[78-L] classical stuff

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 01:14 AM 11/6/2009, you wrote:
>I realize that while there is an abundance of knowledge about 
>classical recordings on this list, there isn't a huge amount of 
>discussion about classical music here.  I have come across a lot of 
>interesting facts about pop recordings during the last few years 
>here but it really isn't a forum for indepth discussions on the 
>classical side of things.

Glad to know I'm not the only one here that collects classical on 78 rpm.

>   Another first for me was Felix Weingartner's Beethoven 7th with 
> the Royal Philharmonic.  I have both the acoustic and the later 
> Vienna recordings but it has been a long time since I've been able 
> to add a new Weingartner recording to my collection.  He was the 
> first, and on 78s, the only conductor to do a complete Beethoven 
> cycle, (most of them recorded two or three times or more), as well 
> as a complete Brahms cycle.  The most interesting Weingartner 
> Beethoven recording is the rare 5th Symphony recording by an 
> unnamed Symphony Orchestra.

I don't have any part of his Brahms cycle on 78's or any other 
format. I've got 2 or 3 symphonies from his Beethoven cycle on 78's 
plus all 9 symphonies on a late 40's or very early 50's dark blue 
label Columbia LP set. Guess what? The 78's have better sound quality 
than the LP's do!!

>Anyway, that was a day in the life of a classical record collector.
>
>db