Sentence examples for great recordings from inspiring English sources

To the Editor: Without wishing to diminish the esteem in which Murray Perahia is and should be held for his new recording of Chopin's études, I wonder if Bernard Holland ["If Practice Makes Perfect, Practice Less?," Jan .19] has listened recently to Claudio Arrau's recording, part of EMI's "Great Recordings of the Century" series.

Both are great recordings.

Pithecanthropus Erectus was one of the first of Mingus's great recordings.

Conductor Georg Solti, renowned for his great recordings of the Wagner cycle, told them they were mad.

It's hard to imagine a more perfect opera (except, perhaps, when you're hearing "Die Zauberflöte"), and great recordings are plentiful.

Partly because, as Zenph's Web site points out, the great recordings of the past are passing into the public domain.

A replica of Capitol Studios' fabled Studio A in Hollywood, where Sinatra made many of his greatest recordings for Capitol Records, includes a mixing board, a stool and a vintage microphone.

(But I'd like to hear from the experts). He was a member of one of the great trios of the mid-sixties (with the organist Larry Young and the drummer Elvin Jones), of which, sadly, there's no video record; he recorded copiously (for Blue Note) in the 'sixties; among his greatest recordings are "Standards," "Matador," and "The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark".

He was a member of one of the great trios of the mid-sixties (with the organist Larry Young and the drummer Elvin Jones), of which, sadly, there's no video record; he recorded copiously (for Blue Note) in the 'sixties; among his greatest recordings are "Standards," "Matador," and "The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark".

Specialty Records, one of the most important independent labels in the 1940's and 50's - it recorded in both Los Angeles and New Orleans and released Little Richard's greatest recordings - has just released seven CD's, most of which have 24 tracks each.

An annotated playlist of Arturo Toscanini's greatest recordings, in honor of his hundred and fiftieth birthday.