Go Bang!
Strauss / Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra [AAPC 1806 USA 2020 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Originally released as a two-track stereo reel-to-reel tape in 1954 on the RCA Victor label. Strictly speaking this is my first ever purely classical music vinyl rip and I thought we would start off with a bang, or is that a series of bangs? This isn't the recording of the Strauss composition used in a certain very well known sci-fi movie (that was Herbert von Karajan and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), however it is the complete piece which wanders between the full-on drama and gorgeous romantic melodies of the Strauss opus. Eventually released on the RCA Living Stereo series in 1960 on vinyl, the Fritz Reiner conducted version of Also Sprach Zarathustra is highly regarded as one of the very best original classical recordings. You will pay a hefty sum if you wish to buy an original pressing, however in 2014, those nice chaps at Analogue Product...