Everyone post! I'll start:
1. The 14CD-Messiaen 100th Anniversary box. I'm sure I'll go get this before the year's over.
2. The Wagner Ring (Keilberth) on Testament, the LP set... I already own the CD set. 19 LPs, $500 (holy crap.)
3. Alfred Brendel's His Vanguard & Vox Recordings (36 CDs)... I grew up with Brendel's Beethoven set on Vox. I've heard better versions of Beethoven sonatas, but none are more dear to me than the early Brendel accounts. The thing is, I listened to the cassettes back then... so this is definitely one to buy & keep near me...
4. Complete Arista recordings of Anthony Braxton... I drooled about this one in this forum when it first came out, and I also see that FK also recommends it highly in his blog.
5. The Heifetz 45 rpm reissue box from Classic Records, seems like they still have a few left...
6. And for the "dream on" category: EMT 997 arm with the EMT mono cart. AD's review has completely infected me. And Shindo SPU cart. With those two carts on my Platine, I'd be in heaven, I bet.
Everyone post! I'll start:
1. The 14CD-Messiaen 100th Anniversary box. I'm sure I'll go get this before the year's over.
2. The Wagner Ring (Keilberth) on Testament, the LP set... I already own the CD set. 19 LPs, $500 (holy crap.)
3. Alfred Brendel's His Vanguard & Vox Recordings (36 CDs)... I grew up with Brendel's Beethoven set on Vox. I've heard better versions of Beethoven sonatas, but none are more dear to me than the early Brendel accounts. The thing is, I listened to the cassettes back then... so this is definitely one to buy & keep near me...
4. Complete Arista recordings of Anthony Braxton... I drooled about this one in this forum when it first came out, and I also see that FK also recommends it highly in his blog.
5. The Heifetz 45 rpm reissue box from Classic Records, seems like they still have a few left...
6. And for the "dream on" category: EMT 997 arm with the EMT mono cart. AD's review has completely infected me. And Shindo SPU cart. With those two carts on my Platine, I'd be in heaven, I bet.