14) Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe - 5,000. In such hands the final pages of Op 111 do indeed become a drift towards the shores of Paradise (Edward Sackville-West) and throughout all these performances you sense how the great effort of interpretation (Michael Tippett) is resolved in playing of a haunting poetic commitment and devotion. Here's a few features to look for when determining if your Beatles record might be worth some money at auction: Where the album was pressed: As the Beatles were a UK band, their records were usually issued in the UK before they were released anywhere else. (Indeed some listeners, particularly those brought up on the Busch or Vegh Quartets, may find the sheer polish of their playing gets in the way, for this can be an encumbrance; late Beethoven is beautified at its peril). Pinterest via @ingrid3505/Getty Images . 12.49. Best Answer. Erotica by Madonna - If you own this 12" picture disc depicting Madonna sucking on Naomi Campbell's toe, you could be sitting on $5,000. Its possible, even probable. Thats in part down to the performers and in part surely the recording, in that most eloquent of spaces, the Prague Rudolfinum Read the full reviews in the Reviews Database: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Yefim BronfmanpfTonhalle Orchestra, Zurich / David Zinman, Brilliant Classics (originally Arte Nova). Sold for 12,331.00 USD on 08 Sep 2019 (38 bids) Vinyl Beethoven: Violin Concerto - Leonid Kogan *Columbia SAX 2386 ED1 LP* Sold for 12,110.30 USD on 14 Mar 2021 (49 bids) Vinyl RARE Classical Vinyl Record Collection, "The Electric Recording Company" Sold for 12,000.00 USD on 31 Jan 2023 (Buy It Now) Vinyl We have also included, where possible, the complete originalGramophonereviews, which are drawn fromGramophone'sReviews Databaseof more than 40,000 reviews. Cannibal Man (Intervision) 500. Click on the price links to get the full specs of each album, including a visual of the cover to keep an eye out for. Prince - The Black Album. The dance starts here, the apotheosis comes later (Coupled with Schubert's Symphony No 5) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bhm. Listening to the opening tutti on this joyful new Triple Concerto, I could just picture Nikolaus Harnoncourt cueing his strings, perched slightly forwards, impatiently waiting for that first, pregnant forte. Learn all about Ludwig van Beethoven on AllMusic. The resemblance here to Karajans 1962 Berlin recording is uncanny, doubly so given the quality of playing and direction needed to bring off a reading of such pace, poise and beauty. At times it is a model of lucidity, arguments and textures appearing as the mechanism of a fine Swiss watch must do to a craftsman's glass; yet the reading is also full of subversive beauty, the finely elucidated tonal shifts confirming Charles Rosen's assertion that Beethoven's art, for all its turbulence, is here as sensuous as a Schubert song. Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, Gramophone This is an exceptional realisation of Beethovens nine symphonies, one of those rare occasions when one is left with a feeling of having been in the presence of the thing itself. Beethoven Bicentennial Collection Vol XIV Deutsche Grammophon - STILL SEALED BOX. 21, is a brisk walk indeed, but it does remain cantabile. Benefits charity. As month follows month and more and more live performances appear, our perspective on the purpose of recordings seem to be changing. The D major Symphony is a joy from start to finish, whilst Norrington treats the F major as though it was specially written for him in an electrifying performance which challenges such distinguished versions as the 1952 NBC SO/Toscanini and the 1963 Karajan set made for DG in Berlin. The specifically east of Vienna dimension is not merely felt in the fierier thrust of the 2/4 section of the Peasants Merrymaking. An early red vinyl Japanese pressing of Swing Me an Old Song by Julie London, including the original obi. Step 1 Sort through the collection of old albums. And the first four notes of his famous Fifth Symphony make up the most famous musical motif in history (come on, you totally know the notes). When Kurt Masur recorded the symphonies in the 1970s, Robert Layton wrote in these columns of an orchestra that was consistently sensitive in its responses, its expression unforced, the overall sonority beautifully weighted and eminently cultured Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons. Over 30 discs of alternative recordings including historic performances and period instrument recordings. With this three-disc album of Beethovens piano concertos Paul Lewis complements his earlier set of the 32 sonatas and also his appearances at the Proms this summer where for the first time all five concertos will be played by a single artist. Nor is it a work which is easily mastered physically. In addition to the 63 bids, the sale price was $ 360,11. This is as follows: Records of 10 - 30 value I will pay one third. Formidably in command of the music, he neither subjects the notes to his virtuosic will, nor demeans his own technique by mimetic attempts at audible disorder. A number of autographed albums featuring signatures of all the band members, like the Eagles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Pearl Jam, are in demand as well. An old diamond in the rough is how Robert C Marsh (Toscanini and the Art of Orchestra Performance; London: 1956) recalled the original Victor 78s of this 1940 Heifetz Studio 8-H recording of the Beethoven. Think of repose in C major for 27 bars until the switch to the main movement; and the sudden shock of