

That’s about 5 hours from where I live. A bit too far for me to take a quick peek.

 

[SeagoatLeo]

That’s about 5 hours from where I live. A bit too far for me to take a quick peek.

Maybe he could send you some photos of the collection? I purchased the 4,250 CD classical collection.

 

[godofwealth]

Perhaps you could have your friend take some pics and send them to you for posting on WBF? I think that might generate interest from more people than just me. I’m listening to a lot of jazz on vinyl now and while I have a really large classical CD collection, streaming provides access to new music that I haven’t heard before. That said, I’d like to see some pics as well, but I’m not sure I have the space to house several thousand records.

 

[SeagoatLeo]

Prior to giving out his name, phone and address, I phoned him and he said he sold the records two months ago (all of them). As I recall, the records were mint or near mint and the jackets looked perfect as well back in December. He's 85 and couldn't reach on the high shelving for them so he sold them. Sorry. (He is a very calm and gentle person, much like the music he listens to).

 

[godofwealth]

Not surprised. There’s a great demand for quality vinyl. Some lucky buyer got a great collection.