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Historical classical music recordings are generally classical music recordings made prior to the stereo era of vinyl disc recording, which began around 1957. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As time passes, even later recordings, made in the early stereo era are also being released as "historical" recordings, especially if they were never released or were dropped ...
The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]
The series consisted of his main works only, although all of his operas, orchestral and chamber works were included. Due to the fact that it was released earlier than the Complete Edition, Philips did not have that many recordings at their disposal, and quite a few of the recordings in the Complete Edition were recorded specifically for it. [2]
The Hooked on Classics series is a collection of record albums first introduced in 1981, toward the end of the disco era's peak in popularity. The series was disliked by many classical music purists, not least because of the background beat produced by a LinnDrum drum machine, but it had the positive effect of reviving interest in classical music among a new generation.
In 1970, it won Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album, Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (With or Without Orchestra), and Best Engineered Classical Recording. After Carlos came out as a transgender woman in 1979, reissues of Switched-On Bach amended the artist credit to reflect her change of name, as was the case ...
Budget albums (also known as unofficially by some collectors as either drugstore records or junk records) were low-priced vinyl LPs of popular and classical music released during the 1950s to 1970s consisting either of previously released material (usually reissues drawn from the catalogs of major labels featuring older performances by well-known artists) or material recorded especially for ...
1942 Honegger: Symphony No. 2, also released by A Classical Record and LYS; 1942 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466, Pianist: Jean Doyen, also released by A Classical Record and LYS; 1942 Ravel: La valse, also released by A Classical Record and LYS; 1942 Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess, also released by A Classical Record and LYS
The 1963 complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies remains available in the vinyl, CD and digital download formats. The eight-LP set on release in 1963 in the U.S. retailed for $47.98, [1] when a weekly average salary was $114. [2] A limited edition eight-LP box set of 2000 copies on 180-gram vinyl was released in 2016 retailing for $166. [3]