 Shostakovich Sym #5
Pavel Kogan conducts the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
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Shostakovitch Symphony no. 5 - Recorded on Oct 11th and 12th 1999 by the Elite Recording team of Marc Aubort and the late Joanna Nickrenz on behalf of Classic Records. This first in the series of Classic Records Presents features Pavel Kogan conducting his Moscow State Symphony Orchestra performing a piece of music they both know and well understand. The venue for the recording is the famous Congress House in Graz, Austria. The performance and the Elite recording are equally superb. Many argue that Russian Orchestral music is best performed by Russians and this performance lend credibility to that assertion. The recording was mastered and cut by Bernie Grundman using Classic's ALL TUBE analog cutting system and pressed on our proprietary 200g Super Vinyl Profile for maximum fidelity and musical pleasure. This package also includes a bonus 7 recording of Shostakovitch's The Coachman's Dance which, cut at 45 rpm, is a real thrill and a Kogan favorite encore piece.
Track Listing:
Band 1: First Movement - Moderato
Band 2: Second Movement - Allegro
Band 1: Third Movement - Large Band
Band 2: Fourth Movement - Allegro non Troppo
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 Borodin - Symphonies 2 & 3 (London)
London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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 The Chamber Singer - Opera Arias - Neopolitan Folk Songs
Wunderlich
$29.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed
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 Scheherazade
Pavel Kogan conducts the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Recorded on Oct 14th and 15th 1999 as part of the same sessions that produced CR 2001 : Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, The first in the Classic Records Presents series of recordings. The multi-grammy winning Elite recording team of Marc Aubort and the late Joanna Nickrenz extract a fantastic recording of the legendary warhouse composition which is a staple of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Pavel Kogan's repertoire. Recorded at the famous Festival House concert hall in Salzburg, Austria, this performance is slightly faster in pace that many other interpretations which builds a tension that brings new light to the orchestral nuances that Korsakov so carefully crafted. The recording was mastered and cut by Bernie Grundman using Classic's ALL TUBE analog cutting system and pressed on our proprietary 200g Super Vinyl Profile for maximum fidelity and musical pleasure.
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, Op. 35
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 Khachaturian: Concerto For Piano and Orchestra
Peter Katin, Piano - Hugo Rignold, Conducting - The London Symphony Orchestra
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A Hugo Rignold / LSO performance of this brilliant showpiece for orchestra with Piano accompaniment performed superlatively by Peter Katin. The recording, another of the great Bert Whyte efforts, was staged in 1959 at London’s famous Walthamstow Hall, the site of many famous Decca recordings. The LP, as are all reissues from this series, was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition as part of the Classic Everest 35MM LP Series.
Track Listing:
Khachaturian
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
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 Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
Leopold Stokowski conducts The Houston Symphony Orchestra
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A Bert Whyte recording of Maestro Stokowski conducting the Houston Symphony at the Houston Civic Center in 1959. Le Poeme d’extase is a big, one movement work in sonata form that combines the elements of a symphony and a tone poem. The work highlights Scriabin’s development and exploitation of new harmonic ideas including chord structures constructed on intervals of a fourth instead of a third. Coupled on this release is another Stokowski/Houston performance of Amirov’s “Azerbaijan Mugan” recorded on March 16th, 1959 at the Houston Civic Center. Amirov’s composition, masterfully performed by Stokowski and the Houston, exhibits the complicated system of mode scales and fixed melodic patterns characteristic of music of the East. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition as part of the Classic Everest 35MM LP Series.
Track Listing:
Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy (Le Poem d'extase), Op. 54
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 Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Jascha Heifetz with The London Symphony Orchestra
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Stunning performances of Heifetz showpieces with Sir Malcolm Sargent and the LSO. Recorded in May 1962 by Kenneth Wilkinson and the Decca Recording team at Walthamstow Hall. This is a must have for all audiophiles.
Track Listing:
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Concerto No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 37
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
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 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Jascha Heifetz with the New Symphony Orchestra of London
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Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Concerto in G Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto in D Major
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 Glazunov: Violin Concerto - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Jascha Heifetz with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Walter Hendl, conductor (Glazounov) - Izler Solomon, conductor (Mozart)
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Track Listing:
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphonie Concertante in E-Flat K.364 for Violin and Viola
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 Prokofiev: Symphony #5
Sir Malcolm Sargent with The London Symphony Orchestra
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It has been said that the Fifth Symphony embodies the highest achievements of Prokofiev the orchestrator,uniting an intoxicating many-colored palette with a clean discipline of orchestral development. Nowhere in recorded form have these orchestral colors been captured with such startling fidelity in large part due to the efforts of Everest as a pioneer in the art of 35MM magnetic tape recording under the supervision of Bert Whyte. These Prokofiev 5th sessions were recorded in 1959 at Walthamstow Town Assemby Hall, London (location of many Wilkinson / Decca recordings) with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the London Symphony and directly onto 3 channels of 35MM magnetic tape. The original edited 3 track 35MM master tapes were used for this historic project of remastering for the Classic Everest 35MM LP and HDAD Series. Using a specially modified Ampex 1551, with Len Horowitz running the tape machine, Bernie Grundman does the honors of transferring to lacquer these 45+ year old gems of recorded history. For the first time ever LP lovers can hear what was captured onto those tracks all those years ago in amazing fidelity and with a Presence that is lost in most recordings. Not to be missed!
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 Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5
Sir Malcolm Sargent with The London Symphony Orchestra
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200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Sir Malcolm Sargent conducts the London Symphony at Walthamstow Town Hall, London in a beautifully colorful interpretation of Tchaikovsky's infamous 5th Symphony. The Fifth Symphony was at first considered a failure by the composer after its first few performances were poorly received. Further performances proved to the composer and the critics that, in fact, this great Symphony was worthy of further consideration and ultimately widespread acceptance. Orchestras around the world now perform Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony routinely to the thrill of their audiences. This Bert Whyte Everest recording in 1959 directly onto 3 channels of 35MM magnetic tape captures all the dynamic nuance of Tchaikovsky's multi-layed orchestration in a way most other conventional recordings are incapable of doing. The original edited 3 track 35MM master tapes were used for this historic project of remastering for the Classic Everest 35MM LP and HDAD Series. Using a specially modified Ampex 1551, with Len Horowitz running the tape machine, Bernie Grundman does the honors of transferring to lacquer these 45+ year old gems of recorded history. For the first time ever LP lovers can hear what was captured onto those tracks all those years ago in amazing fidelity and with a Presence that is lost in most recordings. Highly recommended.
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 Respighi: The Fountains of Rome - The Pines of Rome
Sir Malcolm Sargent with The London Symphony Orchestra
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These recordings from 1960 feature Sir Malcolm Sargent (RCA Heifetz Scottish Fantasy) conducting the fabulous London Sympony on these Bert Whyte recordingsat Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London - the same hall used extensively by the Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The performance is slower and more deliberate in tempo than the RCA Reiner performance yet ever bit as powerful. The 35mm sound which has a textural richness in the strings
that is much more realistic than any other and with bass that is woofer busting in its power and detail. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Sir Malcolm Sargent with The London Symphony Orchestra
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200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Another of the series of EVEREST recordings done in London with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the London Symphony in this event performing
a couple of old war horses in Pictures and Night on Bald Mountain. To say these are definitive performances would be overstating the case, however, they are perfectly executed if at a bit slower pace than others - notably the Reiner / CSO on RCA. Rene Leibowitz's performances on Power of the Orchestra (RCA VCS 2659) have been the sonic standards for many years but the Everest takes the sonics that make these pieces sing to a new level of reality - you can for a moment actually believe you are in the Hall. It takes a certain majesty to pull off full orchestra reality in the home environment and this recording comes as close as possible to fully achieving that effortless sense of size necessary to do so. Bert Whyte is again at the controls for another outstanding EVEREST 35 mm recording at London's famed Walthamstow Assembly Hall - the same hall used extensively by the Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
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 Shostakovich: Symphony #9
Sir Malcolm Sargent with The London Symphony Orchestra
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200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Sargent seems to have a real feel for these Russian Orchestral favorites. Both performances are in the Sargent tradition of a little slower in pace than
some of his contemporaries, however, as we all know faster is not always better. In this case the deliberate pace is very revealing of the glorious
intricacy of these classical gems. Refreshing interpretations by a top notch conductor with a world class orchestra in the heart of the golden age of recording- what more can an audiophile ask for? These EVEREST 35mm recordings by Bert Whyte at London's famed Walthamstom Assembly Hall are truly Majestic in their size and sense of orchestral realism mostly due to the high and low frequency detail and dynamics that are recordable only on 35mm film. In the words, of Len Horowitz from History of Recorded Sound 35mm has its own wisdom. It is hard to describe other than to say that there is something about the live event that 35mm can capture and recreate that you can't get from conventional tape formats - there is a certain retained magic with 35mm as this disc, like the rest will attest. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood.
The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP
sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! NOT TO BE MISSED!
Track Listing:
Shostakovich - Symphony #9
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite
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 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Sir Eugene Goossens with The London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
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Another of the fabulous Goosens efforts conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in a rousing performance of this Berlioz masterpiece. This Bert Whyte recording is from Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London - the same hall used extensively by the Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The performance, full of imaginative and brilliant orchestral sounds is wonderfully complemented by the 35mm sound which has a textural richness that is more realistic than any other tape format. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood.
The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! FANTASTIC SHOWPIECES and another in the Classic Everest 35MM LP Series.
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 Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring
Sir Eugene Goossens with The London Symphony Orchestra
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This Goossens / LSO recording by Bert Whyte for Everest at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London was originally released in February 1960. As the liner notespoint out, Stravinsky has painted these Pictures of Pagan Russia, as he subtitled the work, with bold strokes on a huge orchestral canvas which has never been more evident sonically than on this recording and the 35mm sound which has a textural richness that is more realistic than any other tape format. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition as part of the Classic Everest 35MM LP Series.
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 DeFalla: The Three Cornered Hat
Enrique Jorda conducting The London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The Goosen's / London Symphony recordings from 1959 feature Joseph Fuchs as the soloist on these Bert Whyte recordings at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London - the same hall used extensively by the Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The performance is electrifying and wonderfully complemented by the 35mm sound which has a textural richness that is more realistic than any other tape format. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it
possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! FANTASTIC SHOWPIECES!
