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One of the nicest photographs to adorn a Sibelius lp. Also one of the most expensive Sibelius lps out there. There is a modern facsimile reissue by speakers corner though.

My favourite Romeo & Juliet cover I think, no idea what this recording is like though

There’s a little mini-series of these Decca ballet editions. Good job Decca

Benjamin Britten seems to do quite well on the cover art front.

A rather attractive nutcracker cover.

Classical music does halloween.

Beethoven, looking rather grouchy. According to Decca cover art he seems to be pursued by a constant wind that’s always blowing at his clothing, which might explain the bad mood.

Beethoven, king of symphonies, pictured here being moody whilst striding.

If you like your Ballerinas looking pretty, pink and very floofy, then Chopin’s short ballet work ‘Les Sylphides’ is probably the best bet. There’s another ballet with a confusingly similar name out there, but this one came first. It’s short, so most lps have something on the other side. #3 doesn’t because it’s an EP.

#vinyl #vintage records #ballet #classical music #fifties #chopin

If you’re the kind of person who immediately associates ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with bind bending and very colourful hallucinations, then this version of Mendelssohn’s incidental music is for you. Also includes a helping of Schubert.

Tripple-Firebird-bill. Featuring an Ansermet version that costs £££ on Stereo and isn’t particularly cheap on Mono either, a Segal version that I know very little about but really has the whole ‘dancer dressed as a really fiery bird’ angle covered, and the honorary inclusion of a CD cover from the 80s that does good things with block colours.

#ballet #stravinsky

Record featuring the music from that cheerful part of Fantasia when the dinosaurs killed each other and then died slow and painful deaths, and also some really organ-y organ music.

Aka. The soundtrack of some of the most traumatic moments of my childhood, and just the thing any proud parent would want to pick up for their offspring when visiting Disneyland in the 1950s

Disney (STER 4101A) 12″ lp, 33rpm

#vinyl #album art #vintage records #classical music #disney #fantasia #that dinosaur part was just so grim though

Just Igor Stravinsky looking like a boss.

Record featuring the man himself, conducting the ballet that caused riots on its opening night

CBS (BRG 72054) 12″ lp, 33rpm

#vinyl #vinyljunkie #classical music #vintage records #rite of spring

Four tone poems inspired by the Kalevala, including The Swan of Tuonella, the epitome of haunting strings.

Decca (LXT 2831) 12″ Mono Lp 33rpm

#vinyl #classical music #vintage records #record cover #can't get design like this on stereo

No idea what it sounds like, want to buy it anyway.

Capitol (P8295) 12″ LP 33rpm

#vinyl #classical music #album cover #fifties design #vintage records #wanting to buy things just for the packaging because I'm hopelessly superficial

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