Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
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It's a rainy day here in CA so the stereo is going to get a workout. On right now is Messian's amazing maxi-opera St. Francis conduced by Kent Nagano, which will take the next 4 hours. My wide and I saw it performed in San Francisco last year and, frankly, something this long is easier to enjoy on disk than having to sit still in a coat and tie for all that time! Then, if the mailman brings it today, Tom Russell's new CD, Hotwalker.

Neither are on vinyl or likely ever to be, but don't let that stop anyone.
I've been listening to a 1980 Deutsche Grammophon LP of Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico, it's a 3 LP boxed set and an excellent recording with very nice imaging of the violins. I know there are many different recordings of these concertos - I'd be very interested to know if anyone has recommendations for other LP, CD or SACD releases.
Tonnesen, Christopher Hogwood's performance with Monica Huggett and the Academy of Ancient Music is a very nice performance and very well recorded. Huggett is superb as the violin soloist. As originally issued on L'Oiseau Lyre in a 3 LP set, the LP version has exceptionally good sound quality. I've not heard the CD reissue that I've linked above.
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Forgot to add on the above:
Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chesky remastered this original RCA release from the 3 track master. Never been a big fan of the Chesky "sound", but they did a very admirable job with this. Plenty of the hall ambience that makes these large orchestral works bloom.