Hot Stamper Classical and Orchestral Pressings Available Now
Core Collection Classical Albums with Hot Stampers Available Now
The best classical recordings of the ’50s and ’60s like the one you see pictured here, were compromised in every imaginable way.
Yet somehow they manage to stand both sonically and musically head and shoulders above virtually anything that has come after them, now that we can play them on the high quality equipment of today.
The music lives and breathes on those old LPs. Playing them you find yourself in the Living Presence of the musicians. You become lost in the performances captured in their grooves.
Whatever the limitations of the medium, they seem to fade quickly from consciousness. What remains is the rapture of the musical experience.
That’s what happens when a good record meets a good turntable.
We live for records like these. It’s the reason we all get up in the morning and come to work, to find and play good records. It’s what this site is all about — offering the audiophile music lover recordings that provide real musical satisfaction. It’s hard work — so hard nobody else seems to want to do it — but the payoff makes it all worthwhile. To us anyway. Hope you feel the same.
The One Out of Ten Rule
If you have too many classical records taking up too much space and need to winnow them down to a more manageable size, pick a composer and play half a dozen of his works. Most classical records display an irredeemable mediocrity right from the start; it doesn’t take a pair of golden ears to hear it.
If you’re after the best sound, it’s the rare record that will have it, which makes clearing shelf space a lot easier than you might imagine. If you keep more than one out of ten you’re probably setting the bar too low if our experience is any guide.
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