Peter Friedman

Longo's best recordings as leader, in my opinion, were those he did for the CAP label. They include trio sessions, and a few with horns.

What I have noticed from looking at some example given above, my 3X5 card catalog system may have more complete information. All my 3x5 cards, with just a few limited exceptions, list the musicians on the CD with an abbreviation of the instruments they are each playing. One thing in hindsight that I wish I had included was the recording date or dates of the session.

Bruch - Septette Mozart - Piano Concerto No.19, K.459

23 Mazurkas

Vivaldi's Cello Concertos & Aria Arrangements - Amsterdam Baroques Orchestra- Ton Koopman

Spohr - Double Quartet No.4, Op.136 Bruch - Symphony No.1

I am an "outlier" when it come to McCoy Tyner. I smiled when I saw the lengthy list of Tyner recordings on Milestone. It turns out that I only have one of his Milestone CDs. I had a number of them on LP and disposed of them when I came to realize that I did not like them. I have 5 of Tyner's sessions on the Impulse label, 3 on Blue Note, 1 on the LRC label, 1 on Chesky, 1 on Telarc and the Verve Big Band session. For my taste, Tyner is at his very best as a sideman on numerous Blue Note recordings by leaders such as Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, etc. He also played well as a sideman on a few other labels in the 50's. I also like his early work with John Coltrane on Atlantic. Much of his playing in his later years lacked interest for me. Often a heavy bombastic touch and ideas I did not care for most of the time.

I am very "Old School' in the way I catalog my CDs. I started purchasing CDs back when they first became available around 1984. Previously I had a 3x5 card catalog system for my LPs. So when CDs came on the scene I used that same 3X5 catalog system. The number of my CDs grew dramatically. By the time I realized that some form of computerization of my CD catalog would be beneficial, the numbers of my CDs stopped me in my tracks. It would be an overwhelming project that I had no ambition to undertake. I have 9 boxes that house the 3X5 catalog of my many thousands of jazz and blues CD. Each card has the name of the leader, the CD title, and the names of the musicians. It also has the label and serial number. This system works quite well for me. I can quickly lay my hands on a 3X5 card for any CD in my collection. I decided to not create a catalog for my classical CDs in this way. I created a computer listing on Pages of each of my favorite composers where I have large numbers of CDs. So I have a page for Beethoven, one for Mozart,, one for Haydn, and for another nine or ten composers.

Had not played this in a long time. Not one I care for, it is going into my disposal box.

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein", No.23, Op.57 "Appassionata", No.26, Op.81a "Les Adieux" ( all recorded in 1951)

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1

No, I disagree. Gheorghe, why don't you begin a thread titled best recordings of the 50's. That makes far more sense to me than "cheating" on this 40's thread.

Gade - Symphony No.5, Op.20 Volkmann - Cello Concerto Op.33 and Overture in C major