Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection
Don't have much so I'm wondering where to begin.
TIA
If you want some lively classical music try Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. The Boston Symphony just did an amazing set of the Shostakovich Symphonies, I'm not sure if they were released on vinyl but I'm sure you can find them by others. There's some classical music recorded direct to disc that sounds great too. |
jjbeason14 OP351 posts Thanks guys! You've all been very helpful. I'd like some new vinyl recommendations if possible. 👍
I’ll re-suggest - buy a few used (that are playable) and buy new (remaster?) of the same - content less important - see which (old vs new) suits you better as not everyone has the same preference in this regard. If you don’t, you’re not giving yourself anything of comparative value as to whether vinyl classical is a good direction for you. Better to try to determine this early on rather than once you’ve amassed a stack of something that’s even heavier than the same cubic footage in books! 😉 |
Start with anything from the Baroque period,especially Bach,Vivaldi,Boccherini,Telemann,vocal music of Lilly,Byrd. String Quartets are a perfect place to begin. They are many classical websites that will guide you to the best of the best. Then you can check them out on you tube. I would go with small group composition which are most accessible to our brains stay away from grandiose romantic mish mush like Wagner,Mahler,Mendelssohn and Tchaichovsky. Cheers,Chet |
Bach mozart beethoven schubert schuman brahms chopin mendelsohn liszt wagner debussy Tchaikovsky stravinsky schoenberg berg webern strauss rachmaninoff copland barber shostakovich philidelphia orchestra / Eugene Ormandy recordings cleveland orchestra/ George szell recordings new York Philharmonic/ Bernstein recordings Vienna, Berlin, concertgebow, orchestras. good luck
steve girko |
