Treat your tape deck to the ultimate classical mixtape with Columbia Classical Greatest Hits, a star-studded reel-to-reel lineup that plays like the VIP section of music history—featuring Bizet, Ravel, Handel, Mendelssohn, Bach, Copland, Beethoven, Strauss, Chopin, and Mozart all showing off their finest musical flexes. Produced during the golden age of high-fidelity tape in the 1960s and early 1970s, this collection brings together the greatest hits of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and early Modern eras in one gloriously analog package—because why choose just one genius when you can have the whole orchestra of them? From Bizet’s sizzling drama to Ravel’s silky impressionism, Handel’s regal pomp, Mendelssohn’s lyrical charm, Bach’s brain-melting counterpoint, Copland’s wide-open Americana, Beethoven’s world-shaking themes, Strauss’s sparkling waltzes, Chopin’s poetic piano magic, and Mozart’s “yeah, I wrote this before breakfast” brilliance, this reel is basically the classical world’s Avengers. If you want your listening room to sound like a centuries-spanning super-concert curated by the universe itself, this is the tape your collection has been waiting for.

Specifications:

• Name: Columbia Classical Greatest Hits
• Tape Speed: 4 Track, Stereo, 7 1/2 IPS 
• Tape Type: 7" Plastic Reel
• Tape # MQ 1117, MQ 1112, MQ 1115, MQ 1116, MQ 1101, MQ 1265, MQ 1104, MQ 1102, MQ 1106, MQ 1107, MQ 1109
• Title List:
  • MQ 1117: Bizet's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1112: Ravel's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1115: Handel's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1116: Mendelssohn's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1101: Bach's Greatest Hits Volume 1
  • MQ 1265: Copland's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1104: Beethoven's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1102: Johann Strauss' Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1106: Chopin's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1107: Mozart's Greatest Hits
  • MQ 1109: Rimsky-Korsakov's Greatest Hits (Not Pictured)

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