Evaluate My Classical Vinyl Collection

[tyrion]

I know nothing about classical music. I've picked up the following albums over the last few years at local record sales thinking I would try to get into classical. I've been listening to the local classical station and I'm trying to get into it but it's a bit overwhelming. Anyway, I'm curious if what I have is good in terms of whether those of you that are into classical would say, that's a great, good, bad, whatever version. I hope that makes sense.

Mozart Symphony No.40/Hayden Symphony No.45 "Farewell" London Symphony - Antal Dorati

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' Chamber Ensemble - Mendelssohn: Octet Op.20 String Quintet Op.87

Bruch Violin Concerto No.3, Op.58 Adagio Appassionato, Op.57/romance, Op.42

Salvatore Accoardo Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig - Kurt Masur

Dvorak Syphony No.2 Moteux/London Symphony Orchestra

Mozart Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"

Symphony No.39 in E-Flat Major K.543

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

London Symphony Orchestra

Tschaikowsky - Violin Concerto Heifetz Reiner - Chicago Symphony

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.5 Antal Dorati - London Symphony

The Vienna of Johann Strauss - Vienna Philharmonic Herbert Von Karajan

Tchaikovsky - Serenade For String Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite From Le Coq D'or

Phihamonica Hungarica - London Symphony Antal Dorati

Sibelius - Symphony No.2 Monteux - London Symphony

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Boston Symphony/Charles Munch

Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B-flat Op.60 - Symphony no.8 in F Major Op.93

Antal Dorati - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninoff Concerto No.2 Van Cliburn Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony

Ravel Bolero and a bunch of other stuff - Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Horowitz Fritz Reiner Beethoven/"Emperor" Concerto

Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition/A Night On Bald Mountain Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges

Antal Dorati Minneapolis Symphony-London Symphony

Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony Scherzo from Octet in E-Flat

Munch/Boston Symphony

Tchaikovsky 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49

(Original Scoring)

Capriccio Italien

Antal Dorati Minneapolis Symphony

Brass Bronze Canon, Douay, France 1775

Bells of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial The Riverside Church

A lot of it is Mercury Living Presence, RCA Living Stereo

If I am going to try to get into this, is this stuff any good. The more I write this the more I realize I should just shut up and listen to it.

[postjack]

looks great.

looks like we're through here. i'm locking this thread. mike, get to spinnin'.

[tyrion]

The more I think about it the dumber the thread is.

I am spinning some at the moment.

[aerius]

I have a few of the same pieces, but most of my records are Deutsche Grammophon and London labels so I very much doubt we have the same records. Chances are the it's a totally different orchestra & conductor as well.

[MASantos]

I can't comment on the labels, but the music selection is very nice!

Can I recomend this album as a very nice one too?

It is my latest aquisition and has been on heavy rotation. The quality of the recording is top notch!