Highly Recommended

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / Strauss: Don Juan

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Original "Shaded Dog" pressing

Key track: R. Strauss: Don Juan

★ Reference

Strauss: Waltzes

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Original "Shaded Dog" pressing

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)

Highly RecommendedHidden Gem

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

Key track: The Hero's Battlefield

Highly RecommendedHidden Gem

Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme / Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

★ Reference

Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils / Smetana / Dvořák / Weinberger

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

Key track: Strauss: Salome – Dance of the Seven Veils

Highly Recommended

Strauss: Don Juan / Salome (final scene)

Inge Borkh, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

Key track: Salome: Final Scene