Fanfare for the Common Man,...best recording in your experience?


Like you, I have favorite music and favorite recordings of that music.  I would appreciate your experience with what you have known to be the best recording of Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man".  I am interested in both the sound quality and performance.   Thanks. 


whatjd
I have this 1966 mono Ormandy conducted version. Very dramatic.
https://www.discogs.com/Copland-IvesThe-Philadelphia-Orchestra-Eugene-Ormandy-Lincoln-Portrait-Fanfa...

It’s one of those albums I listened to in grade school during history lessons on that boxy phono setup.

Fantastic at high volume. I’ve heard many good versions on CD/files, but I happened to find a clean copy on LP, and it’s "the one" for my ears. Not an expensive find, but tough for a good copy.
Reference Recording has a version along with an excellent Symphony #3. Excellent performance and the recording quality is outstanding (especially for an audiophile).
Let me preface this by saying I’m not a huge Telarc fan (digital recordings) but I have this title on both vinyl (pressed in Germany) and compact disc (Japan). Both copies were purchased new upon release. I’m fairly certain the vinyl was only pressed once. I am not sure whether the compact disc has been reissued over time.

 

Copland – Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Fanfare for the Common Man

Catalog ID: DG 10078 (from the LP)

 

The performance features Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. I have always found the performance and sound quality to be excellent.


Thank you for your responses...you have given me some ways to spend money......for that quest we all share.