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
slipknot1
Thanks for prompting me to pull out the Bloch Hebraic Suite and the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, T_Bone and Nick_sr. I haven't listened to these pieces for many years, and they are both lovely. I'll enjoy them later today.
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Rushton,
I can recommend the Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra on the New York Album (an album put out when Yo-Yo Ma toured with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra). I don't know if it is out on vinyl. I would love to find a copy if it was... It was a decent tour too...
T_Bone, I have three performances, but not the Yo-Yo Ma. The performances I have are:

Bernstein/OrchNatFra, Rostropovich (EMI on a MHS reissue)
Mehta/Israel PO, Starker (Decca)
Ormandy/PhilO, L.Rose (Columbia)

All are very interestingly different. I'll check the library for the Ma recording since you recommend it. Thanks!
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I have it on ceedee. It is well-recorded and well-performed. And my copy is signed by YYM and DZ... :^)

Now back to your regularly-scheduled vinyl sessions...
Today it is Verdi's la Forza Del Destino... I am listening to a 1980 Japanese pressing by King Records off the original 1955 London/Decca recording with Renata Tebaldi in the role of Donna Leonora, and Mario del Monaco (one of my favorite Italian tenors) singing Don Alvaro.

What a pair of lungs on that lady...

Other than being a really nice pressing, it is a fabulous recording. Can't beat it for $2.