"Ultimate in playback and listening" ? Well, I'll offer these on vinyl... Next week, I might offer a different list.
Stravinsky - Firebird, Dorati/LSO, Mercury/Classic Records 45 rpm reissue (with the Speakers Corner reissue different but still very good)
Stravinsky - Petrouchka, Danon/RPO, Chesky CR42, reissue from the Readers Digest box set, recorded by Kenneth Wilkinson
Kodaly - Hary Janos Suite, Kertesz/LSO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of Decca SXL 6136, another Kenneth Wilkinson/Kingsway Hall recording
Malcolm Arnold - Eight English Dances, Arnold/LPO, Lyrita SRCS 109, yet another remarkable Wilkinson recording
Music for Baroque Cornette, Klimo OW 004
Music for Baroque Violin, Banchini -vn, Klimo OW 002
La Spagna (Music of Spain in the XV-XVI-XVII Centuries), Gregorio Paniagua/Paniagua/AtrmMMadrid, BIS LP 163/164
Villancicos (Spanish Songs of the 15th-16th Centuries), Gregorio Paniagua/Paniagua/AtrmMMadrid, Harmonia Mundi HM 1025
Rossini - Overtures, Gamba/LSO, Decca SXL 2266 Speakers Corner reissue
Rossini - Sonate a Quattro, Salvatore Accardo, et al, Philips 4759648 (2LPs) - reissue
Miklos Rozsa - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Hendl/DallasSO, Heifetz -vn, RCA LSC 2767 45rpm Classic Records reissue
Royal Ballet Gala Performances, Ansermet/RoyalOperaH Covent Garden, RCA LDS 6065 45rpm Classic Records reissue box set
Joni Mitchell - Blue, the Rhino reissue mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray
Neil Young - Greatest Hits, Reprise 48935 Classic Records reissue
Ossian - Seal Song, Iona IR 002
Tannahill Weavers - Cullen Bay, Green Linnett SIF 1108
June Tabor and Martin Simpson - A Cut Above, Topic 12TS410
The Who - Who's Next, Classic Records reissue
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Absolute Originals, 45 rpm box set, mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray
Lightin' Hopkins - Last Night Blues, with Sonny Terry, Prestige Bluesville, 45rpm Analogue Productions reissue
Kenny Drew - Undercurrent, with Freddie Hubbard and Hank Mobley, Blue Note ST 84059 - 45rpm Music Matters reissue (get any of the Music Matters 45rpm reissues)
Hank Mobley - Soul Station, Blue Note ST 84031 - 45rpm Music Matters reissue)
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