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 Hindemith: Concerto For Violin and Orchestra
Sir Eugene Goossens conducting The London Symphony Orchestra - Featuring Joseph Fuchs
$33.99 $32.99
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The Goosen's / London Symphony recordings from 1959 feature Joseph Fuchs as the soloist on these Bert Whyte recordings at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London - the same hall used extensively by the Decca and Kenneth Wilkinson. The performance is electrifying and wonderfully complemented by the 35mm sound which has a textural richness that is more realistic than any other tape format. The LP was cut DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM using a vintage Westrex 1551 tape machine, with specially built playback electronics that are vastly superior to any others used on these machines to playback the original 35mm tapes. The Len Horowitz / History of Recorded Sound specially modified 1551, fitted with brand new playback heads matched to the revolutionary playback electronics was stationed at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. With Len Horowitz running the playback machine and Bernie Grundman mastering from the three track 35mm tapes, Classic Records has been able to cut the legendary sound and performances DIRECTLY FROM THE 35mm MAGNETIC FILM through Classic's ALL TUBE tape playback system and cutting system at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The LP's are pressed on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile making it
possible to get ever nuance out of the non-distorted grooves that make SVP sound superior to all other records on the market today. Authentic tip on construction jackets with all original artwork and labels add to this must have deluxe LP edition! FANTASTIC SHOWPIECES!
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 Brahms: Violin Concerto
Jascha Heifetz with The Chicago Symphony - Conducted by Fritz Reiner
$33.99 $32.99
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Track Listing:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto in D, Op. 77.
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 Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor
Jascha Heifetz with The Chicago Symphony - Conducted by Walter Hendl
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Heifetz playing Sibelius like no other. This 3-Track transfer places Heifetz in proper proportion to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Walter Hendl (filling in for an ill Fritz Reiner). Produced by the legendary Jack Pfeiffer with Lewis Layton as the engineer - it doesn't get any better than this.
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 Prokofieff: Second Violin Concerto
Jascha Heifetz with The Boston Symphony
$33.99 $32.99
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Prokofieff: Concerto in G Minor
Mendelsohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor
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 Bartok: Music for Strings
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106; Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97
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 Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 45RPM 4 Disc
Jean Martinon and London Symphony
$50.99 $49.99
180 Gram 45 rpm audiophile virgin vinyl LP - 4 LPs Sealed
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Slavonic Dances, Op. 46; Slavonic Dances, Op. 72
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 Dvorak: Symphony No. 2
Pierre Monteux with London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
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Dvorak
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 70
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 Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Bruno Walter conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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In the late 1950's after some health problems, Bruno Walter relocated to California where he recorded entire Brahms and Beethoven cycles produced by Columbia's John McClure. This reading of Brahms fourth Symphony is noteworthy both in terms of its romantic performance as well as the recording sonics. Transferred from the original three track session masters directly to lacquer reveals dynamics and melodic contrasts that were always obscured on original pressings cut from the two track production mix down masters which were also heavily equalized in the high frequency resulting in a steely string sound with a lot of tape hiss - accentuated by the equalization. This recording is glorious in its soundstage breadth and the low level detail that convinces one that Walter was truly one of the masters. If you haven't heard this performance then you need to and how better that on Classic's Quiex 200g Super Vinyl Profile. Highest Recommendation.
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 Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Charles Munch with The Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Is this the definitive version of the piece? Well, considering that RCA's roster of classical musicians was legendary in the Golden Era of recording in which this performance was recorded, we can say it is at least, in the handful of the best. Add to that, being a good friend and collaborator of Heifetz, Piatigorsky always felt a personal if somewhat romantic attachment to Dvorak's famed Cello concerto. Recorded in 1959 directly to three track with Munch conducting the BSO, the sound is as stellar as the performance. Cut from the original 3-track master by Bernie Grundman, this title was originally issued on the conventional 180g profile. Back again on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile which is now acclaimed as better sounding (read no groove distortion ala conventional profiles) is this a must have? - yes unless you only listen to original 1S compressed versions of RCA Living Stereo's - you know who you are...
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 Rhapsodies
Leopold Stokowski with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Maestro Stokowski at the podium and Bob Simpson at the 3 track Ampex recorder to capture the Rhapsodies from Liszt, Enesco, and Smetana that give this issue its title. This is titanic sound that will sink most speakers and amps for that matter. A must and the first time back on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile
Track Listing:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Georges Enesco (1881-1955)
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
The Moldau
The Bartered Bride: Overture
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 Strauss: Waltzes
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Ah, those fabulous Strauss Waltz's performed to near perfection by Fritz Reiner conducting the CSO. Transferred from the original 3-track session masters gives new insight into the real dynamic contrasts that make this a real Living Stereo recording.
Track Listing:
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899)
Vienna Blood, Op. 354
Artists' Life, Op. 316
Josef Strauss (1827-1870)
My Life Is Love And Laughter
(Mein Lebenslaud ist Lieb' und Lust)
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Roses From The South, Op. 388
Treasure Waltz, Op. 418 (from The Gypsy Baron)
Thunder And Lightning Polka, Op. 324
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 Royal Ballet Galla Performance 45RPM 9 Disc Box Set
Ernest Ansermet
$120.99 $119.99
200 Gram 45 rpm audiophile virgin vinyls - 9 LPs Sealed
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Legendary Ansermet / Royal Opera House Orchestra recordings done by Kenneth Wilkinson and the Decca recording team at Kingsway Hall in 1957. Original LP copies are impossible to find at any price but this limited edition 45 rpm set in a deluxe box is made available for the first time on 200g Quiex Super Vinyl Profile pressings. Don't think twice or it will be out of print and as hard to get as the original LP's.
Track Listing:
Tchaikovsky: from the Nutcracker Suite
1. March
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Arabian Dance
4. Chinese Dance
5. Dance of the Toy Flutes
6. Waltz of the Flowers
Rossini-Respighi: from the La Boutique Fantastique
7. Tarantella
8. Andante mosso
9. Can-Can
Delibes: from Coppelia
10. Introduction (Allegro marcato) and Mazurka - Act I
11. Introduction (Andante) and Waltz - Act I
12. Czardas - Act I
13. Valse de la Poupee - Act II
Adam: from Giselle
14. Introduction and Waltz - Act I
15. Pas de Deux and Variation - Act II
Tchaikovsky: from Swan Lake
1. Scene - Act II
2. Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de Quarte) - Act II
3. Scene* - Pas de Deux - Act II
4. Waltz - Act II
*solo violin: Charles Taylor
Schumann: from Carnival*
5. Pierrot
6. Reconnaissance
7. Aveu
8. Pantalon et Columbine
*Orchestration by Glazounov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Tcherepnin for original Diaghileff production
Tchaikovsky: from the Sleeping Beauty
9. Introduction - The Lilac Fairy - Prologue
10. Rose Adagio - Pas d' Action - Act I
11. Waltz - Act I
Chopin: from Les Sylphides*
12. Overture: Prelude in A major, Opus 28, No. 7
13. Mazurka in C major, Opus 67, No. 3
14. Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Opus 18
*Orchestration by Roy Douglas
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 Stravinsky: Petroushka - Firebird Suite
Pierre Monteux with the Paris Conservatory Symphony
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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These legendary performances of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite (1910 version) and Petrouchka (1911 version), with the Paris Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Monteux, were recorded in 1956 by a Decca production team led by Kenneth Wilkinson. The recordings were issued in mono as LM 2113 in 1957. The Firebird Suite was subsequently released in stereo as VICS 1027. This is the first re-issue of the title made with the Living Stereo banner added to the mono cover art, which was the usual approach by RCA during that era. As expected, the sonics and hall ambience are outstanding and not to be missed.
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 Strauss: Burleske - Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 1
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This is a first issue of LSC 2127 by Classic Records that couples two great performances by pianist Byron Janis, accompanied by the Chicago Symphony under the baton of the incomparable Fritz Reiner. Both selections were transferred directly from the original 3-track master by Bernie Grundman. The huge, glorious sound makes this release a must-have for fans of both
Reiner and Janis!
Track Listing:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp minor
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 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Jascha Heifetz with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Fritz Reiner, Conducting
$33.99 $32.99
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Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Concerto in D, Op. 35
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 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 114
Festival Arts Quartet with Symon Goldberg
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This may be one of the rarest of the Living Stereos based on the few copies dealers have ever seen and the handful of collectors that actually own an original. This 3-track Lewis Layton recording is as revered as the Festival Quartet including Symon Goldberg were renowned in the 1950's and 60's. If you had to have a great quartet recording this would certainly qualify as the one.
Track Listing:
Piano Quintet in A, Op. 114
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 Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Track Listing:
Moussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
(Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)
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 Debussy: Iberia
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$13.99 $12.99
200 Gram audiophile 45rpm virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Alborado del Grassio 45 - This is the one of the most demanding recordings we have ever reissued. On the 33 1/3 rpm disc it is on the inside band of side two and the dynamics are compromised as a result. At 45 rpm on a single sided 200g QUIEX SV-P pressing this piece of music is thrilling in its dynamic contrasts - absolutely not to be missed - I'd buy two and save one if I were you.
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 Saint Saens: Symphony #3 - Organ, Zamkochian
Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.78
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 The Reiner Sound
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The Reiner Sound is a legendary Reiner recording that Classic transferred to master lacquers from the original 3 track session master tapes under the supervision of Jack Pfeiffer. This was a classic Richard Mohr production recorded by master engineer Lewis Layton and it really shows from the moment the stylus hits the grooves. This is a system test disc and was cut 1 or 2 db hotter than the original 1S pressings. Back after a long period out of print on the Classic QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile this is a must have disc.
Track Listing:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rapsodie Espagnole
Pavan for a Dead Princess
Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
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 The Reiner Sound 45RPM 5 Disc Set
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$50.99 $49.99
200 Gram audiophile 45RPM virgin vinyl LP - 5 LPs Sealed
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The Reiner Sound is a legendary Reiner recording that Classic transferred to master lacquers from the original 3 track session master tapes under the supervision of Jack Pfeiffer. This was a classic Richard Mohr production recorded by master engineer Lewis Layton and it really shows from the moment the stylus hits the grooves. This is a system test disc and was cut 1 or 2 db hotter than the original 1S pressings. Back after a long period out of print on the Classic QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile this is a must have 45 rpm Set.
Track Listing:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rapsodie Espagnole
Pavan for a Dead Princess
Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
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 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The legendary Reiner 1812 that was only available as a 1S pressing having been deleted soon after the Mercury 1812 featuring live cannon shots was released making for a very rare original to find. The performance is mind bending and features the incomparable CSO brass section. This reissue was cut for the first time from the original 30 ips session master tape which adds significantly to the low level information and clarity on the LP. Pressed on our proprietary 200g QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile, the only way to get closer to the tape is with the 45 rpm version which is extremely limited.