a fortissimo chord in A minor is ruder than it would be on a modern piano. Pollinis account is simply staggering, for if there are incidental details which are more tellingly illuminated by other masters, no performance is more perfect than this new version. In order to clarify the music it is often necessary to make certain notes obscure. If its true, as some contemporary witnesses aver, that Schnabel was a flawless wizard in the period pre-1930, theres still plenty of wizardry left in these post-1930 Beethoven recordings. The Schubert dates from the end of Bhms recording career. His Schumann Liederkreis, Op 24 (5/98) was the first recording to give serious warning of the distinctive lyric ardour and keen intelligence of his artistry; and now Beethovens setting of Goethes Mailied (Op 52 No 4), with its lightly breathed, springing words, could have been written with Genz in mind Pierre-Laurent AimardpfThomas ZehetmairvnClemens HagenvcChamber Orchestra of Europe; Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Yes, some of the cassette tapes do. Co." credits. The two sets of variations on themes from Mozarts Magic Flute are a very different proposition from the Conquring Hero but just as persuasive, with the Op 66 set given a particularly sparkling reading A cellist who tends towards introversion; a fortepianist who tends the other way. So beside the Beethovenian strut to this performance there is poetry too, as at 825 where Clemens Hagen wafts in with the principal theme underpinned by gently brushed strings. Thanks to Mariss Jansonss expert schooling of his superb Bavarian musicians in works which continue to enthral, move and entertain him, the dramatic and expressive elements are derived from within rather than as is often the case with lesser conductors imposed from without Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan. There are classicising tendencies in Leipzig too. This is a big, affable, blustery Triple, the soloists completing the sound canvas rather than dominating it, a genuine collaborative effort. Betrayed (Taboo) 1,100. Cesar Franck Symphony in D minor - 78 Album 3x Records D1405 D1406 D1407. In the finales of this sonata and of the Kreutzer, Faust and Melnikov are slightly faster and more brilliant but Tiberghien and Ibragimova, with superb poise and control, appear more carefree and joyful. The Larghetto is beautifully done, its effect underlined through the sheer energy and character of the outer movements. Somehow Lewiss quiet and distinctive voice can lift even the most familiar phrase on to another sphere and his playing throughout, shorn of accretion, makes all these sonatas shine with their first radiance and eloquence. Gallery of Horror (Trytel) 500. If you suspect that a record in your collection is very old, one of the best ways to get an accurate appraisal is to contact an antique expert. Sometimes I have many copies of some records, that for whatever reason are not selling at the prices I put them up for. Vital energy and connoisseur-level sensitivity to original turns of phrase reign supreme in Helmchens reading of the Mozart-influenced Second Concerto, and he appropriately exchanges its skittish garments for a serious black frock-coat with the first-movement cadenza, composed much later than the surrounding music, layering the soundscape in something that could have come right out of theHammerklavierSonata. One might even relate the reading of that first movement to Giulini's spacious but concentrated reading of the Eroica Symphony with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra (DG, 5/79). Sumptuously recorded and lavishly presented (including engaging family photographs), the sonatas are offered in a sequence that gives the listener an increased sense of Beethovens awe-inspiring scope and range Xavier PhillipsvcFranois-Frdric Guypf. Up to a point the length of a review should denote importance and were this the case, this notice ought to occupy many pages! Oktober 1811 (BG 523) Once Beethoven had turned his attention to composition, he would of course receive payments for commissions. Unless it's a particularly rare and out-of-print recroding, old classical albums are only worth their weight in vinyl (basically nothing). Review of Vol 3: To have arrived so soon at the end of this journey seems almost a pity, for the company has been most engaging, by turns profound and delightful. Continue to 5 of 7 below. Are you thinking recently, "How much am I worth? 13) The Beatles - Please Please Me - 6,000. Yet not even beside such giants as these as well as Solomon, Kempff and perhaps even Schnabel does Pollinis achievement pale. And it was seven years after that, in Reggio Emilia in 2008, that he conducted his first Fidelio. In her own memorable artists note she speaks of that knife-edge poise between creator and recreator, of what must finally be resolved into a primal simplicity. The Mahler CO wind are predictably characterful in their variations on the theme that prefigures the Ode to Joy and the chorus are fervent without sounding too butch. The "Good Luck Charm" record released in 1962 on 7-inch vinyl with an album speed of 33 seconds is considered Elvis Presley's most valuable record, according to John Marshall of Money Music. On the evidence of this magnificent issue, Klemperer was right. Vinyl records in the 80s are not worth pretty much, but the records from the 60s to the 70s have some special vintage value. 