Khan Bandhu “Offer Their First Record” EMI Records (India)  Harmonium – Ustad Rahman Quresh; Tabla – Ustad Nizamuddin Khan; Vocals – Mohammad Sayeed Khan, Mohammad Rashid Khan  Classical Indian Vocals (1976)

(12 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

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Serge Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf”   Microsillon Records (France)

(23 votes, average: 3.87 out of 5)

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“Operatic Heroes and Villians”  Norman Treigle  Westminster Records

(13 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5)

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Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre” and Mussorgsky “A Night On Bald Mountain”  Franz Andre Conducting the INR symphony, Brussels   Capitol Records

(32 votes, average: 3.91 out of 5)

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Berlioz “Romeo and Juliet Overture” and Tschaikowsky “Marche Slave”  National Opera Orchestra  Recorded in Europe  Varsity Records

(25 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

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“Music for RELAXATION”  Viennese Symphonic Orchestra  Plymouth Records  Budget label EZ classical for those undiscerning hi-fi owners looking something to have on in the background.  Aural wallpaper someone once called it.  A good book for mom.  A smoke for dad.  Kids like it too!

(20 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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“Tartini”  (“Devil’s Trill Sonata”)  Violinist, Erica Morini   Westminster Records

(50 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

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“Pathetique”  Tchaikovsky  Philharmonia Orchestra – Nicolai Malko, Conductor  RCA Victor  From a series “Building a basic record library”.

(46 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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Jim Flora cover for Columbia Masterworks   Richard Strauss by Eugene Ormandy, Conductor and The Philadelphia Orchestra

(56 votes, average: 3.41 out of 5)

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What were they thinking?     The “Best of Brahms”   Westminster Gold Records     Classical music for those on a budget or … Brahms for the poor (?)

(56 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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