Symphony No. 1/Solti/LSO
$34.99
Symphony No. 2/Bernstein/
NY Phil.
180g import 2LP $54.99 LIM0039
Symphony No. 1/Bernstein/
Amsterdam
180g import LP $39.99 LIM43010
180g import LP
LDEC611
Symphony No. 2/
Solti/LSO
180g import 2LP $64.99 LDEC325-2
SHOSTAKOVICH AND RAVEL
MAHLER
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Piano Concertos
The name Leonard Bernstein
conjures visions of all-consuming
passion. As pianist and conductor,
Lenny was at the top of his game
leading the New York Philharmonic
through these signature 1958
performances, recorded during
early stereo’s golden age. Bursting
with natural ambience and stunning
dynamics, Impex’s loving reissue of
this Columbia set bedazzles.
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Symphony No. 3/
Mehta/LAP
200g 2LP $49.99 LAP0117
Symphony No. 4/Bernstein/
Amsterdam
180g import LP $39.99 LIM43012
Symphony No. 8/Solti/CSO
180g 2LP $44.99 LDM85511
Symphony No. 9/Giulini/
NY Phil.
180g import 2LP $64.99 LSPC2702
180g LP
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$32.99 LIMP6004
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.
2/Rostropovich/Ozawa/BSO
Spotlighting spectacular conflict
between cello and orchestra, and
flush with both gloomy moods
and peaks of light, this highly
dramatic and vividly colorful piece
is granted a virtuosic reading by
Mstislav Rostropovich and Seiji
Ozawa. Speakers Corner’s LP
outlays the thrills across a multilayered, warm-toned soundstage.
180g import LP
$34.99 LSPC30653
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Witches’ Brew/Gibson/LSO
BORODIN
Symphonies 2 and 3/
Ansermet/Suisse
Borodin’s most significant largescale composition teems with
dramatic melodies and heroic
character. It’s accompanied
by the two-movement Third,
each performed with exalted
definitiveness by Ansermet and the
Suisse Romande. ORG’s pressing
brings alive the dimensions of
Geneva’s Victoria Hall.
180g 45RPM 2LP
$54.99 LORG0153
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8/Kleiber/Wiener
Symphony No. 9/Abbado/Lucerne
180g LP
180g 2LP
$29.99 LDS31904
$29.99 LDA39764
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$34.99 LAP2225
$29.99 CAPSA2225
200g LP
SACD
DVORAK
SCHUBERT
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Nearly 60 years after its original
release at the advent of the RCA
Living Stereo era, the superbly
recorded Witches’ Brew continues
to ensnare listeners in a web of
spook-themed music from the likes
of Liszt, Mussorgsky, and more.
Remastered by Willem Makkee
from the original master tapes and
pressed at QRP, these editions are
instant desert-island classics.
Violin Concerto/Mutter/
Honeck/Berlin
180g LP
$29.99 LDM36084
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BEETHOVEN
MARTHA ARGERICH /CLAUDIO ABBADO
The Complete Concerto
Recordings
Their partnership lasted more
than four decades and remains
extolled for its alchemic balance,
subjective expressionism, and
romantic verve. Now, hear every
concerto recording by pianist
Martha Argerich and sympathetic
conducting foil Claudio Abbado on
a set that bridges seven composers
and four world-class orchestras.
180g 6LP box set
Mercury Living Presence: The
Collector’s Edition Vol. 3
The first two volumes in this series
sold out soon after release. With
that in mind, celebrated renditions
of Respighi’s Roman Festivals,
Franck’s Symphony In D Minor,
and four other works are all you
really need to know. That, and the
fact Sean Magee cut the lacquers
at Abbey Road Studios. Get this
box before it disappears.
180g 6LP box set
$139.99 LDM80585
$134.99 LDA45482
Decca Sound: The Mono Years
1944-1956: The Birth of High
Fidelity
The Originals: Legendary
Recordings from the DG
Catalogue
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Back to mono. Decca Sound
restores a trove of classics recorded
between the mid-1940s and mid1950s. Impressing with meticulously
reproduced cover jackets and
transparent sound (lacquers are
cut at Abbey Road Studios), this
6LP treasure includes Stravinsky’s
Petrouchka led by Ansermet and
Beethoven’s Sixth with Kleiber.
Remastered at Optimal from the
original analog sources, seven
cornerstone recordings fill this
cl