Gloria's Step

Sunday at the Village Vanguard · Bill Evans Trio

Bass pitch and the wood of LaFaro's instrument.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Key track: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

Key track: The Great Gate of Kiev

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic

Best pressing: DG Original Source Series (all-analog from the original 4-track tapes)

Key track: Finale: Allegro con brio

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Sir John Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London, Allegri Quartet

Best pressing: 180g reissue cut at Abbey Road from the EMI master tapes

Key track: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Analogue Productions 200g (Ryan Smith) or 45 RPM (Bernie Grundman)

Key track: Game of the Pairs

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Dupré (organ)

Best pressing: Mercury Living Presence half-speed reissue

Key track: Finale (Maestoso)

Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Analogue Productions 45 RPM (Bernie Grundman) or 33 RPM (Ryan Smith)

Key track: Introduction (Sunrise)

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Craft Recordings 180g reissue

Key track: 1812 Overture

Holst: The Planets

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Best pressing: ORG 45 RPM 2LP (out of print)

Key track: Mars, the Bringer of War

Stravinsky: The Firebird

Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Mercury Living Presence half-speed reissue (Miles Showell, Abbey Road)

Key track: Infernal Dance of Kastchei