In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . .

. . . signed (and dated!) by both Sutherland and Pavarotti. I made a special trip to Discount Records in San Francisco (not Tower Records) to get the autographs, which they did using a felt-tip pen. The amazing thing to me was that this was the era before smoking bans were in place, so that people were smoking inside and the whole store was chock-full of cigarette smoke, with Sutherland and Pavarotti right there! Scandalous!

Of course, I jettisoned this album, along with the rest of my LP's, soon after I got a critical mass of CD's in the mid-80's. I remember one of the LP sides had a big 10-12 groove scratch on it, although it was still playable of course. Strangely, I never did replace this album with a CD or higher-rez equivalent. (It's now available as a CD-blu-ray-audio combo.) And you might think it even stranger that the only CD I ever purchased of this opera was the horribly recorded Karajan version with Riciarelli. (I always thought Riciarelli was underestimated however.) I also have the blu-ray videos of the Met Zefirelli production with Nelsons conducting and the Valencia Chen Kaige production with Mehta conducting - both featuring Maria Guleghina in the title role. My current opinion is that the Valencia blu-ray is recorded even better than the Decca/London is, not least because of the multi-channel aspect to the sound.

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Topic - Turandot: A benchmark recording now better than ever - kitch29 14:25:53 03/10/17 (12)

Have it, like it very much. Terrific recording as well...nt... - dean man jim 16:11:22 03/11/17 (0)

In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:06:13 03/11/17 (3)

RE: Turandot contributed to another major San Francisco musical event - kitch29 06:14:38 03/12/17 (0)

RE: In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . . - learsfool 21:16:12 03/11/17 (1)

Yup - truly amazing! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:23:46 03/12/17 (0)

Another one to try - TGR 09:45:04 03/11/17 (2)

RE: Another one to try - kitch29 10:18:36 03/11/17 (1)

You just need to add Callas - TGR 10:57:31 03/11/17 (0)

RE: I guess one of these days, I'll have to try it. - Travis 08:30:13 03/11/17 (0)

RE: Turandot: A benchmark recording now better than ever - Crazy Dave 18:46:25 03/10/17 (0)

Yep, have that. Excellent everything. nt - Rick W 16:53:05 03/10/17 (0)

RE: Turandot: A benchmark recording now better than ever - ASHRA 15:02:38 03/10/17 (0)

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In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:06:13 03/11/17 (3)

RE: Turandot contributed to another major San Francisco musical event - kitch29 06:14:38 03/12/17 (0)

RE: In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . . - learsfool 21:16:12 03/11/17 (1)

Yup - truly amazing! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:23:46 03/12/17 (0)

In my vinyl days, I used to have a copy of that recording. . .

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