Whats on your turntable tonight?

Jan Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D
Sir John Barbirolli conducting
London’s Royal Philharmonic in 1964
While Smoking a Cigarette

From the Mono RCA Big Box
Readers Digest 
Treasury of Great Music

I am kind of amazed by this. Great music of course, a favorite since I was a little kid, but this mono record is filling the room with beauty, precision, and splendor. I’m only using the Hana SL, not a mono cartridge. Instruments and sections are distinctly separated, the whole room is a pressurized soundstage, and most incredible is that it’s playing only at 45 db. on my meter here on a quiet morning with Grey’s Anatomy working in the other room. I love my stereo.

Dr. Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Rudolf Kempe and the RP

from the same box

I always thought of Richard Strauss as dorky but I guess in my old age I’m becoming more of a music dork myself and am really enjoying this.
I find myself wondering if it would be possible to get through all 13 records in this box before feeling the need to put on some UFO...

Respighi
The Pines of Rome
Rudolf Kempe and the RP

what do your speakers do with 16’ and 32’ organ pedal tones....?  Hmmmmm.   
Also, there are birds.  

I file my LPs alphabetically and play them in that order.  Tonight is:
Bach- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor EMI MFSL HSM
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust,  Nautilus SD HSM
Boston- Boston, Epic CBS HSM
Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie 180g 2017 release (excellent)
Judy Collins- Judith, Electra SD HSM
Rita Coolidge- Anytime...Anywhere, Nautilus SD HSM

Can someone explain to me the advantage of 45 RPM?  How can moving the groove past the stylus faster giving the stylus less time to track the groove result in better sound?  I don't get it.

Tchaikovsky 
Francesca da Rimini
Charles Munch and the RP

when Russia was in Europe