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Symphonies, concertos, chamber music and opera — the full canon of Western art music pressed into analogue.

Beethoven composed his 9th Symphony while completely deafA first-pressing Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Beethoven cycle can fetch ₹60,000+Glenn Gould recorded his Goldberg Variations twice — 1955 and 1981 — both definitiveMaria Callas's 1954 Norma recording is considered the greatest operatic document on vinylMercury Living Presence recordings used a single microphone — still among the best-sounding classical records ever madeWe stock original EMI HMV and Decca pressings sourced directly from old Calcutta estatesBeethoven composed his 9th Symphony while completely deafA first-pressing Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Beethoven cycle can fetch ₹60,000+Glenn Gould recorded his Goldberg Variations twice — 1955 and 1981 — both definitiveMaria Callas's 1954 Norma recording is considered the greatest operatic document on vinylMercury Living Presence recordings used a single microphone — still among the best-sounding classical records ever madeWe stock original EMI HMV and Decca pressings sourced directly from old Calcutta estates

Western classical music spans over four centuries of composed art music, from the intricate counterpoint of Bach's Baroque to the sweeping Romantic symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, through to the modernism of Stravinsky and beyond. On vinyl, the dynamic range of a full orchestra — from the hushed pianissimo of a string quartet to the thundering tutti of a Mahler symphony — is reproduced with an analogue warmth that digital formats struggle to match.

Our Western classical collection draws heavily from the golden age of classical recording: Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Philips, CBS Masterworks, and EMI HMV pressings from the 1950s through 1980s. Original pressings by legendary conductors — Karajan, Bernstein, Solti, Böhm — alongside piano recordings by Horowitz, Gould, and Ashkenazy, represent the format at its finest.

Timeline

1600s–1750sBaroque — Bach, Handel, Vivaldi; fugue, counterpoint, oratorio

1750s–1820sClassical era — Haydn, Mozart, early Beethoven; sonata form perfected

1820s–1900sRomantic — Brahms, Chopin, Wagner, Tchaikovsky; expression over form

1900s–1945Late Romantic & Modernism — Mahler, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók

1940s–1960sGolden age of recording — great conductors captured on analogue tape

1970s–nowAudiophile pressings — Mercury Living Stereo, RCA, MFSL reissues

Notable Artists

Herbert von Karajan Glenn Gould Leonard Bernstein Vladimir Horowitz Pablo Casals Maria Callas Arthur Rubinstein Georg Solti

Our Western Classical Collection

378 titles

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Sinfonie Nr. 3 a-moll op. 56 (Schottische Sinfonie) - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Bamberger Symphoniker, Dirigent: Ferdinand Leitner Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,499

Walzer / Polkas/ Märsche - Various Used Audio CD

₹899

A Classical Odyssey - Various Used Audio CD

₹599

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Mein Leben an seiner Seite - Meine Lieblingsaufnahmen - Various Used Audio CD

₹899

Piano music. Sonata In B Minor, G 178; Liebestraume, G 541,1; Etudes D'Aprés Paganini: 3,5; Consolation 3; Valse Oubliée - Franz Liszt Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Harold In Italy - Hector Berlioz Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Concerto For Orchestra - Béla Bartók Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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21 Hungarian Dances [Complete] [Original Version For One Piano, Four Hands] - Johannes Brahms Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Sextet No. 1 In B Flat, Op. 18 / Allegro From F-A-E Sonata - Johannes Brahms Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Quartets Op. 33 - Joseph Haydn Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Magnificat D-dur BWV 243 / Kantate »Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren« BWV 10 - Johann Sebastian Bach Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Grieg And Schumann Piano Concertos - Edvard Grieg Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Symphony No.39 In E Flat Major K.543 / Apollpon Musagetes, Music Of The Ballet, (1928), Ed. Of 1947 - Evgeny Mravinsky Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Strictly For The Birds - Yehudi Menuhin Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Complete Works of Arcangelo Corelli da Fusignano (1653–1713), Volume Two - Arcangelo Corelli Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Kompositionen für Gitarre von Renaissance bis Barock - Pepe Romero Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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1812 - Various Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Marialena Fernandes Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Concerto For Orchestra - Béla Bartók Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - J. Ch. Bach / I. M. Kalniņš Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Symphony No. 2 - Robert Schumann Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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The Semprini Serenade - Frank Cordell conducting The New Abbey Light Symphony Orchestra Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

Symphony No.9 / Leonore No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven Used Vinyl LP Record

₹2,499

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Das Wohltemperirte Klavier – Vol. 5 - Johann Sebastian Bach Used Vinyl LP Record

₹1,999

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Why Western Classical on Vinyl?

Western classical music was made for vinyl. The format's frequency response and dynamic range are ideally suited to orchestral recordings — from the delicate bow-on-string of a string quartet to the full force of a Mahler orchestra. Original pressings on Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and HMV were mastered with extraordinary care, and those original lacquer-cut editions still outperform most modern digital remasters. For the serious classical listener, vinyl is not nostalgia — it is simply the superior format.

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