Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Music › Want to sample classical music? Got $150?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Want to sample classical music? Got $150?

post #1 of 11
1/15/11 at 11:23am
Thread Starter 
60 CD Living Stereo Box Set
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/tracks/B003UCPEJ2/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

Great performances and incredible sound.
Reply
post #2 of 11
1/15/11 at 2:15pm

Wish they had a collection box for Mercury Living Presence.

Reply
post #3 of 11
1/16/11 at 10:50am
Thread Starter 
And the Living Stereo jazz and pop titles.
Reply
post #4 of 11
1/18/11 at 11:08am
Thread Starter 
I just got this box in the mail from Amazon. The packaging is great... 60 mini LP jackets and a thick book with all of the liner notes from all of the albums.

Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Strauss, Ravel, Dubussy, Schumann, Schubert, Mahler, Brahms, Bruch.. complete operas by Puccini and Verdi. This set cuts a wide swath through the core repertoire. Just about every disk is a classic performance too. For a little over two bucks a disk, this has to be one of the best bargains in classical music. Even if you didn't own another classical cd, you'd still have a good basic collection. It's going to take me months and months to digest all of this.

I'm in hog heaven!
Reply
post #5 of 11
1/18/11 at 7:11pm
Thread Starter 
One more thing about this set that I didn't realize at first. Each disk consists of two Living Stereo LPs. The average running time per CD is 70 minutes. That's like 120 LPs.
Reply
post #6 of 11
1/25/11 at 12:53pm

thanks for the recommendation. 

Reply
post #7 of 11
1/27/11 at 11:59am

WOW! Great help for classical music lovers!

Reply
post #8 of 11
1/27/11 at 2:25pm
Thread Starter 
If you want to be a completist, there are a few more Living Stereo releases that aren't in the box...

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians
Khachaturian: Concerto for violin in Dm; Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Reiner Sound
Hovhaness Mysterious Mountain
Copland Appalacian Spring Gould
Spain
Handel Messiah Beecham
Edited by bigshot - 1/27/11 at 4:00pm
Reply
post #9 of 11
1/30/11 at 8:42am

Anyone had problems with drives recognizing these?  Two are ok; one is dicey - have to keep reinserting them; and two won't recognize them at all.  I tried multiple CDs.

 

- Ed

Reply
post #10 of 11
1/30/11 at 11:31am
Thread Starter 
I've been ripping mine with no problems
Reply
post #11 of 11
2/1/11 at 2:30pm

Fortunately, the drive on the machine I use for ripping is one of the happy ones.  It really is an amazing selection of music.

 

- Ed

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Music
Head-Fi.org › Forums › Misc.-Category Forums › Music › Want to sample classical music? Got $150?