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On to the second disc from the same concert: My version of this is actually a CD, not an LP -- but I'm posting it here for continuity's sake.

Now spinning: McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (Milestone, 1979) with Ron Carter & Tony Williams I wish McCoy would've recorded more with Tony. I think they're supremely well-suited to each other. Tyner is one of the few pianists/musicians whose drive and power is every bit the equal of Williams'. But IIRC their only collaborations are Passion Dance, Counterpoints (a companion disc from the same concert), and Supertrios. Am I missing anything?

I'm still splashing about in Vaughan Williams' music: Pastoral Symphony (No. 3); In the Fen Country / Boult, New Philharmonia O (Angel)

Booker Ervin's & John Handy's sax playing on "No Private Income Blues"! Doesn't get any better than that!

Following soulpope's lead on Prokofiev . . . Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 5 & 6 / Rozhdestvensky, Moscow RSO (Melodiya)

Yes! An OUTSTANDING Prokofiev cycle. I'm now listening to Barbirolli's recordings of Sibelius' 2nd & 3rd Symphonies:

More Vaughan Williams . . .

I'm now streaming Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7) via YT. It's the version by André Previn with the LSO. I have the LP at home, which looks like this: This version includes brief readings by Sir Ralph Richardson before each movement. IIRC, it's the only recording of the Sinfonia Antartica to do so. I enjoy the narration, probably because I "imprinted" on this LP. But I know others find it distracting.

More Oistrakh from this box: Disc 15 - SHOWPIECES for Violin & Piano - with Vladimir Yampolsky - Karol Szymanowski: Vioin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9 - Suk: Six Piece Op. 7 No. 1 - Love Song - Kodály: Three Hungarian Folk Songs - Wieniawski: Légende, Op. 17 - Zarzycki: Mazurka in G, Op. 26 - Debussy: Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune - De Falla: Suite Populaire Española - Jota - Tchaikovsky: Scherzo - Valse, Op. 34 - Ysaÿe - Exstase, Op. 21

Beethoven's Eroica from this set: So good I listened to it twice.

David Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings Disc 4: BEETHOVEN - Violin Concerto - with André Cluytens & the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française and - Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer" - with Lev Oborin Magnificent performances.

One of my desert-island discs.

Now spinning this LP: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Job: A Masque for Dancing / Sir Adrian Boult, LSO (Angel)

David Friedman & David Samuels - Double Image (Enja) Excellent music. ... Top-shelf sound quality too -- like many Enja LPs from the late-70s and early-80s.

Mahler - Symphony No. 5 / Sir John Barbirolli, New Philharmonia O (EMI)

One of the few Woody Shaw records I don't have. Need to fix that!

I don't think you can go wrong with Dutoit's recordings of Ravel's music on London/Decca. The one that Larry mentioned -- and all the rest! Dutoit's Ravel is collected in this 4-CD box: Incidentally, I also agree with Larry's Dutoit/OSM Holst "The Planets" recommendation. Similarly, Martinon's Debussy on EMI/Warner Classics is nonpareil, IMO. And, like I said earlier, I prefer Munch for Berlioz. (Colin Davis is fabulous too -- and others as well. But Munch is "home base," where I always return.) Just my perspective, of course! There are MANY, MANY wonderful recordings of these three French giants.

First listen; streaming via Amazon Prime: Fourth World - S/T (B&W) with Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jose Neto and Gary Meek

You and me both. Yes. And Eugene Gregan's cover art is brilliant as well.

Another killer trio LP: The best Walrath-as-a-leader record I've heard. And I don't think it's ever been reissued. Good call. You hipped me to that one a while ago.

Ahhh. Music that transcends beauty. Music prompted by another thread:

Another . I only know Askenase's Preludes, Op. 28. I have them on an old Heliodor LP. Very impressive. Earlier today, during my morning commute: Still blown away by these warhorses... Yes! IMO, it's very difficult to top Munch in French music -- Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz. I suppose one might put Martinon and Dutoit on the "top shelf" with him. I still play Munch's Berlioz recordings more frequently than anyone else's.

Yep. I also immediately thought of Wounded Bird. I agree, felser. I have quite a few downloads, but physical media is always preferable to me. I guess there aren't enough old-school, "I-want-the-object" people like us make a viable business case for licensing -- at least for a mega-corporation like Sony. Argh.

Another one that I need to look into!