Whats on your turntable tonight?

Prokofiev, Piano Conc No. 3, Kondrashin/MoscowPO, Byron Janis,
Rachmaninov, Piano Conc No. 1, Kondrashin/MoscowPO, Byron Janis,
.. Mercury SR 90300 Speakers Corner reissue

Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8, Borodin Quartet
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 4, Borodin Quartet
.. Mercury SR 90309, Speakers Corner reissue

Working my way through the 5LP box set of the recordings made by Mercury as the "First recordings ever made in the Soviet Union by American technical and musical staff and equipment. Recorded by Mercury on location in Moscow." What a set!
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Truly excellent list Rushton.

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Music is what sustains us, is it not?

Today:

Handel's Messiah with McGegan and The PhilharmoniavBaroque with the incomparable Lorraine Hunt (a glorious performance only available on CD, unfortunately)

Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Abbado/LSO, Argerich -pf, DGG 139 383

Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, Barbirolli/RPO, Chesky reissue

Joan Baez, "Any Day Now - Songs of Bob Dylan," Vanguard VSD 79306/7 (Well, the first LP of two. By then she wore me out.)

Bill Monroe, "7th Annual Bluegrass Festival at Bean Blossom" MCA 2-8002 (great music making!)
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Ralph Towner - Solo Concert
Dire Straits - Private Investigations (side 1)
Dire Straits - Eponymous (side 1)

Well, Merry Christmas vinyl lovers...

Last night we tried in vein to get through the

Orphans box set by Tom Waits on ANTI Records

Huge box, 7 Lps, nice!

and again, A lot of great vinyl has being mentioned on this thread over the years, if you love some titles that are either very rare on vinyl these days or have never been pressed, please add them to the "Wish List For Vinyl Pressings" here on AudioGon...

Happy Listening!