最近,美国指挥家伦纳德·斯拉特金在他的脸书上选出了20张最差古典音乐唱片封面设计(应该是21张)。大家开开眼吧,也算是一家之言。

There have been several posts asking us to select our favorite recordings. I am going to start one that contains the worst classical album covers. There will be 20 of them, so be prepared. Westminster Records had a series of very strange covers. Here is one of the best:

Worst classical album covers No. 2: Looks like she only got the first couple notes of the G Major on the disc.

Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. PreludeAngela East - Bach: The Cello Suites

Worst classical album covers No. 3: A little heavy on the symbolism but what a cast!

Worst classical album covers No. 4: I know Dan and never thought he would run away from anything.

Worst classical album covers No. 5: Considering that the main work on the album is the Tchaikovsky 2nd Symphony, clearly this was a marketing decision. On the other hand, I was in pretty good shape back then.

Worst classical album covers No. 5: If you ever wondered how they schlep the instrument from job to job, here is your answer.

Worst classical album covers No. 6: Musicians will do anything to get to that next gig.

Worst classical album covers No. 7: Leif was a fellow student at Juilliard. He has written more than 300 symphonies. This is not one of them.

Worst classical album covers No. 8: Some of you might actually remember this one.

BachamaniaArthur Fiedler - Saturday Night Fiedler (Digitally Remastered)

Worst classical album covers No. 9: This one is right up there with the Walküre album that started off the series.

Worst classical album covers No. 10: I have no idea, other than the sleeping part, what this is supposed to represent.

Worst classical album covers No. 11: And Flash Gordon didn’t arrive until almost twenty years after Holst wrote the piece. Ahead of his time.

Worst classical album covers No. 12: This probably was a mistake and should have been on Herbie’s "Water Music" and "La Mer" album.

Worst classical album covers No. 13: I give up. Can anyone explain this to me?

Worst classical album covers No. 14: The composer was not Romanian. And of course the first piece on the album is “Ode to Joy.”

Worst classical album covers No. 15: So far, I have not been able to track down the pieces that they have recorded. Considering the dresses, maybe they are all the same.

Moment Musicale, Op. 94, No.3Saxophone Quartet;The Fairer Sax - Diversions with the Fairer Sax

Worst classical album covers No. 16: Must have been something really good in that will.

Worst classical album covers No. 17: There really are no words for this.

Worst classical album covers No. 18: My father did a kids concert with the Captain at the Hollywood Bowl. I recognize Keeshan, but which of the other characters is Stokowski?

Worst classical album covers No. 19: Guess you had to be a child of the Sixties to understand why RCA did this.

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14; Reveries PassionsCharles Münch - 柏辽兹:幻想交响曲

Worst classical album covers No. 20: Possibly the most inappropriate title for an album ever. And which one of these guys is Derek anyway?