Where can i buy new Deutsche Grammophon vinyl?

Any second hand outlet. Charity shops can be good.

DG stopped pressing LPs in the 1980s or early 90s, as far as I can remember.

George

Does any record label press classical lp's ?

Hi Stuart,

a few Deutsche Grammophon reissues can be found here:www.analogshop.de

But do not forget: The sound of the DG`s ist often not first class, Decca SXL`s or RCA Living Stereo`s ( also available as reissues ) are mostly much better in this respect.

Best wishes

Manfred

There is not a lot, extremely little in fact, and the emphasis is usually on the audiophile sound rather the the greatest music making from the finest artists.

Buying second hand is probably the best way forward.

Look here for a thread on the issue of second hand vinyl.

This is the most likely way you will get great performances in respectable recordings, though don't forget that on classical music playing times on a side can be as low at 15 minutes and rarely much above 25/30 minutes. Much classical music runs longer than that, so you will be up and down out of you chair in some cases many times during the music ...

For example Karl Boehm's Beethoven Ninth Symphony recording on DG was about 78 minutes and was cut on four sides of LP. The same recording plays without interuption on CD.

Goerge

Hello George,

of course, you are right. Buying second hand vinyl means best value for money.
But very often, the old records are in bad condition. Dirt is one problem, a record cleaning machine would help. But if there are serious scratches on the surface, the record can be unlistenable. But no risk, no fun .

By the way, sitting on an uncomfotable chair listening to an eighty minutes symphony in the concert hall, I`d wish I can stand up and walk a few steps. So the unavoidable interruptions listening to vinyl are not that bad for me.

Best wishes

Manfred

Dear Manni,

I have for LPs now! I sold the majority [600 went] in 1991, and they were in splendid condition in spite of a serious amount of use! I used to replace worn out discs, so even my most used ones were still good. I used to change my Ortofon needle every three months, so as to prevent excessive wear in the grooves ...

But it amazes me how roughly some vinyl must be treated, considering what some of it is like second hand!

Anyway, I find CDs, when adequately replayed, to be a better solution for classical music in almost every case.

What is certain though, is that I got a huge pleasure from the LPs while I had them, and even more from the CDs I have in the same music ...

George

Turntable manufacture Clearaudio has been releasing a small number of classical music in association with DG.
+ There is a fair bit of info om google.

HTH

Chris