Track Listing:
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave, Op. 26 (The Hebrides Overture)
Liszt Mephisto Waltz (Episode from Lenau's Faust: Dance in the Village Inn)
Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81
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 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture 45RPM 4 Disc Set
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$50.99 $49.99
200 Gram audiophile 45RPM virgin vinyl LP - 4 LPs Sealed
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The legendary Reiner 1812 that was only available as a 1S pressing having been deleted soon after the Mercury 1812 featuring live cannon shots was released making for a very rare original to find. The performance is mind bending and features the incomparable CSO brass section. This reissue was cut for the first time from the original 30 ips session master tape which adds significantly to the low level information and clarity. Pressed on our proprietary 200g QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile and cut at 45 rpm allows the cartridge to extract ever nuance of detail making this the closest way possible to hear what is really on the original master tape. Very limited edition not to be missed!
Track Listing:
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave, Op. 26 (The Hebrides Overture)
Liszt Mephisto Waltz (Episode from Lenau's Faust: Dance in the Village Inn)
Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81
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 Rimsky Korsakov : Schererazade
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The jewel in the Living Stereo crown. This, like the Respighi, is considered one of the very best LP's by Reiner, the CSO and RCA's crew. Another Mohr and Layton classic.
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 Ballet Music of Gounod and Bizet
Alexander Gibson
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Featuring orchestral highlights from Faust and Carmen, the latter selections on side 2 are nothing short of spectacular!
Track Listing:
1. Waltz - Allegretto (Faust)
2. Ensemble - Adagio (Faust)
3. Dance of the Nubians (Faust)
4. Cleopatra's Dance (Faust)
5. Dance of the Trojan Maidens (Faust)
6. Helen's Dance (Faust)
7. Bacchanalia (Faust)
8. Funeral March of a Marionette (Faust)
9. Prelude: Entr'acte - Aragonaise (Carmen)
10. Habanera; Changing of the Guard (Carmen)
11. Intermezzo: Smugglers' March (Carmen)
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 Strauss: Zarathustra
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Lengendary 1954 Reiner/CSO performance of a Strauss war horse. Recorded directly to two track analog by Jack Pfeiffer who oversaw the Classic transfer of one of his favorite recordings hailed the Classic reissue as definitive and spectacular. Now it is back in print on Classic's newest innovation - 200g QUIEX SV-P!
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 Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne
Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Very Lively French Ballet music composed by Offenbach and transcribed by Rosenthal. Originally recorded in June 1954 in Boston Symphony Hall with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra as an experimental stereo recording by Jack Pfeiffer. What started out as an experiment in early stereo recording has become a standard for comparison in terms of recording quality. Cut from the original 30 ips analog session master tape and now back on Classic's 200g QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile.
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 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Charles Munch with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This is the legendary 1954 performance of the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique that was never issued as a Living Stereo. By the time that RCA started issuing stereo LP's in 1960, Munch was scheduled to rerecorded the piece and hence the issued instead of the 54' recording which many argue is
the better performance. This is one of the early Jack Pfeiffer two track recordings which capture that sense of being there that is often elusive. When Classic first issued this title in 1994, we decided to use the second or RE mono cover art because we found an original slick with the Living
Stereo banner in the RCA archives. This confirmed that RCA had intended to release this performance as LSC 1900 but never actually did so. We reasoned that this is what RCA would have used for artwork and as such what we should use as well. After our first issue of LSC 1900, Jack Pfeiffer shared with us that he was never happy with the RE cover and would have preferred the original mono cover converted to Living Stereo with the addition of the banner across the top of the jacket. As a tribute to a legendary producer and supporter of the Classic Records RCA Living Stereo reissue series we are proud to reissue LSC 1900 with the original mono artwork with the Living Stereo Banner appropriately applied across the top of the jacket. This is the original Classic mastering done from the original 30 ips 1/4 analog masters at Bernie Grundman mastering pressed on 200g QUIEX SV-P. The sound and the performance are intoxicating!
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 Royal Ballet Gala Performance 2LP
Ernest Ansermet
$55.99 $54.99
180 Gram audiophile virgin vinyls LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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The Royal Ballet has historically been the most highly sought after of the RCA Living Stereo releases. Recorded in Kingsway Hall by the legendary Kenneth Wilkinson, this title features selections from The Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty among others. The performances are conducted by Ernst Ansermet directing the Royal Opera House Orchestra and the sonics are incomparable. Now for the first time on Classic's 180gram QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile you can hear even more of the low level details that make this amazing recording seem stunningly realistic.
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 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Another Kenneth Wilkinson/Decca recording team gem of a recording. Couple that with a great performance of the Rachmaninoff Second Symphony by Sir Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and you've got the recipe
for a must have LP.
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 Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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A longtime HP/TAS superdisc, this Reiner collage includes Strauss's Dance of the Seven Veils recorded at the same sessions as The 1954 Zarathustra (LSC 1806). This is a Jack Pfeiffer/Leslie Chase production/recording and like the Zarathustra the result is sensational. Cut from the 30 ips 2 track for the first time, audiophiles will be thrilled by the level of detail and nuance that can now be easily discerned - you are closer to the recording and the music. Reiner and CSO - do I need to say more?
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 Duke At Tanglewood
Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops Orchestra and Duke Ellington
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This is Duke Ellington playing live with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at Tanglewood in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts! The Duke at Tanglewood is a 3-track recording from 1965 that swings just as hard as the assembled musicians. Ellington is in top form and the live sound is excellent. This special package includes for a limited time, both the 180gram and 200gram pressing bundled together at one low price! Offer good while supplies last.
Track Listing:
1. Caravan
2. Mood Indigo
3. The Mooch
4. Love Scene
5. I Let A Song Out Of My Heart
6. I'm Beginning To See The Light
7. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
8. Sophisticated Lady
9. Timon of Athens March
10. Solitude
11. I Got It Bad
12. That Ain't Good
13. Satin Doll
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 Beethoven: Eroica
Bruno Walter with Columbia Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Very strong interpretation of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony by Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra in Hollywood. Transferred from the original three track session master tapes directly to master lacquer on Bernie Grundman's all tube cutting system. Now available on Classic's 200g Quiex Super Vinyl Profile - and yes it does sound much better than the long out of print 180g version. A must have!
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 Varese: Ameriques - Milhaud: L'homme et Son Desir / Honegger: Pacific 231
Maurice Abravanel and The Utah Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
180 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This Vanguard blockbuster recording was, for the first time ever, transferred from the original three track analog master tape. The sound is big and glorious and required almost no equalization which is quite rare for classical recordings. The Milhaud selection features a vocal quartet which is superbly intergrated sonically into the performance. This is a tour de force performance by Maurice Abavanel with his Utah Symphony Orchestra and a pinnacle of Vanguard Recordings. Small tube amps beware!
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 Mahler: Symphony #2 In C Minor
Maurice Abravanel and The Utah Symphony Orchestra
$44.99 $43.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Taped within the near-perfect acoustics of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City in 1967, this magnificent recording features two of the greatest operatic voices America has ever produced. Beverly Sills and Florence Kopleff, truly both virtuosos in their own right, join conductor Maurice Abravanel, whose understanding and sympathy of Mahler, comes close to the composer's original intent, garnering his own personal glowing reviews and stature worldwide. Transferred from the Vanguard original 3-track master tapes, this is one to have for both it's sound quality and moving, emotional performance.
Track Listing:
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor Resurrection
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 Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar
Maurice Abravanel and The Utah Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Vanguard : The first in the Classic / Vanguard reissue series features an assortment of various pieces and can be characterized as a sonic sensation! One of the great Abravanel/ Utah Symphony performances and Vanguard recordings. The Gliere Sailor's Dance is an old TAS favorite and brings
HP's glowing recommendation. Transferred from the original two track analog master and now available on 180 gram Classic Quiex SV super vinyl.
Rimsky-Korsakov's Antar Symphonic Suite Op.9: Largo - Allegro giocoso - Allegretto vivace, Allegro, Allegro risoluto alla marcia, Allegretto vivace - Andante amoroso
Ivanov's Caucasian Sketches Op.10: In The Mountain Pass, In The Village, In The Mosque, Procession of the Sardar
Gliere's Russian Sailors' Dance from the ballet The Red Poppy Op.70.
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 Songs of the Auvergne
Harry Pearson with vocals by Netania Davrath
$44.99 $43.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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This is the famous recording entitled Songs of the Auvergne made famous by Harry Pearson of the Absolute Sound for its lifelike qualities and the alluring vocals by Netania Davrath. This package combines the original volumes 1 and 2 into a deluxe gatefold 2LP set. Tranferred on an all-tube cutting system from the original master tapes at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Pressed on our proprietary 200gm QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile.
Track Listing:
Disc One:
1. Malourous Qu'o Uno Fenno
2. Lo Fiolaire
3. Bailero
4. Chut, Chut
5. La Delaissado
6. Deux Bourees
7. Trous Bourees
8. Lou Boussu
9. Oi Ayai
10. Passo Pel Prat
11. Lou Coucut
12. Brezairola
Disc Two:
1. L'Antoueno
2. Postouro, Se Tu M'Aymo
3. Pastorale
4. Quand Z'Eyro Petitoune
5. Pastourelle
6. Te, L'Co, Te!
7. Uno Jionto Postouro
8. He! Beyla-z-y Dau Fe
9. Obol, Din Lo Coumbelo
10. La Pasrouletta e Lou Chibalie
11. Jou L'Pount D'o Mirabel
12. La Pastoura Als Camps
13. La Haut, Sur Le Rocher
14. Lou Diziou Be
15. Pour Lenfant
15. Pour Lenfant
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 Mahler: Symphony of a Thousand
Maurice Abravanel and The Utah Symphony Orchestra
$44.99 $43.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Another TAS favorite recording of Mahler's famous Symphony of a Thousand performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Abravanel. Tranferred on an all-tube cutting system from the original master tapes at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Pressed on our proprietary 200gm QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile
Track Listing:
Mahler Symphony of a Thousand
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major
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 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Jean Morel conducting the Royal Opera House Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Featuring excerpts from Tchaikovsky's immensely popular ballet SWAN LAKE, Performed by the Royal Opera House Orchestra in Covent Garden with Jean Morel conducting. An enchanting masterpiece that consistently stands the test of time!
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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Pierre Monteux with London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The Beethoven 4th Symphony is one in the series of LSO/Monteux Beethoven recordings which includes the Second and Fifth Symphany's as well, also includes the Lenore Overture recorded at the same session
Track Listing:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Lenore Overture No. 3 in C Major, Op.2
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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Pierre Monteux with London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The Monteux Beethoven cycle was split between the London Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. Presented here is a wonderful performance of the Fifth Symphony and the Egmont Overture with Monteux conducting the LSO. According to the late Jack Pfeiffer, RCA had scheduled this performance to be released as VICS 1103 but pulled it from release at the last minute. Classic Records is releasing this sonic masterpiece, cut from the original two-track masters, as it was originally intended for the first time ever! One of the most beautiful of the Monteux / LSO Beethoven performances - not to be missed!
