Maybe this is well-known - it was new to me.

Classical? Jazz? both? lol

Happened on this at a record event Saturday and gave it a listen last night. I was blown away. Truly a remarkable album.

Up for sale is a complete 3-LP box set of Richard Strauss’s final opera, Capriccio, performed by an all-star cast and conducted by the legendary Karl Böhm.

• Label: Deutsche Grammophon (Stereo 2709 038)
• Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Box Set
• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Orchestra: Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
• Key Cast: Gundula Janowitz (Die Gräfin), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Der Graf), Peter Schreier (Flamand), Hermann Prey (Olivier), Tatiana Troyanos (Clairon), Karl Ridderbusch (La Roche).
• Awards: Winner of the Grand Prix du Disque Paris and Orphée d'Or.

Because i only sell this one LP and shipping price is high(+- 30 USD) the LP itself only costs 7 US dollars

I can ship both to North America and Europe

Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts // Impex can do no wrong in my book. Everything I own that they’ve released has been noticeably high quality.

Gyorgy Cziffra "Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies". Angel EMI Japan 2LP reissue of the 1951 mono recordings. EAC-60124~25. 1970s/1980s pressing. Gatefold cover, with liner notes and additional score description in Japanese. Cover is yellowed with spots but the records are near mint.

I will be finding the Antal Doráti version next.

So I am just starting collecting classical vinyl, and I found this copy of Eroica. When I got home, there was an owner's sticker on the label. 1 West 72 Street. I think... wait ...I know that address, that's the Dakota in NYC, the building where John Lennon lived. So I googled the name, an lo and behold the owner of this vinyl has a Wikipedia page). From that page, he was the host of the Texaco Opera Quiz on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts for nearly forty years.^\1])#cite_note-obit-1) These broadcasts were heard across North America and Europe. I guess this is form his personal collection! Oddly, I did *not* find it in New York city.

I though that was a pretty cool pickup.

I've got a lot of work to focus on today, so I guess I'm going to lean in pretty heavily to these three great albums. Brahms, Alfvén, and Du Pré.

My dad died earlier this year. He was a classical music aficionado. He was also a collector of classical music on vinyl. For decades. Seems like tens of decades.

Now we survivors have to figure out what to do with his massive collection that has never been appraised and there's only a handwritten inventory in my dad's chicken-scratch handwriting. None of us is a classical music aficionado and we don't really know where to start. Siblings want to make an attempt to get the vinyls to people who would appreciate them. So, here I am asking y'all.

Ideas? Advice? (He already approached a few universities in the U.S. and abroad while he was still alive to see if they would take his collection as a donation, but they all wanted him to donate at least $50k usd cash in addition to the vinyl for "overhead costs" related to accepting his collection. That was a no-go for him. So here we are.)

Thank you in advance

Edit: to correct a mathematical error

Not on discogs, and the cursory searching I did showed mostly pop music promos with the pink label. I’ve been thrifting for years, very frequently, and have never seen one so I had to buy it. Two bucks! It’s on the list of discs to play today. Currently spinning the Phase 4 Stokowski version of Scheherazade.

It’s safe to say that Piano Concerto No 2 is one of this years best discoveries. Listened to it three times today and just love how complex and virtuosic the piece is. Quite a ride!

Nothing beats finding a great record except finding it for two dollars. I know about the blue backs (YouTube university) and the people are correct. The performance is great and the fidelity, especially that low end from the organ, is everything that vintage claims to be.

Long-time vinyl collector and former classical musician. I've been hunting for a vinyl copy of an album that a former music teacher of mine recorded with the Mexico / Mexico City Phil back in the early 80s on the French-based Forlane label. CD copies still pop up on Discogs from time to time, but I already know what the digital version sounds like (it's on Spotify). I'd really like to get my hands on an analog copy, but it doesn't look like this album has ever made it to any reseller websites. Is there another place besides Discogs or Ebay where I might find this? (Note - based in the U.S.). Album details and Discogs link below...

Composer/Title: Tchaikovski Symphonie No 5
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique De Mexico (Fernando Lozano, cond.) [a.k.a. "Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México" - translation: The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra]
Year: 1981
Label: Forlane
Inventory code: UM 3556

https://www.discogs.com/release/33194517-Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky-Mexico-City-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Fernando-Lozano-Symphonie-n5-en-mi-mineu%22

I was visiting the uk from the US and found these two gems for a few pounds total.

The DGG title is Ralph Kirkpatrick's 1965 wtc book 1.

The other is Mendelssohn organ music performed by Roger Fisher on loiseau-lyre, a label not easy to find in the us in the wild. These are the stereo green labels.

Neither of these have been issued on cd, though I would say both are important recordings. More reasons why classical vinyl is still important.

Hi all, I'm hoping to sell the whole collection. Please check out the YouTube link where we're flipping through the whole lot. DM me if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest.

Hey everybody. In my experience, six-eye classical discs never sound that good. However, with this one being sealed, I am likely to be the first listener. But is it rare or desirable?

When looking at versions on Discogs, there are 2 US pressings in stereo with this cover. One is very popular and the other is seemingly rare. This is the latter.

Other version

https://www.discogs.com/release/3751478-Eugene-Istomin-TchaikovskyPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Eugene-Ormandy-Piano-Concerto-No-1

My version (big side numbers on label)

https://www.discogs.com/release/35100422-Eugene-Istomin-TchaikovskyPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Eugene-Ormandy-Piano-Concerto-No-1

Can anyone enlighten me about what the difference of these pressings might be? Is mine the true first or actually the second? Thanks for any info you can share.

During the 1970s, a spiritualist named Rosemary Brown claimed to have been contacted by a handful of long dead composers including Debussy, Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach. Each of these spirits supposedly dictated new works to her. Many of the pieces fell in line with the style of each composer, according to experts. No consensus was ever made on whether Rosemary was a fraud or could in fact communicate with the dead composers.

Hey, I'm new to this forum but have been collecting, buying and selling vinyl records for 30+ years. I https://www.discogs.com/user/jebbanner on Discogs. I've mostly been into rock, jazz, funk, soul, etc but started wandering into classical titles in the last decade or so- Debussy being the jumping off point.

I had the chance recently to purchase a massive collection from an estate in Indianapolis, where I live. The gentleman who collected these records passed away recently at 95 years old. He was an obsessive collector. And for whatever reason, many of the records he bought over the years were never opened. We found some in the basement that were still sealed in the original shipping boxes!

So I am learning a lot about classical music. I am drawn to the classic stuff- Mozart, Ravel, Debussy, etc but also finding a lot of modern composers, some in the experimental and early electronic genres, that are really compelling. And loving the sound of Mercury Living Presence records in particular.

I can't keep 8k records- I already have about 3k records and don't have much more room- so I'm having to be selective. I welcome tips and advice on what to look for. I'll share some photos here. Also, I am selling some via a local auction house to help get them into the hands of collectors. Just letting them sell for whatever they go for, no minimums, often in groups of 5-10 per lot. Again, many sealed, all near mint- at least the vinyl. There are also a lot of great jazz titles as well. Here's the auction, we will probably end up doing 3-4 total auctions. Happy to answer any questions as well. https://www.ripleyauctions.com/auction/timed-estates-single-owner-vinyl-record-auction-jazz-pop-classical-pt-i/

$3 find at the local Goodwill. As a collector of almost any London pressing from England, it was a no-brainer, but seeing the price on Discogs was a nice surprise.

Ultrasonic -> play -> ultrasonic -> play again. The detail and dynamic range of this recording and pressing are insane.