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Looking for good orchestral classical.

post #1 of 5
12/6/09 at 10:15pm
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I am looking to expand my classical collection and I feel that vinyl is not the right medium for quiet sonatas because of the surface noise. All I buy currently is vinyl and I find that orchestral classical drowns out whatever surface noise is there. Therefore I want to expand my collection with orchestral classical. I am looking for things a little off the beaten path. I love Beethoven and Mahler; I want to expand from there on. Thanks for the friendly head-fi atmosphere. Every time I post a thread I get a warm response.

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post #2 of 5
12/6/09 at 11:00pm
Both string orchestra beauty and total obscurity at its finest. Amazon.com: Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes /Hovhaness: Psalm and Fugue; Shepherd of Israel /Rosner: Responses, Hosanna, and Fugue: Dello Joio, Hovhaness, Rosner, Amos, Phil Orch: Music
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post #3 of 5
12/8/09 at 1:26am
How little off the beaten path? And Vinyl? Good luck. See if you can find LP versions of:

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet on a London 3 record set from Cleveland/Maazel
Raff: Symphony no. 5 on Nonesuch or Unicorn with London Philharmonic/Herrmann
Smetana: Ma Vlast on an RCA set with Horst Stein
Gliere: Ilya Murometz (Symphony no 3) on Unicorn with Harold Farberman

Those are old LP sets I still have, and play from time to time. I'm sure there are LP dealers that would have them or be able to find them.
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post #4 of 5
12/8/09 at 5:13pm
If you want obscure, vinyl isn't terribly practical. Garage sales and used record stores are your friend though.
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post #5 of 5
12/8/09 at 6:37pm
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Thanks. I usually buy reissues or do buisiness with gemm. I mis-spoke when I said I wanted "off the beaten path" classical. I meant lesser known classical for the lay person. For instance I bought a Karajan conducted Don Quixote. Strauss is well known but I would have considered it off the beaten path. I made a mistake, so, please scratch the comment. Any good orchetral classical of any familiarity? Sorry for the mix-up
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