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Mike Carr/ Tony Crombie - Hammond Under Pressure - Columbia, stereo.

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name - Atlantic. One of my desert island records, since I was fourteen

I'll be in SF from mid of January till early February, taking my son to his first semester at The Art Academy. I would like to visit the Grand Canyon, other then that I don't have any other 'must see' on my agenda. What do you suggest to a middle aged couple, fond of music, movies, food, natural landscapes and modern architecture? Obviuosly I'll be pleased to meet some forum members for a dinner or a concert, or just a coffe.

L. V. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 - Kovacevich/Davis/LSO, Philips.

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind - BN, stereo Liberty pressing.

F. Chopin - Rubinstein Plays Chopin - RCA, box set.

Gone off of jazz, porcy? My wife did the same question with a frightened tone of voice. Not really, I am tryin' to widen my musical horizon, as well as my vinyl collection.

I agree with mr jazz wholeheartedly! How speakers sound in the show room, in your room, with music, with dvds, with lps, can all be very different and your personal expectations are what should be met. I agree with jazzbo! Consider that speakers are usually the key element in a music chain. They will give the footprint of the sound, you can live with a mediocre cd player or amp, but bad (or ones you don't like) speakers are a curse. I am serious.

G. Mahler - Symphony No.1 - Kubelik/Bavaria Radio Symphony Orchestra, DG box set.

Noted down!

Actually the Decca's and Emi's are usually better recordings then DG, though not always better performances. RCA and Mercury's are beyond my pocket.

Strange, I definitely had less bad surprises with classical vinyls rather then jazz or rock ones. This set consists of the complete Mahler and Sibelius symphonies, plus "Finlandia", 20 pristine Lps at 60 euros, not bad IMHO.

Nothing - a favourite of mine. It's just that looking back I find it odd that I should have got curious about a relatively 'heavy' composer from the relatively slight coverage provided by a catch-all almanac like Pears. You found it where you could in those pre-internet days. When I was at the university there was a records' shop with a huge display of classical box sets, since I was penniless at times I bought very very few of them, guess four or five in my whole academic degree (4 years). Among the boxes there was the Jochum's Bruckner Symphonies. I always wanted it, but at the end I bought something else, Brahms' chamber music, Beethoven' quartets, etc. So at times I missed Bruckner for a money matter. Lately I bought that very same box set on ebay, if you're not fond of early and rare pressings used classical vinyls are competitive with middle priced cd.

G. Mahler - Symphony No.6 - Karajan/Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra, DG box set.

Not really my taste in performances, but interesting. What's wrong with Bruckner? A recent discovery I love it! Thanks for the suggestions.

Lately I am listen to more and more classical music (on vinyl, of course ) and I am wondering if there is any list of the key classical works (and maybe recordings). I am pretty familiar with such stuff for jazz and rock, but never met a classical one. I know that such kind of lists depend on the writer's taste and pov, but nevertheless I might find it interesting since I am not really an expert, my listening is oriented towards "classic", "romantic" and "late romantic" composers like Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler, just to name a few. I read the Penguin guide but it's focused on recordings rather then the works. Any suggestion?

Well, a guy just offered me a nice penthouse in Dubai for my original Roll Call, I refused since I like chianti and prosciutto and because Dubai real estate aren't very cool nowadays.

F. J. Haydn - Symphonies 82/92 - Dorati/Philarmonia Hungarica, Decca box set.

J. Brahms - Ein Deutsche Requiem - Klemperer/Philarmonia Orchestra, EMI box set.

L. V. Beethoven - Mass In C Major - Karajan/Muenchener Bach Chor and Orchester, DG box set.

OTL is special!

J. S. Bach - Cembalo Concerts - Pinnock/The English Concert, Archiv box set

F. J. Haydn - Symphony 82/92 - Dorati/Ph. Hungarica, Decca box set.

W.A. Mozart - Piano Concertos - Perahia/ECO, CBS box set

Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Trouble Water - Columbia, 360 label.