Whats on your turntable tonight?

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.

Too little credit was given to the Chesky LP reissues, imo. I've always found many of them to be excellent. The "Lieutenant Kije/Song of the Nightingale" reissue you mention is a good example of a really nice remastering job that captures a lot of excellent instrumental delicacy and timbre. The Classic Records reissue of this LP is very good, capturing other characteristics of the recording in a good way. I keep both in my collection for their respective virtues.

One of the GREAT LP reissues, and one of the GREAT ORCHESTRAL recordings ever is a Chesky reissue from the Readers Digest series. That LP is Stravinsky's "Petroushka" performed by Danon and the Royal Philharmonic, Chesky CR42, in a marvelous 1962 recording by the great Kenneth Wilkinson of Decca fame. Arthur Salvatore has been the only reviewer to include this on any recommended LP list I've seen, and he recognizes it as "The Finest Full Orchestra LP" on his list. As so often is the case, I agree with Arthur and think he has this very much right.
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Rushton,
I read your post and pulled out my 12 disc box set of "Treasury of Great Music", and sure enough there it is on Disc 12. I have yet to listen to this acquisition, I assume the Chesky is a remaster of this recording. I guess my listening session just got a little longer ;)

i just recieved a Music Direct record cleaning brush,,100%better than the brush that came with my VPI RCM,,it looks like a copy of the Disk Doctor brush,, records have less surface noise now!tonight i played,Heart "Dreamboat Annie",Al DeMeola"Land of the Midnight Sun",The Doobie Brothers"Toulouse Street"

So far today,
Stravinsky "Divertimento from the Fairy's Kiss" Reiner/CSO (RCA LM-2251} A Shaded Dog mono in very good shape, paired with Hovhaness' "Mysterious Mountain" Two very nice performances to begin the weekend....