05 of 07 Quite frankly, you couldnt do very much better than this set. Prior to that date, the label Grammophon was used until 1943, in conjunction with the Nipper dog. Even when a dazzlingly articulate reading like that of the Waldstein is home and dry, the abiding impression in its aftermath is one of Schnabels (and Beethovens) astonishing physical and imaginative daring. Product details Product Dimensions : 11.3 x 11.1 x 8.3 inches; 15.8 Pounds Manufacturer : Deutsche Grammophon Original Release Date : 2019 Date First Available : September 10, 2019 2.99. 26. I was made more than usually aware of its original context as the finale of the famously epic concert that also saw the premieres of, among others, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and the Fourth Concerto; suddenly I noticed connections between the Fantasy and the Fourth that previously passed me by. A search for inner and outer peace the aspiration Beethoven writes above the opening bars of the Dona nobis pacem is the performances ultimate goal Stemme; Kaufmann; Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado. To find the perfect subscription for you, simply visit:gramophone.co.uk/subscribe. That number would be approximately $2,100,00,000 if that catalog were worth a Bruce Springsteen 30x valuation. In November I was humming and hawing over Sir Simon Rattles fascinating but fussy Fifth with the VPO (EMI). It was during Osmo Vnsks time with the BBC Scottish SO that his Beethoven began winning golden opinions. Presley's first singles, in 45 and 78 RPM formats, were released by Sun Records. Christopher Headington (July 1993) Symphonies Nos 1-9 Taken in isolation, however, the Quartetto Italiano remain eminently satisfying both musically and as recorded sound. Some of the most valuable records contain autographs of all four members of The Beatles. 1 in C major, Op. Schnabel was almost ideologically committed to extreme tempos; something you might say Beethovens music thrives on, always provided the interpreter can bring it off. Gramophone is part of If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription toGramophoneplease click herefor further information. Two billion dollars is a lot of money. That's OK there are a lot of other dimes that are worth a significant amount of money, too! This is another account to be placed alongside the finest, including Argerich, and for me surpassing Glenn Gould/Bernstein Emil GilelspfPhilharmonia Orchestra / Leopold Ludwig. That's where the money was, and the biggest moneymaker of the second half of the decade was Elvis Presley. You do not have to listen far to be swept up by its spirit of renewal and discovery, and in Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist Nikolaus Harnoncourt has made an inspired choice. I was out of my seat at the end of the Seventh and I can only assume that a patch was made of the final pages, because no audience could conceivably have contained itself. A copy 0000001 of The Beatles' White Album sold for $790,000 at an auction on December 5, setting a new world record for a vinyl record. Where many of the Masss most praised interpreters have treated it as a species of music drama, the god Dionysus never far distant, Harnoncourts performance has an atmosphere you might more normally expect to encounter when listening to a piece such as the Faur Requiem. Richard Osborne(December 1983). In mint condition and with the picture sleeve, the record is worth an estimated $20,000. 11) Elvis Presley - That's All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky - 7,000. There is, though, nothing effete about the totality of Gilels's reading. Often, violinists seem embarrassed by these, or else create a somewhat eccentric effect. Patsy Cline has a self-titled vinyl released by Decca worth $75. In Opp 74 and 95, they more than hold their own against all comers. Over 50 I will pay 50%. There was an admired recording of the Pastoral Symphony, given away with a magazine, and a Proms performance of the Seventh Symphony which David Gutman described as terrifically fresh and alert (BBC Proms, 11/99). The Alban Berg are the first to give us them on CD, and the medium certainly does justice to the magnificently burnished tone that the Alban Berg command, and the perfection of blend they so consistently achieve. Edward Greenfield (September 1981), Isabelle FaustvnOrchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado. Not that the racy tempo affects the feel of a performance which has zest and humour, and which, like the Karajan, realises to perfection Beethovens seemingly effortless marriage of the spirits of Apollo and Dionysus. By and large he did. Their insight and wisdom, their humanity and total absorption in Beethoven's art has to my mind never been surpassed and only sporadically matched, even by such modern ensembles as the Vegh and the Lindsay! only 300 copies of the soundtrack were ever printed, meaning it became a money-maker years later. Ludwig van Beethoven 80 likes Like "It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. About Mark Allen Group So may I say at once that Harmonia Mundis eagerly awaited set is a superlative achievement and that Lewiss partnership with Jir Belohlvek is an ideal match of musical feeling, vigour and refinement Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Leif Ove Andsnespf. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. It takes a major pianist standing outside the Viennese tradition to see the volatile and ageing Beethoven subsuming gamesome Classical ironies in Romantic pathos and a feeling of personal travail. We are proud to present 50 of the finest recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's music. Richard Osborne (March, 1987), This is a great performance, steady yet purposeful, with textures that seem hewn out of granite. 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