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 Strauss: Symphonia Domestica
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Reiner and the CSO doing more Strauss - a Reiner favorite! This is an original 3 track recording with the Classic reissue being cut from the original edited session master tape. Like Ice Cream on a hot summer day - very satisfying!
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 Tchaikovsky: Pathetique Symphony
Pierre Monteux with Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
180 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Track Listing:
Symphony No. 6, Op.74 in B minor Pathetique
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 Elgar: Enigma Variations - Brahms: Haydn Variations
Pierre Monteux with the London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a.
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 Walton: Facade Suite
Anatole Fistoulari with The Royal Opera House Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
180 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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A very highly rated Decca Living Stereo recorded by Ken Cross, the same engineer as on Witches Brew. Superb transparency and detail.
Production notes:
Recorded in England
Liner notes:
The light ballet has always been among the most popular of genres, and more than any other form of ballet it is dependent upon its musical score. Some serious ballets have achieved acclaim even though set to music that simply will not stand up independently in the concert hall. But a light ballet without a tuneful, agreeable, sophisticated score is unthinkable and it is no mere coincidence that such compilations as Ga??Parisienne, La Boutique Fantasque, Graduation Ball and the others˜Fa?de and Mamzelle Angot very much among them˜set the audience wiggling as soon as the curtain goes up.
Fa?de remains in the repertory of the Royal Ballet, and it has been one of the company's steady successes since 1935. The curious thing is that William (now Sir William) Walton's spoofing score was greeted with yells of opposition when it was originally introduced in 1922. At that time there was no idea that it ever would be made into a ballet.
Track Listing:
Side 1 - Facade
Fanfare
Scotch Rhapsody
Valse
Tango - Pasodoble
Swiss Yodelling Song
Country Dance
Polka
Noche Espagnole
Popular Song
Old Sir Faulk
Tarantella Sevillana
Side 2 - MAMZELLE ANGOT
Overture
Act I: No. 3 - Mazurka; No. 5 - Tempo di Marcia
Act II: No. 8 - Tempo di Gavotte; No. 11
Act III: No. 13 - Finale
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 Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Jean Martinon and London Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP - Sealed
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One of the best U.K. Living Stereos, with very good dynamics. A Kingsway Hall recording. Coupled with Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnole.
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 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Charles Munch with The Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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This is truly a demonstration recording. The Classic reissue is cut directly from the original 3 track master and you can hear details in the recording previously unheard - like trucks outside the hall! Munch is conducting the BSO to perfection and the performances is first rate. I am partial to the Romeo and Juliet but the Strauss Til Eulenspiegel is great as well. This one has it all in spades!
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 Ravel: Concerto in G - D'Indy: Symphony on a Mountain Air
Charles Munch with The Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Two favorite piano concertos (the Ravel is particularly memorable), given the finest Living Stereo treatment with wide dynamic range and superb tonal balance, both on the piano and the orchestra
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 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
180 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Undiscovered gem of the Decca Living Stereo catalog that is a companion to Boult's other fine release of Symphony No. 2 (VICS-1139). This album was a UK-only release (SB-2035). It also contains Rimsky-Korsakov's Easter Overture.
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 Sibelius: Second Symphony
Pierre Monteux with The Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Another Kingsway Hall recording, masterfully engineered by Kennth Wilkinson. Monteux and the LSO bring to life the Finnish folk dances contained within the music of Sibelius's Pastoral Symphony.
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 Witches' Brew
Alexander Gibson and the New Symphony of London
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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One of the most sought after Decca Living Stereos with music by Arnold, Liszt and Mussorgsky amongst others. A long stading item on many audiophile want lists.
Track Listing:
1. Arnold - Overture to Tam O'Shanter, Op. 52
2. Mussorgsky: Gnomus From Pictures At An Exhibition
3. Mussorgsky: A Night On Bare Mountain
4. Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
5. Humperdinck: Witches' Ride From Hansel & Gretel
6. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
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 Spain
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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The oringal deluxe gatefold packaging has been reproduce for this Orchestra Hall recording og Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchstra, April 1958. the disk includes Falla's dance from The Three Corner Hat and La Vida Breve and Albeniz's Trina from 'Oberia Transcribed for Orchestra by Arbos. Great performances and sensational sonics.. woofers beware! Now available on Quiex SV-P 200gm.
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 Prokofiev: Lt. Kije - Stravinsky: Songs of the Nightingale
Fritz Reiner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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Classic records 200 gram LP reissue. Finally back in print on Classic's 200g QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile, this 1959 Reiner/CSO recording of Prokofiev's Lt. Kije is outstanding both in sound and performance. The transfer was directly from the original 3-track tape for the first time and offers low level detail that has been obscured on all previous versions including original pressings. This is a musical/audiophile. Must have - 10++ rating on this Lewis Layton recording!
Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60
Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
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 Ravel: Concerto in G / D'Indy: Symphony on a Mountain Air 45RPM 4 Disc Set
Charles Munch with The Boston Symphony Orchestra
$50.99 $49.99
200 Gram 45RPM audiophile virgin vinyl LP - 4 LPs Sealed
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Two favorite piano concertos (the Ravel is particularly memorable), given the finest Living Stereo treatment with wide dynamic range and superb tonal balance, both on the piano and the orchestra
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 Beethoven: Violin Concertos
Charles Munch with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
$33.99 $32.99
200 Gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP -Sealed
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 Iberia, Danzas Fantásticas
Issac Albeniz
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Ernest Ansermet conducts the L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande performing Isaac Albéniz's Iberia and Joaquín Turina's Danzas Fantásticas As in numerous other works by Spanish composers, Isaac Albéniz's aim in his Iberia Suite was to portray the landscape and express the zest for life which is so abundant in southern countries. Infused with folkmusic elements, the suite is introduced by the dancelike Evocacian which vividly evokes a picture of Iberia. The lush, extravagant harmonies and the stark contrasts of the dynamics in particular - from the softest pianissimo to the extreme fortissimo - certainly whet one's appetite. Don't worry - Spain has a lot to offer! The next movement, El Corpus en Sevilla transports us to Andalusia where a solemn procession is taking place to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a sparkling Triana in which the various complex and brilliant rhythms of the national dances Almeria, Rondena and Fandango are ingeniously combined. The two movements El Puerto and El Albaicin are no less exciting: the first presents a rich potpourri of Spanish songs, while the second - held in the minor key - conjures up a picture of Granada's gypsy quarter.
This title is not eligible for further discount.
Track Listing:
1. Evocación (Iberia)
2. El Corpus en Sevilla (Iberia)
3. Triana (Iberia)
4. El Puerto (Iberia)
5. El Albaicín (Iberia)
6. Exaltación (Fantásticas)
7. Ensueño (Fantásticas)
8. Orgia (Fantásticas)
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 Bach: 1-6 Solo Cello Suites
Janos Starker
$99.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 3 LPs Sealed
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Today it is difficult to understand that despite the tremendous Bach renaissance that took place in the 19th century many compositions by the Cantor of St. Thomas’s Church in Leipzig had been underrated. The Cello Suites, for example, have been regarded for almost 300 years as purely a set of tricky etudes that every virtuoso in the making simply must tackle. What recording engineers and their equipment can bring to the ears is quite astounding. So it was back in the Thirties with Pablo Casal’s legendary recording against which every cellist is measured today and to whose perfection he aspires.
Janos Starker’s recording of the Suites from 1963 and 1965 makes a lasting impression on the listener, even when compared with other recordings from the digital era, and even record producers who are well used to recorded excellence have been highly impressed. For Charlotte Gilbert of the Mercury record label, these recording sessions were one of five truly great events in all her 20 years of recording experience. Without a doubt, Starker allows his instrument to resound freely but without forcing the tone. Starker’s full-bodied sound and technical brilliance are complemented by his finely chiselled interpretation that lends immense expression to Bach’s thrilling harmony and verve to the strict rhythmic construction of the movements. Just listen to his organ-like double-stopped passages, the eloquent dialogues, and the pure excitement created by his highly individual treatment of tempo. Then you will surely agree with the often-quoted paradox that Bach’s Cello Suites are ‘polyphony for a solo instrument’.
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 Dance Suite: Hungary Philharmonic
Bela Bartok
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Import (Germany)
Bartok composed his Dance Suite as the result of a commission from the city fathers of Budapest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the union of the two towns Pest and Buda. While on his travels, Bartok liked to collect old folksongs, and he used this opportunity to express the act of fraternity in his music in the manner of a hidden program. As he himself stated, he made use of Arabian, Hungarian and Romanian influences in the Suite, whose dances are linked together by means of ritornello-like interludes. Glossiness in order to achieve romantic tonal magnificence is uncalled for here. Dorati's conducting is oriented towards the archaic strength, and the dry and at times rustic nature of the Suite. He allows the orchestra to seethe, whistle and stamp, driven on by ever-changing rhythms which lend the work its impulsive urge. Together with the highly expressive Portraits, Op. 5 and the two excerpts from Mikrokosmos, originally composed for the piano and heard here in an arrangement for orchestra by Tibor Serly, this compilation offers an excellent insight into Bartok's musical thoughts and works.
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Track Listing:
1. Dance Suite
2. Deux Portraits (Two Portraits), Op. 5
3. Mikrokosmos: Bourree (From the Diary of a Fly)
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 Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
Ludwig Van Beethoven
$34.99
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The performance history of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos is, it appears, bound up with a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, every great pianist must almost feel destined to perform these works at least once in his lifetime. But on the other hand, so many heroes of the schellac era have left future generations their excellent recordings that these are filled with awe and respect, their otherwise nimble fingers become lame – and often only a mediocre recording is the result.
The present recording, a milestone among the multitude of televised recordings made in they heyday of analogue recording technique, is highly impressive for its depth of musical focus, even without any visual support. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s performance is a far cry from sugar-sweet pedaling and showy virtuosity, rather he displays a highly individual understanding of the intricately constructed musical material. Each phrase blossoms out to become a unique event in time composed. The soloist and the excellent orchestra here give a performance which sums up all Beethoven’s famous compositions and in which the pianist’s amazing sensitivity penetrates even the smallest detail.
This is an exact reproduction of the 1979 Deutsche Grammaphon release.
