The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestera plays Mendelssohn

April 9, 2018 9:07 AM

The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestera plays Mendelssohn to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Long Player. Maybe there'll be more classical pieces performed in the future.
posted by brokeaspoke (6 comments total)

this is one of those, I hope this going to be what I think it's going to be things ... but it's not, it's way f***ing better.
posted by philip-random at 9:33 AM on April 9, 2018

and Ensemble:

Qbert (1992-1994 DMC World Champion) on SL-1200GR
Mr.Switch (2014 DMC World Champion) on SL-1200LTD
Swamp (1996 DMC World Champion) on SL-1200 MK5
Kentaro (2002 DMC World Champion) on SL-1200GR & SL-1200GR
Yasa (2007-2011 DMC World Team Champion as KIREEK) on SL-1200MK3D
Hi-C (2007-2011 DMC World Team Champion as KIREEK) on SL-1200MK5
Izoh (2012 DMC World Champion) on SL-1200MK5
Rena (2017 DMC World Champion : The youngest champion ever) on SL-1200MK5 & SL-1200 MK3
6th Generation on SL-1200MK3D
Bahn on SL-1200MK5
Baku on SL-1200MK5
Bori on SL-1200MK5
Bunta on SL-1200MK3D
D-Styles on SL-1200G
Dom-Auto on SL-1200MK3D
Doon on SL-1200MK3D
Fummy on SL-1200MK5
Hiroshi on SL-1200MK3D
Ina Takayuki on SL-1200MK3D
Jifrock on SL-1200MK3
Ken-one on SL-1200MK3D
Miyajima on SL-1200MK3D
OM on SL-1200MK3D
Reiko on SL-1200MK3D
Sarasa on SL-1200MK3D
Shota on SL-1200MK5G
To-Ru on SL-1200MK3
Wa-ta on SL-1200MK5G
Yone on SL-1200MK5
You-ki on SL-1200MK3D
posted by philip-random at 9:39 AM on April 9, 2018

The ensemble list is one of my favorite lists right now.
posted by brokeaspoke at 9:42 AM on April 9, 2018

It _may_ be a mix of what what was "played" in the room, but I doubt that. It's certainly not a recording the sound in the room.
posted by hawthorne at 9:43 AM on April 9, 2018

It's great to see a tribute to the first LP record, but no one record actually has that distinction. There were 105 records in Columbia's initial LP release. The Mendelssohn on ML-4001 was just numerically first in the ML-4000 (12" classical) series, just as Beethoven's 8th Symphony by Bruno Walter and the NY Phil on ML-2001 was for the 10" classicals and The Voice of Frank Sinatra on CL-6001 was for the 10" popular series. (The assumption was that a pop album would be no more than 8 songs, so they'd all be ten-inch records.)

That said, cool video!
posted by in278s at 12:23 PM on April 9, 2018 [2 favorites]

I originally read this as Philadelphia Turntable Orchestra (it's been a long day) and was confused how "Japanese" it still sounded to my ears.

(It reminded me of Milky Chu's take on Bach [YT] and probably a number of picopop bands.)
posted by bigendian at 2:04 PM on April 9, 2018 [1 favorite]