classical piano music on vinyl...

Posted by: ken c on 21 January 2002

hi,
can i try my luck again. i am looking for piano music on vinyl. any good recordings of chopin, schubert, etc.. with the appropriate pianist of course, would be OK. i am sure i will be flooded with suggestions and WHERE to get them -- the gates are open...

enjoy

ken
ps: to give you a guide, i have on CD, alfred brendel doing schubert's sonatas, a hyperion chopin nocturnes, curzon doing schubert's improptu's, dinu lipatti doing waltzes etc etc...

Posted on: 21 January 2002 by Martin M
Ken,

Vivante is the main outlet in the UK. Classic Records, King Super Analogue and Testament are the main choice labels. All are available from Vivante. The records are superb in my opinion, but Vivante's website is crap. Try www.redtrumpet.com for a decent website and the potential for importing these albums yourself.

On a different tack, the Jasch Heifetz re-releases on Classic Vinyl are spellbinding, as is their version of Muddy Waters Folk Singer.

Enjoy!

Posted on: 21 January 2002 by ken c
martin m, many thanks. as it happens, vivante are very close to my dealers, infidelity. so next time i am there i will give them a visit -- meantime, i have a copy of their pdf catalogue -- and i have found the brubeck i am looking for (thanks john c) i might order one or two albums just to see how it all works out...

enjoy

ken
ps: i have seen 3 heifetz's on that link you posted -- i dont have any of them -- which one would you recommend??

Posted on: 21 January 2002 by Martin M
As you like Oscar Peterson, see if he have Oscar's West Side Story on DCC vinyl - its spectacular sonically, and great fun musically. In fact, all DCC vinyl is superb in my experiece. Pity they went bust...
Posted on: 21 January 2002 by ken c
martin m says, "As you like Oscar Peterson, see if he have Oscar's West Side Story on DCC vinyl -"

yes i do, and will look out for this.

many thanks and

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 21 January 2002 by Martin M
quote:
ps: i have seen 3 heifetz's on that link you posted -- i dont have any of them -- which one would you recommend??

All of them, but if you wish to prioritize, get the Beethoven first. Its sublime.

Posted on: 21 January 2002 by ken c
All of them, but if you wish to prioritize, get the Beethoven first. Its sublime.

martin, will do. many thanks...

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 09 February 2002 by ken c
martin m,

i picked up j heifetz "the supreme" (on cd, bmg classics) which has a mixture of js bach, brahms, tchaikovsky, bruch, sibelius, glazunov and gershwin -- on a double cd.

yes, this artist is worth investigating more. such intensity!!! next stop, one or 2 heifetz vinyls from vivante.

many thanks for the suggestion...

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 10 February 2002 by Phil Barry
Naxos has published soem Heifetz from the '30s - not to mention Schnabel, Moissevitch, Lhevinee, etc., to get back to piano music. :-)

Phil