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The Collins performances are indeed really good. For a fine black horse coming up from behind though, try the Rozhdestvensky set. http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-Symphonies-1-7-Jean/dp/B003GT37LG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444928348&sr=8-1&keywords=Rozhdestvensky++Sibelius The price is now triple what I paid a couple years ago! clark On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On LP one of the 6-record set, there is more a low-level buzz than a hum. > I think they did some mitigation, perhaps a hum filter, and the buzz is the > low-level hash that rode above the hum. In any case, it's not terribly > annoying on speakers. more annoying listening through headphones. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:38 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Good music, good FFRR sound, good vinyl, nice > presentation > > > I happened to read a review of the Eloquence CDs just the other day in a > back issue of Fanfare, Vol. 31 #6, 7/8 2008. A dual(ing) review, one mostly > negative, one mildly positive, the latter calling the sound "dynamic, if > feral," and describing the playing as sometimes "scrappy" but "elsewhere > the LSO play their hearts out, chasing the devil." The other guy > acknowledges the set's historical significance, but praises only Kenneth > Wilkinsin's Kingsway sound as "astonishingly clear, lifelike." He mentions > there is a buzz throughout the 1st Symphony. > > I have three of the Ace of Clubs pressings (not of the 1st). I wasn't > bowled over by the performances, but this prompts me to give them another > spin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Haley > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:10 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Good music, good FFRR sound, good vinyl, nice > presentation > > Tom, > > People should be aware that these classic recordings are already available > on two "Decca" CDs, here: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-Symphonies-Nos-Jean/dp/B00104CIPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444849351&sr=8-1&keywords=Collins+Sibelius > > and > > > http://www.amazon.com/Eloq-SIBELIUS-Symphonies-Nos-CD/dp/B00104CIPU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444849351&sr=8-2&keywords=Collins+Sibelius > > These Decca CD's sound far better than the prior incarnations on Beulah > CDs (or any prior LPs), and it is hard to believe that the new LPs could > possibly top these fantastic sounding CD's. While I haven't heard the new > LPs, I think they have to be truly superfluous. > > I see on Amazon that there is also a Japanese CD set, which I know nothing > about. > > Anyone who loves these symphonies, as I do, has to hear these Collins > recordings. They are real ear-openers. > > Best, > John Haley > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > UMG/Decca Classics quietly released this new 6LP set: >> http://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4788497 >> >> Having worked with UMG on both the release-prep and consumer-fan end >> of things, I am very impressed with this year's crop of vinyl reissue >> offerings. This set in particular has very nice sound quality, >> excellent manufacturing and a high-quality "artifact"-ness about it >> (nice sleeve graphics, high-quality reproduction of the FFRR labels, >> good booklet essay, etc). >> >> Pressed (180g, very flat LPs) at OptimalMedia, Germany. >> >> Most of all, the performances are superb. And, I usually don't go in >> for mono orchestral recordings, but the Decca guys knew how to do this >> well. I was amazed that the first 2 symphonies were recorded in 1952. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >