Whats on your turntable tonight?

Morton Gould's "Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra"
Copland's "Appalachian Spring"
...... Susskind/LSO, Everest, reissued by DCC

Strauss, "Till Eulenspeigel"
Strauss, "Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils"
Strauss, "Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklarung)"
...... Karajan/VPO, Decca SXL 2261

Strauss, "Sinfonia Domestica"
Strauss, "Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklarung)"
...... Mehta/LAPO, Decca SXL 6442

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"Images Galantes de la Renaissance"
-- l'ensemble Polyphonia Antiqua (Pierre Verany PV4791)

Schubert, "Piano Sonata in B Flat, Opus Posth., D. 960"
-- Leonard Shure, Piano (Audiofon 2010)

Debussy, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Stravinsky, "Firebird Suite (1910)"
-- Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic
(Sheffield Lab 24, Direct-to-Disk)

Best regards,
-- Al

Nice records for today's listening, Al. Love 'em!

Happy 4th of July to all
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Neil Young Official Release Series Discs 1-4

07-04-11: Rushton
Nice records for today's listening, Al. Love 'em!

Thanks, Rush. Yes, all three are wonderful recordings, musically and sonically. Among a great many things that could be praised about them, two small specifics were so striking to me that I must single them out for mention:

1)In the Firebird Suite, the transition from Berceuse to Finale was absolutely magical, due to a combination of Leinsdorf's conducting and the crystal clarity that was maintained by the recording as the volume of the music descended to a near whisper, before building up beautifully.

2)Although the sonics of the Renaissance recording were outstanding in pretty much every respect, I particularly found the sonics of the drum to have been captured with definition that is simply amazing.

Best regards,
-- Al