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Some great sounding classical "warhorses" ??

When I changed over from LPs to CDs some years ago I intended to replace pretty much everything in my LP collection over time. Here are a handful of pieces that I still need. I'm hoping to find excellent sounding versions---natural, ungimmicked, good imaging, little or no digital artefacts, etc.---for these:

Espagna - Chabrier
Carmen Suite No. 1 - Bizet
Enigma Variations - Elgar
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Britten
Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov
Candide/Suite - Bernstein
Carmina Burana - Orff

Thanks!
beemerrider
newbee
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Chabrier - Ansermet on London (Also on a Merc Living Presence by Paray if you like Merc's).

Carmen Suite #1 Beecham on EMI. And for something different and something I greatly prefer is the Shchedrin rescoring of the work for strings and 47 precussion instruments. I like Schwarz and the LA Chamber Orchestra.

Elgar - Enigma Variations - Andrew Davis & the BBC SO on Teldec

Britten - YPGTTO - Andrew Davis - Teldec

Rimsky-Korsakov - Cappriccio Espagna - Jarvi - Chandos Get the entire set of suites they are outstanding.

Bernstein - Candide - Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra on Reference Recording, or for something with more common Bernstein pieces added on Slatkin and the Saint Louis Orchestra on EMI.

Orff - Caarmina Burana - Ozawa and the Boston SO or Shaw on Telarc.

Hope that helps a bit.
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shadorne
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Telarc is a good label for excellent sound.
steveott
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For Elgar and Britten, check out this review of a new release by Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati:

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/reviews/review.asp?reviewnumber=11818933

The review of the performance is favorable, and talks about the recorded sound a lot. But read the caveats about the two-channel sound.

I saw these forces do Mahler's 9th in Cincy Sat. night. 'twas very nice.

Steve O.
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gawdbless
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You also try the 'Naxos' label for cheap but good recordings.
beemerrider OP
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Guys, I knew I would get some fine responses to this query and my "cart" on Amazon is starting to fill up! So good of y'all to help out.
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