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 Beethoven: Egmont
Ludwig Van Beethoven
$34.99
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“It is a happy state of events to see two great masters unite in a glorious work and thus fulfil every wish of the thoughtful connoisseur. Beethoven has proved that he alone – among many composers – was certainly the one to comprehend the tender and at the same time powerful poem deep in his innermost soul: every tone which the poet struck resounded in his heart like a string tuned at the very same pitch and vibrating at the same rate, and so the music was created which now threads its way and binds all together like a brightly coloured ribbon woven from brilliant tones.“
Such were E.T.A. Hoffmann’s enthusiastic words about Beethoven’s Egmont: indeed very little else needs to be added – except that this recording has been newly pressed and is now available on the DECCA label once again. The chambermusic-like directness of the interpretation and the fact that the individual instrumental groups are easily identifiable will be appreciated by the perceptive listener. On top form, Pilar Lorengar sings her vocal part with playful lightness and dramatic expressivity. The speaking role is performed by the famous actor and member of the Burg Theater, Klaus-Jürgen Wussow, whose clear and dignified recitation throws a literary bridge to the music.
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 Beethoven: Emperor; Concerto No. 5
Ludwig Van Beethoven
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The performance history of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos is, it appears, bound up with a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, every great pianist must almost feel destined to perform these works at least once in his lifetime. But on the other hand, so many heroes of the schellac era have left future generations their excellent recordings that these are filled with awe and respect, their otherwise nimble fingers become lame – and often only a mediocre recording is the result.
The present recording, a milestone among the multitude of televised recordings made in they heyday of analogue recording technique, is highly impressive for its depth of musical focus, even without any visual support. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s performance is a far cry from sugar-sweet pedaling and showy virtuosity, rather he displays a highly individual understanding of the intricately constructed musical material. Each phrase blossoms out to become a unique event in time composed. The soloist and the excellent orchestra here give a performance which sums up all Beethoven’s famous compositions and in which the pianist’s amazing sensitivity penetrates even the smallest detail.
This is an exact reproduction of the 1979 Deutsche Grammaphon release.
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Track Listing:
1. First Movement - Allegro
2. Second Movement: Adagio Un Poco Mosso
3. Third Movement: Rondo (Allegro)
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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Conductors are always highly tempted to present Beethoven’s “Eroica” as a heroic epic brimming over with a magnificent, powerful sound. It is all the more surprising, therefore, to discover that Hermann Scherchen does not succumb to this temptation but lends this epoch-making work glowing brilliance and inspiring rhythm. His analytical insight delves deep into the score and illuminates even the minutest detail, and this is not something he achieves by decreasing the tempo – quite to the contrary! The stormy outer movements are taken to the very limits of what is technically possible but they certainly never seem rushed. Scherchen’s ideal, this uncompromising laying-bare of the musical structure, is also applied to the second and third movements. Nothing is obscured or muffled: the funeral march proceeds on its way, rich, darkly glowing and sonorous; the horn calls and the circling, flurrying strings in the Scherzo find their way directly to the listener. The tutti is taut, sinewy, and quite free of all romanticizing pomp. Thanks to the finely balanced recording technique this disc offers true “symphonic” listening pleasure coupled with a chamber-music-like transparency.
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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Ludwig Van Beethoven
$64.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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It was clear from the start that Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its air of solemnity in the final chorus, which calls for brotherly love just as the New Year comes in, would become a musical part of our world’s cultural legacy. Hundreds of minds, Beethoven researcher Karl Nef prophesied, have been set in motion by this music in the most varied ways, and it will continue not only to bestow pleasure upon countless thousands, but also to stimulate mental life right at the most fundamental level. There are certainly only a very few truly cerebral interpretations which stand out from the fathomless mass of recordings. One of those upon which “The Absolute Sound” journal has stamped its coveted seal of approval is the recording with Georg Solti and his perfectly honed symphony musicians from Chicago. Here, this usually somewhat daring baton-wielder plumbs the very depths of the score and allows Beethoven’s rich abundance of ideas to ferment into a great whole.
The four soloists prove their worth as first choice for the richly detailed and balanced synopsis of this fissured work. They captivate us as much in the solo as in the group singing with their natural and expressive intonation. The dry, very present sound highlights the fact that this is an artistic performance at the highest level.
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 Bizet - Carmen Fantasy
Ruggiero Ricci
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Some violinists enrapture their audience with their purity of tone, others with their warm timbre, or their amazing technical virtuosity. Pablo de Sarasate y Navascuéz was one of the very few violinists who combined all these merits, and in addition was a composer in his own right. The most famous of his 50 works are Zigeunerweisen, based on traditional gypsy folklore and the fiendishly difficult Carmen Fantasy.
And what better proof is there than Saint-Saëns’s Rondo capriccioso that it is perfectly possible to unite high-spirited joyfulness with a minor key. As the name suggests, his Havanaise is filled with the melodies and colourful rhythms of Spain: no wonder this piece is known as “the violinists' warhorse”.
It goes without saying that these 19th-century bravura pieces are an absolute “must” for all those who wish to join the annals of great virtuoso violinists. And today, 40 years after the making of this recording, general consensus has it that Ruggiero Ricci has taken his rightful place among the great virtuosos.
Recording: September 1959 at Kingsway Hall, London by Alan Reeve / Production: James Walker
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 Borodin - String Quartet No. 2 / Shostakovich - Quartet No. 8
The Borodin Quartet
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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These are two of the most moving string quartet works in the Russian repertoire and these 1962 renditions are amongst the best ever recorded.
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 Brahms - Hungarian Dances
Fritz Reiner
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Fritz Reiner dedicated himself to the interpretation of works by modern composers such as Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Béla Bartók, and it suited him well to tackle works such as Brahms’s Hungarian Dances and Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances. These lively compositions require a conductor whose interaction with the orchestra is vivacious and animated. Reiner always demanded utmost concentration and perfection from his ensemble. Under his baton, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra plays with enthusiasm and without restaint; no trace of a sterile concert atmosphere is found in this recording.
Reiner’s penchant for effects is not irritating, but rather adds highlights which support his highly musical interpretation, indeed one even forgets this trait when listening to the brilliant music.
From a tonal point of view, the sound is beautifully balanced and reaches the highest standards despite its recording date of 1960 – or maybe just for that reason? The recording is characterized by its brilliance, warmth and vivacity with the result that listening becomes a true musical pleasure.
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 Brahms - Piano Concerto 1
Clifford Curzon
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Brahms originally intended his Piano Concerto No. 1 as a symphony and he extensively reworked his ideas before setting down the work in the form as we know it today. The composer’s original intentions still shimmer through however, for the work goes far beyond mere concertante playing and a display of virtuoso brilliance by the soloist. The first movement in particular, with its relentless, threatening main theme, embodies Brahms’s dramatic symphonic writing and even a conciliatory secondary theme offers no relief for it too must give way to the heavy, fateful initial theme.
The passionate and grandiose opening movement is followed by an Adagio full of tranquillity and quiet devotion; the solemn atmosphere is taken to exalted heights by the soloist and orchestra only to fade out pianissimo. Although the forceful, belligerent Finale occasionally conjures up the dark powers of the first movement, the work ends in a confident and cheerful vein. It is amazing how the sheer presence of the emotions in this composition have been captured on the present DECCA recording from 1962. This is not only true of the gripping interpretation but also of the recording itself which remains transparent and brilliant throughout.
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Track Listing:
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15
Maestoso
Adagio
Rondo: Allegro non troppo
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 Brahms - Sonata for Cello and Piano
Janos Starker
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The original pressing just doesn’t hold a candle to this re-issue! Lovingly re-mastered from the original Mercury Living Presence analog tapes, Speakers Corner has done an astounding job on this album. Hear Starker’s bold and natural cello and Sebok’s piano reproduced with perfect clarity and tonality. The performances are exceptional; lively and heartfelt. The sound quality is purely first rate. Outstanding music, impeccably performed, and the sound quality is the best you’ll hear! It just doesn’t get better than this!
Brahms' Cello and Piano Sonatas could well be described as 'romantic expression dressed in classical garb,' filled as they are with the same musical philosophy that is to be found in many of his instrumental works. Although 21 years lay between the two compositions, Brahms remained true to the formal musical language of the Viennese masters, and this brought him – and other composers of his time – the reproach of imitating Beethoven.
The unmistakable personal style of Brahms is reflected in the sweeping first movement which is in the manner of a serious song and calls for sensitive but by no means feeble bowing. Starker's wiry, austere playing keeps a check on any excessive emotion and instead brings the music to life in great detail.
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Track Listing:
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, op. 38
Allegro Non Troppo
Allegretto Quasi Minuetto
Allegro
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F major, op. 99
Allegro Vivace
Adagio Affetuoso
Allegro Passionato
Allegro Molto
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 Brahms - Trio For Violin Horns And Piano
Joseph Szigeti
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl IMP LP - Sealed
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In the 18th and 19th century, a great many chamber-music works for winds were composed with a specific occasion in mind. Brahms’s Horn Trio, however, is an exception in that it was not especially written for a contemporary virtuoso. It is known, though, that Brahms himself played this difficult instrument fairly well, that he valued the beauty of its tone, and that he was inspired to compose the work recorded here by an inner urge.
In his performance, John Barrows concentrates upon bringing out the compositional layout of the work, which largely dispenses with a display of virtuosi fireworks. The sonorous tonal character of the horn and its range of expression – from lyrical to mournful – are shown off to great effect. In the rapid Finale, however, Barrows pays tribute to the various playing techniques offered by this aristocratic instrument. With blaring staccatos and organ-like bass notes, he goads his fellow musicians to join him in a musical hunt, as it were, and they take up his challenge with thrilling effect.
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 Brahms - Violin Concerto
Erica Morini
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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When one considers that Erica Morini’s 60-year career on the concert platform brought her together with such orchestras as the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic and took her as far as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the number of recordings she left us is very small indeed. In order to obtain an idea of this violinist’s great talent, which she developed to perfection as one of the very first women to attend the Vienna Conservatory, it has generally been necessary to delve into the shellac record archive. And of course, such records crackle and hiss, thus ruining the listener’s pleasure. But now here is the remedy: a stereo recording of Brahms’s Violin Concerto which the 61-year-old Erica Morini recorded for the Westminster label. Her clean and highly differentiated timbre, her lyrical expression, technical perfection, and of course her very own thrilling esprit is marvellous to hear.
No matter whether the absolute Brahms fan tucks this LP under his pillow at night, or the collector stows it away in his cupboard, or even better lets it spin around on the turntable, this LP remains invaluable for its documentary and artistic value
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Track Listing:
1. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
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 Britten Nocturne - Pears
Benjamin Britten with London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Reiner’s penchant for effects is not irritating, but rather adds highlights which support his highly musical interpretation, indeed one even forgets this trait when listening to the brilliant music.
From a tonal point of view, the sound is beautifully balanced and reaches the highest standards despite its recording date of 1960 – or maybe just for that reason? The recording is characterized by its brilliance, warmth and vivacity with the result that listening becomes a true musical pleasure.
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 Bruch - Scottish Fantasy / Hindemith - Violin Concerto
Jascha Horenstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasia is a late-Romantic work which is seldom found on concert hall programmes today. One realises after listening to the piece for the first time that the composition proves to be at least as solid and artistic as all the other works of the composer.
The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jascha Horenstein gives a sonorous interpretation of the melancholic which, according to Bruch, depicted an aged minstrel who, while gazing upon the ruins of an ancient keep, ponders over the splendid days gone by. The well-known slender but warm timbre of David Oistrakh’s violin is well suited to this music which was inspired by Scotland.
David Oistrakh demonstrates his versatility in this performance of Hindemith’s Violin Concerto, written in 1939, where he effortlessly mesmerises the audience with breakneck cascades of scales. With many years of experience in the performance of modern music, the London Symphony Orchestra, led by the composer himself, prove that they are a match for this work.
This 1962 Decca recording engineered by Arthur Lilly and Alan Reeve at Walthamstow Town Hall in London offers first class interpretations of two great masterpieces from differing eras that have been acclaimed widely and have reached far beyond the circle of Oistrakh fans.
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 Chopin - Scherzo No. 3 / Brahms - Rhapsodies
Martha Spielt
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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The debut recording by the Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich took the public by storm all over the world – and the applause has still not subsided. A mere glance at the repertoire shows that she was reaching for the stars. To bring five composers together on an LP of roughly 45 minutes length means nothing other than speaking five different musical languages – and Martha Argerich proves herself a master of them all.
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Track Listing:
1. No. 3 C Sharp Minor, Op.39: Scherzo No. 3 In C Sharp
2. Minor, Op.39
3. Rhapsody, Op.79: No.1 Agitato In B Minor
4. Rhapsody, Op. 79: No. 2 Molto passionato, ma non troppo allegro In G Minor
5. Toccata, Op. 11
6. Jeux D'Eau: Tres doux
7. Barcarole In F Sharp Major, Op. 60
8. Hungarian Rhapsody No.6:
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 Copland - Appalachian Spring / Billy The Kid
Antal Dorati with the London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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History has proven no one had a better grasp on Copland’s gorgeous ballets better than Dorati and the LSO. This great album by a great American composer, originally released as one of the most sought-after Mercury Living Presence LPs, has been loving re-mastered from the original tapes by Speakers Corner in Germany and pressed on ultra-quiet, pristine 180g vinyl. Dorati’s versions have long been considered the finest readings of these performances and this LP is all the proof you’ll need; as these are the most rapt and fluent readings of these performances caught on tape. Our highest recommendation!
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 Christmas CTOS
Franco Corelli
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The musical press has showered praise upon the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and its founder and conductor Karl Münchinger for their spectacular performances. This DECCA recording now presents a delightful choice of works performed by this South German ensemble.
The programme opens in a splendidly festive Baroque spirit with Arcangelo Corelli’s famous Christmas Concerto, a work which is typical for the concerto grosso form with its alternation of tutti and solo passages. The instrumental soloists in particular dazzle with their finely chiselled playing and ravishing tone over the gentle sway of the strings. Münchinger has achieved a veritable miracle with his arrangement of Johann Pachelbel’s Canon, originally composed for the organ, for each and every instrument of the orchestra enhances the magic of this music. Carlo Ricciotti’s Concertino No. 2 offers us an insight into the various musical forms of the early 18th century.
The programme ends with Christoph Willibald Gluck’s vigourous Chaconne whose splendour and pomp is taken to new dramatic heights by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
Light a candle and settle down for a delightful evening of entertainment: this excellent recording ensures that you will enjoy every minute to the full – and not just at Christmas time.
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 Danses Anciennes de Hongrie
Rene Clemencic (Clemencic Consort)
$34.99
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If you think a bombarde is a thundering medieval cannon, this record will give you the chance to hear a different sort of bombarde and a host of other new sounds too. Better known as a pommer, this reed instrument is just one of a host of historical instruments which luckily have not fallen totally into oblivion and upon which the Clemencic Consort perform. In addition to several other wind instruments such as the cornet and flutes, the musicians perform on small keyboard istruments like the regal, harpsichord, positive organ and diverse percussion instruments.
The majority of works on this recording were found by the ensemble in two slavic codices and the Leutschau Virginal Book – a collection of music made in the middle of the 17th century in Hungary. These sources contain not only dance movements for performing at court which have been known since the Renaissance but also sacred and profane songs. Due to the fact that most of these works are only noted down as a particelle, just the melody and a bass line, one is even more appreciative of the wealth of instruments used by the Clemencic Consort. As is usual in historical performance practice, each movement is given a different instrumentation and inner voices have been added to produce an intricate web of instrumental parts. Despite all the historical authenticity, the producers relied on thoroughly modern analogue recording techniques to achieve a sound recording of the very highest level.
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Track Listing:
1. Otodik Tancz
2. Duch Pane swu Swatuny (Grace au Saint-Esprit)
3. U naseho Barty (Notre vieux Barty)
Erdelyi Hajdutanc (Danse des Heiduques)
Chodila, Chodila (La bien-aime qui louche)
4. Pro Clarinis XXIII et XXII
5. Chorea hungarica
Chorea Tancz
6. Pargamasca
Corant
Sarabanda
Coranda
Gagliarda
7. Tantz
Chorea Tantz
Ritka
8. O Gloriosa Domina
9. Alia chorea No. 8
Lopatkowany tanecz
Klobucky tanecz
Proportio
Alia chorea - Alia hungarica
10. Pro Clarinis III et XI
11. Lapozskas tancz
Tancz
Apor Lazar tancza
12. Olach tancz (1 partie)
Alia chorea
Alia polonica
Nerada robyla
Olach tancz (2 partie)
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 Debussy - Iberia
Ataulfo Argenta
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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As in numerous other works by Spanish composers, Isaac Albéniz’s aim in his Iberia Suite was to portray the landscape and express the zest for life which is so abundant in southern countries. Infused with folkmusic elements, the suite is introduced by the dancelike Evocación which vividly evokes a picture of Iberia. The lush, extravagant harmonies and the stark contrasts of the dynamics in particular – from the softest pianissimo to the extreme fortissimo – certainly whet one’s appetite. Don’t worry – Spain has a lot to offer! The next movement, El Corpus en Sevilla transports us to Andalusia where a solemn procession is taking place to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a sparkling Triana in which the various complex and brilliant rhythms of the national dances Almería, Rondeña and Fandango are ingeniously combined. And the two movements El puerto and El Albaicín are no less exciting: the first presents a rich potpourri of types of Spanish songs, while the second – held in the minor key – conjures up a picture of Granada’s gypsy quarter.
Turina’s Danzas fantásticas are noted for their sumptuous orchestration and marked rhythms. A better choice to round off this first-class recording, dedicated to Spanish tradition, is almost impossible to imagine.
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Track Listing:
1. Evocación (Iberia)
2. El Corpus en Sevilla (Iberia)
3. Triana (Iberia)
4. El Puerto (Iberia)
5. El Albaicín (Iberia)
6. Exaltación (Fantásticas)
7. Ensueño (Fantásticas)
8. Orgia (Fantásticas)
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 Debussy - Nocturnes / Ravel - Daphnes et Chloe
Paul Paray with Detroit Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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With his Nocturnes, Debussy's vision of music inspired by Nature enters a new sphere. His first multi-part orchestral work – the composition was originally conceived for violin but was published as a vocal-symphonic work – offers a wealth of subtleties as regards melody and sound coloring, the likes of which had never been heard before in Debussy's oeuvre. Unlike traditional orchestral writing, the woodwinds here provide vitality with a wide spectrum of tonal coloring while the strings unroll a dynamically finely graded carpet of sound. Absolutely innovative is the wordless female chorus in the third movement whose voices combine with the instruments to produce a mysterious tonal concoction.
Debussy's compatriot, Ravel, went to even greater lengths in his Daphnis and Chloe Suites. As the instrumental distribution leads one to suspect – full orchestra plus 15 percussion instruments, chorus and wind machine – the work is a full-fledged modern-age French choreographic symphony and one of the greatest compositions of its time. It is almost superfluous to mention that a thrilling performance of both works can only be achieved by the very best of symphony orchestras
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Track Listing:
1. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes: Nuages, Fêtes, Sirènes
2. Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite Nr. 2
3. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds), Fêtes (Festivals), Sirènes (Sirens)
4. Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
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 Debussy - Prelude a L'apres-midi D'un Faune / Ravel - Valses
Paul Paray with Detroit Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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What exactly is a faun and what does he do in the afternoon? Claude Debussy gives us a musical answer to this question by sending off the lecherous rural deity of fertility to have his pleasure with two sleeping nymphs. The bewitching sound of flutes and harps along with lilting melodies accompany the god while on the hunt. With its delectable, filigree themes, it is hardly surprising that this composition has continued to inspire choreographic interpretations since its conception. Composed, however, as a symphonic poem, the 'Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune', with its iridescent tonal colouring and varying moods, is a sheer delight to the ear alone. Emotions of a cheerful kind are evoked by Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales with their Viennese verve. The eight compositions are filled with every sort of joy and bliss that a waltz can offer. The one is sharply contoured, the next is sweetly sentimental, another dreamy, this one is hurried, yet another sweeps along with elegance - and the instrumentation in each case is gloriously sonorous. This album closes with the solemnly magnificent 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' and thus offers a both representative and delightful choice of modern French works.
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 Far East Suite
Duke Ellington
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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If anything influenced Duke Ellington’s compositions over and over again, it was the impressions and the images he took home with him from his concert tours around the world. In the Sixties, the record company RCA gave him the opportunity to set down these impressions in music and the result is the present 'Far East Suite', his most convincing work for large orchestra.
The 1963 tour took him from Damascus to Kabul and New Delhi, to Bombay and Ankara, and only the Duke knew how to capture such diverse impressions in music. And only such soloists as Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves and Lawrence Brown right up to Harry Carney were capable of spinning out the ideas which Ellington conjured up on the piano. 'Isfahan', the Pearl of Persia, was full of 'poetry', as the Duke himself put it and Johnny Hodges certainly knows how to underline this view in his soulful, smooth and velvety solo. In 'Depk' Jimmy Hamilton and Harry Carney bring to our mind’s eye the dance of six boys and girls. 'Mount Harissa', a mountain outside Beirut, is portrayed by Paul Gonsalves, while 'Amad' with its ornamentation gives Lawrence Brown the opportunity for a solo. In 'Agra', Harry Carney’s baritone sax leads us through the famous Taj Mahal. To close the LP, 'Ad Lib On Nippon' presents an impression of the people of Tokyo and so we come to the end of our journey through several cultures in the Near and Far East - countries full of poetry and glorious impressions. There’s no place for war and destruction in these compositions by Duke Ellington.
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Track Listing:
1. Tourist Point of View
2. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)
3. Isfahan
4. Depk
5. Mount Harissa
6. Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)
7. Agra
8. Amad
9. Ad Lib on Nippon
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 Dvorak - CTO for Cello & Orchestra
Janos Starker with London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Janos Starker tackles this cello concerto with amazing confidence; technical difficulties encountered by others in its performance appear unknown to him. Tonal purity, even in the dreaded upper register and the cadenzas, remains unscathed, so that one can concentrate wholly on the meditative magic of the music.
Starker has found worthy fellow musicians in Antal Dorati and the London Symphony Orchestra. The conductor and soloist set a benchmark in how to work together as a team in concert in that it is less the often-lamented emulation than the interpretation, which stands in the foreground in this performance. Rather, the two protagonists commit themselves to a chamber-music-like reading, which is distinguished by the dynamically moderate intonation of the orchestra and the slender tone of the soloist throughout. An ever-welcome encore is found on side two with Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, performed with verve and a good portion of romantic, melting sweetness, which allows this evergreen to flourish.
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Track Listing:
1. Dvorak: Violoncello Concerto
2. Bruch: Kol Nidrei
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 Dvorak - Symphony 5 - New World
Istvan Kertesz with Vienna Philharmonic
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Dvorák’s long experience with classical forms finds its culmination in his final symphony, whose first performance took place in New York in 1893. The work still enjoys an unwaning popularity thanks to its finely contoured orchestration and its original themes, all of which are based on American folksongs and negro spirituals.
To capture Dvorák’s score in sound has always proved a challenge for both orchestra and recording team. This aim has been more than fulfilled in the present recording with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra led by István Kertész: the primeval power of the weighty brass, the glorious revelling of the strings, and the lyrical solo passages are all captured here. Musicianship of the highest degree combined with audio-technical perfection lend this recording, made in the early days of stereophony, the status of an historical sound document which, despite numerous other recordings, has no reason to fear competition.
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 Pictures at an Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Released in 1972, this classical music meets 70's progressive rock performance was recorded live during a concert at Newcastle's City Hall. The band performs the legendary Mussorgsky piano cycle with all the power, energy and authority of a '70s rock power trio; giving the legendary classical piece a contemporary, unique feel. In the Seventies, numerous rock and pop groups attempted to produce a maximum of sound on the stage with a minimum of manpower. The majority of them failed miserably in their struggles to master the Moog synthesizer with its 28 million varieties of sound – but not so Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer! Their legendary rock version of Mussorgsky’s piano cycle, which was set down for posterity during a live concert in Newcastle’s City Hall, towers above all other recordings of the kind. Perhaps their success is due to the fact that the trio avoided a Late Romantic powerful sound and steered away from the temptations of creating electronic, grandiose sound effects. Their vocals, guitar and drums produced a highly original and contemporary yet soulful rendering.
Even if you aren’t into British rock-pop, you should still listen to this album. Those who choose to ignore it don’t know what they are missing!
Recording: March 1971 at Newcastle City Hall, UK, by Eddy Offord
Production: Greg Lake
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Track Listing:
1. Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade/The Sage/The [medley] (Lake/Mussorgsky/Palmer) - 1:58
2. The Gnome (Mussorgsky/Palmer) - 4:18
3. Promenade (Lake/Mussorgsky) - 1:23
4. The Sage (Lake) - 4:42
5. The Old Castle (Emerson/Mussorgsky) - 2:33
6. Blues Variation (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 4:22
7. Promenade (Mussorgsky) - 1:29
8. The Hut of Baba Yaga (Mussorgsky) - 1:12
9. The Curse of Baba Yaga (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 4:10
10. The Hut of Baba Yaga (Mussorgsky) - 1:06
11. The Great Gates of Kiev/The End (Lake/Mussorgsky) - 6:37
12. End/Nutrocker (Fowley) - 4:26
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 The Three-Cornered Hat
Ernest Ansermet
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The very fact that Manuel de Falla composed his ballet El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) for the ambitious impresario Serge Diaghilev and his epoch-making Ballets Russes indicates the historical importance of this work. Although the Impressionistic character of the musical language reflects his studies with Debussy, the composer never once renounces his native origins. Overflowing with the thrilling rhythms and electrifying melodies of Spanish folkmusic, this work achieved worldwide popularity virtually overnight.
As so often before in this genre, the Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet proves once again in this DECCA recording that he is a power to be reckoned with. The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande executes the slightest nuance, the most exquisite of figures and gentlest lyrical tone with meticulous precision. Powerful rolls of thunder, the click of castanets, lively rhythms and rich sonority conjure up a picture of fiery Spanish temperament so tangibly before our eyes that any comment on the recording quality appears almost superfluous. In a nutshell: this record is, quite simply, incredibly good
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 Faure - Pelleas et Melisande
Ernest Ansermet
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Debussy, Fauré, Schoenberg and Sibelius were all under the spell of the Belgian symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck and set his play Pelléas et Mélisande to music in one form or another. Fauré’s incidental music was the second work, following Debussy’s opera, to be based on the tragic story of love, jealousy, death, and forgiveness. Fauré’s veiled, ambiguous harmonies and compositional style reflect in a quite amazing fashion the atmosphere at which Maeterlinck so often only hinted. The Suite op. 80 which Fauré himself put together and orchestrated is quite rightly called his symphonic masterwork. Here, as again in the Prelude to his only complete opera, Pénélope, one can experience the ecstatic, romantic, and – at the same time – refined and delicately woven musical language which often appears somewhat melancholy and veiled. His arching melodies, frequently inspired by Gregorian chant, are tinged with an archaic charm which is also to be found (though less obviously) in his suite Masques et bergamasques. Ernest Ansermet is in his element here conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande who follow their founder’s every wish and let the colours on the composer’s palette shine out with delicate brilliance. Debussy’s Petite Suite is a fitting work to complement Fauré’s little-known symphonic aspect. This recording is like a precious gem and deserves a place on every collector’s shelf.
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Track Listing:
1. Prélude (Op. 80)
2. La Fileuse (Op. 80)
3. Malto Adagio (Op. 80)
4. Siciliene (Op. 80)
5. Pénélope (Prelude)
6. Overture (Op. 112)
7. Menuet (Op. 112)
8. Gavotte (Op. 112)
9. Pastorale (Op. 112)
10. En Bateau (Petite Suite)
11. Cortege (Petite Suite)
12. Menuet (Petite Suite)
13. Ballet (Petite Suite)
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 Wagner for Band
Frederick Fennell
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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As is always the case with Wagner’s music and solemn, noble or divine happenings take place on the stage, the large brass instruments in orchestra pits all over the world are called upon to give their utmost. The idea of having a wind ensemble to perform the most magnificent-sounding passages is, therefore, not as far-fetched as it might seem. Wagner too appreciated the colourful sound which a wind-and-brass ensemble can produce, as is proved by the fact that in his 'Ring' cycle he introduced a complete 'wind band' consisting of 33 players.
Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble treat the arrangements with such care and respect that no one will miss the delightfully warm carpet of sound of the strings in the original version. Where lyrical sentiment is called for, the high woodwinds play airily and precisely and are supported by a sonorous, organ-like base which gradually builds up to dramatic musical exuberance. Even when the highest dynamic range has been reached, no particular register is dominantly in the foreground but blends in to produce powerful, harmonious surges of sound. These arrangements bring together dynamic agility, complete transparency and musicality. One really cannot wish for more Wagner than is offered on this LP.
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 Winds in Hi-Fi (Mercury)
Frederick Fennell
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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The Eastman Wind Ensemble is a model of a modern wind band and thanks to its flexible instrumental formation it has no problem with performing both older and more modern scores. Thus it is no wonder that four highly different composers are united in this album. Percy Grainger’s gripping arrangements of English folk melodies are happily found alongside Roger’s Japanese Dances and Milhaud’s wanderings through French provinces. And as an encore there are late-Romantic harmonies penned by the young Richard Strauss. Because all these works are original compositions, 'Winds in HiFi' is an excellent introduction to music for wind instruments.
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 Handel - Water Music - Fireworks Music
Georg Szell with the London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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HANDEL/WATER MUSIC/MINUET FROM ''THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD''/ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC/GEOPRGE SZELL - LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
This is an exact reproduction of the 1962 Decca stereo record.
Composed in the spirit of the Baroque, the Water Music and Royal Fireworks Music were written by the highly regarded George Frideric Handel on commissions from Kings George I and George II of England.
The remarkable premiere of the Water Music a suite of instrumental airs, fanfares, dances, and other delights was played in 1717 by musicians in a barge who entertained the King and his entourage on a banquet held on board the royal barge which travelled up and down the river Thames. According to reports at the time, Handel's new work was greeted with unanimous acclaim.
Music appeared equally fitting for the solemn but festive commemoration of a peace treaty. The Royal Fireworks Music originally scored for brass, oboes and bassoons, plus timpani and the bizarre serpent horn was composed in 1749 for the victory gala in London's Green Park celebrating the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle.
In both pieces Georg Szell and the London Symphony Orchestra conjure up the full splendour of baroque tonality. Orchestra and conductor are clearly in a festive mood. The strings show rare form, lush and radiant. The brass are brilliant but never shrill. The atmosphere is transparent, the spatial effects are impressive.
For the outstanding quality of this recording we are indebted not least to its inspired recording engineer, Kenneth E. Wilkinson.
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 The Music From Peter Gunn
Henry Mancini
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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This is the recording that truly established Henry Mancini as both an innovator and a household name. While he had already nabbed an Oscar nomination, this soundtrack to the hit 1959 television series with its jazz score logged ten weeks at the top of the charts and remained a top seller for almost two years. While Blake Edwards' detective show may not have proved an enduring favorite, the music certainly has. Of course, the memorable Peter Gunn theme is the anchor here. The bass and drums interlocking provided hits for artists as diverse as Ray Anthony, Duane Eddy, Deodato and The Art of Noise. Mancini was working with some of the best musicians in the business with special mention going to trumpeter Pete Candoli, saxman Ronnie Lang and pianist Johnny T. Williams, who would later own his own truckload of awards as composer John Williams.
Originally issued on RCA Living Stereo the is another fine re-issue from the Speakers Corner label
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Track Listing:
1. Peter Gunn
2. Sorta Blue
3. The Brothers Go to Mother's
4. Dreamsville
5. Session at Pete's Pad
6. Soft Sounds
7. Fallout!
8. The Floater
9. SLow and Easy
10. A Profound Gass
11. Brief and Breezy
12. Not from Dixie
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 Fiesta in Hi-Fi
Howard Hanson with the Eastman Rochester Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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Track Listing:
1. Robert McBride: Mexican Rhapsody
2. Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday
3. Lyndol Coleman Mitchell: Kentucky Mountain Portraits
4. Charles G. Vardell: Joe Clark Steps Out
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 London Sessions
Howlin' Wolf
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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With the sixties British blues boom, which included acts such as John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, early Fleetwood Mac, and The Rolling Stones, a number of attempts were made to record the original blues masters such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker (actually the tradition was continued in the nineties by John Lee Hooker with his 'The Healer' project) with some of the young upcoming 'white' blues players. Unfortunately many of the projects lacked real impact (usually the recordings were done on the cheap, over short periods, with most of the young musicians simply too intimidated by their idols to offer any real creative input), however these sessions with the great Howlin' Wolf proved to be one of the exceptions. Although pushing 60, and suffering from heart and kidney problems, the 'Wolf' was still in imposing form, and with backing musicians including his own superb guitarist Hubert Sumlin, Eric Clapton (one of the main catalysts of the sessions – along with producer Norman Dayron), Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ian Stewart, Stevie Winwood, plus numerous drop in guests, the resulting sessions produced 'blues gold'.
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Track Listing:
1. Rockin' Daddy
2. I Ain't Superstitious
3. Sitting on Top of the World
4. Worried About My Baby
5. What a Woman!
6. Poor Boy
7. Built for Comfort
8. Who's Been Talking?
9. Red Rooster
10. Do the Do
11. Highway 49
12. Wang Dang Doodle
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 Plays Bach No. 1
Jacques Loussier
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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 Spartacvs
Aram Khachaturian
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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This 1967 recording originally released on Decca and reissued by Speakers Corner features the composer himself conducting two of his most popular works. Aram Khachaturian, the most well-known of all Armenian composers, believed that art should be closely bound to the people and indeed it was a pre-requisite for his own creative inspiration. Largely uninfluenced by the manifold trends of the 20th century, Khachaturian’s works reflect the folk heritage of his native country. In the two richly orchestrated ballets, which he himself later arranged into suites, we find the musical spirit and customs of an ancient culture. In particular the unrestrained exuberance of the Sabre Dance from Gayaneh has contributed to the immense popularity of this suite. The ballet Spartacus could be described as a monumental historical drama and made Khachaturian one of the Soviet Union’s most highly honoured composers.
That a slave uprising can not only be expressed in music but can also take place on an international dimension is admirably demonstrated by the maestro personally in this recording where Khachaturian takes on the role of leader of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
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 Knappertsbusch Conducts Wagner
Hans Knappertsbusch
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Even today Wagnerites still rave about the legendary Bayreuth recording of Parsifal whose lengthy score when conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch lasted a whole LP more than his fellow conductors’ recordings. But even taken at such a leisurely tempo, no one thought of looking impatiently at the clock. Just sit back and listen to the present recording of Wagner Preludes and you certainly won’t find this surprising. Bar for bar the maestro picks out even the finest particles of the musical structure and gives his Munich ensemble time and space to conjure up a delightful timbre. Just note the warmth and presence of the wind instruments – only Otto Klemperer managed to achieve comparable results in his recordings of the 1960s.
Whatever sort of sound the engineers had had in mind for this recording on the Westminster label, they managed to get fairly close to the acoustical ideal of the Bayreuth Festival opera house. Luckily they were not tempted by the possibility of reproducing spectacular lateral effects which abounded in the early days of stereophony. The Wagner coming out of the loudspeakers is dry, analytical and quite, quite natural.
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Track Listing:
1. Die Meistersinger: Prelude
2. Tannhauser: Overture
3. Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude and Liebostod
4. Parsiful: Prelude
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 Ma Vlast
Rafael Kubelik with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
$59.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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Smetana’s symphonic poem “Má Vlast“ consists of several individual compositions which the composer put together at a later date to form a cycle and is one of the greatest testimonies to Czech national music. The Bohemian countryside and sagas are reflected in the tone poem From “Bohemia’s Woods and Fields“, while the programmatic “Moldau“ occupies a rightful place among the most outstanding works to have been written in the late 19th century. Thanks to its popular folk melodies, its clearly structured and recognizable “programme“, and brilliant orchestration, the work has never failed to arouse the enthusiasm of a wide public. Rafael Kubelik conducted numerous first-class orchestras both in the concert hall and in the recording studio, and won a deserved reputation as the Smetana connoisseur. He is to be congratulated on his choice of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording: gentle and transparent in the gossamer-light orchestral passages, powerful and smooth when playing as a full tutti. This thoroughly satisfying performance is further enhanced by its excellent recording technique and is to be recommended to all collectors.
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Track Listing:
1. Vysehrad
2. Vltava (Moldau)
3. Sarka
4. From Bohemia's Meadows and Forest
5. Tabor
6. Blanik
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 La Fete De L'Ane
Rene Clemencic
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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Haven't we always known that blasphemous laughter will land us in trouble? Just think what happened in the monastic whodunit 'The Name of The Rose' in which a god-fearing monk did his utmost to hide a book about laughter from curious eyes and so turned into a serial killer in old age. Actually, carnival merrymaking monks went unpunished in medieval times when they turned strict Christian values upside down once a year and celebrated a so-called 'Feast of the Ass' in their hallowed halls. First, a Boy-Bishop would be chosen from among the lower orders and choir boys who would read a burlesque, mock mass to hoots of laughter from the revelers. Meanwhile, other monks played cards and dice at the altar, burned incense made of dung and old shoe soles and sang dirty songs. The Clemencic Consort has reconstructed the music for a lifelike 'Asses Mass' from medieval manuscripts. Among profane songs, contrapuntal, polyphonic verses and melodies with an accompaniment based on fifths, we hear Gregorian chant accompanied by the growl, rattle and rasp of historical instruments.
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Track Listing:
1. Introitus
2. Ceremmnie De La Remise De La Crosse Au Maitre De La Fete
3. La Messe Des Anes Et Des Buveurs
4. Procession De La Fete Dieu
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 La Folia De La Spagna
Various Artists
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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All the composers in the world who write their own Folia don’t keep a close account of what they are doing. They mature patiently like the tree that does not haste his sap; they soak up everything and remain confident in the torments of spring, without anxiety that they might not know another spring. And spring comes and a quiet weariness overcomes them, even if they are patient, carefree and calm, as if all eternity lay before them. They can then love their Folia and their solitude; they endure the pain it causes them and succeed in investing the sound of their complaint with beauty.
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Track Listing:
1. Fons vitae/Dementia praecox angelorum Supra solmamirevt
2. Extravagans/Laurea minima/In vitro
3. Oratio pro-folia/Fama volat Citrus - Hesperides
4. Principalis. Fermescens/Inica exacta Adverso flumine
5. Parsimonia aristocraciae
6. Subtilis/De profundis - Extra muros
7. Vulgaris - Sine populi notione Vagula et blandula
8. Nordica et desolata/Aurea mediocritas
9. Nobilissima/Degradans et corruptae
10. De pastoribus/Mathematica dies irae /Crepuscularis/Sine nomine/Tristis est anima mea/Equites fortis armaturae/Audaces fortuna juvat/Sine praeputium/Ecclesiastica
11. Theatralis et hipocritae/Ruralis Alter indica perfecta
12. De Tolerentia aetherea/Fuga ficta et carrus triumphalis
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 Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies / Enesco - Romanian Rhapsodies
Antal Dorati
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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Born in 1881, George Enescu led the life of a globetrotter. Although he became acquainted with all manner of schools and styles during his thorough studies in Vienna and Paris, it was invariably folk music that provided him with the most important source of inspiration. Thanks to their freshness and impressive thematic invention, the two Roumanian Rhapsodies have remained firm favourites to this day. Nothing in the music appears to demand great effort or mental struggle. The colourful mixture of lyrical and spirited passages seems completely natural and homogeneous, offering sheer delight for the ears right up to the final chord. Enescu’s carefree ‘hits’ serve as an ideal introduction to two orchestral heavyweights by Franz Liszt, which undoubtedly are to be counted as 'state of the art' works in this particular genre. Antal Dorati conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with a firm hand and complete concentration – as is demanded by this tightly knit score –, always managing to find the perfect balance between timbral force and transparency. Of course one can find elsewhere these compositions being performed faster, louder and with questionable sensational effects. But if you are looking for a faithful interpretation of the score, musicality and natural sound, then this is the recording for you.
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Track Listing:
1. George Enesco: Two Roumanian Rhapsodies, Opus II (No.1 in A Major/ No. 2 in D Major)
2. Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3
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 Liszt - Piano Concerto 1 and 2
Byron Janis with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Import LP - Sealed
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 Mahler - Symphony #3
Sir Georg Solti conducts London Symphony Orchestra
$64.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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“My symphony will be something the world has never heard before. The whole of Nature will be lent a voice in it and will impart such deep secrets as those one might imagine in one's dreams.” Mahler’s vision of music which reflects the world finds its monumental culmination in his Third Symphony. The god Pan awakes to dull drum beats and rumbling basses. From afar a lied theme feels its way to the fore. The mild season of Spring dawns with song, sounds of nature and the budding of vegetation; then at last Summer marches in, grotesquely distorted in its exuberance, expressing the dualism of the innocence of Nature and its terrifying primeval force. Only in the finale are these contrarieties united in glorious harmony – although an undercurrent of doubt is always present.
Sir Georg Solti and the London Symphony Orchestra are absolutely ideal for performing this mammoth, highly complex, multi-layered work. With fairly brisk tempi, clearly differentiated strings, and the usual excellent brass, Solti gives a gripping performance which no Mahler fan should miss - even if already has other recordings of the work in his collection.
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti
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 Mahler - Symphony #1
Sir Georg Solti conducts London Symphony Orchestra
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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“What kind of a world is this which produces such sounds and forms to portray itself?” said Mahler of his First Symphony and gave the world his answer in the music. What at first sounds like “endless Spring” is transformed grotesquely to become an irreal collage. Just how deceptive is this idyllic landscape through which the wayfarer wanders? Distant fanfares, furtive melodies and strange cuckoo calls disturb the seemingly peaceful depiction of Nature before the cheerful theme melody pushes to the fore. But this peace is transient too. The wayfarer begins to increase his pace, he is not the hunter but the hunted in a hostile world. This symphony neither portrays nor describes – it presents the esthetic counterpart of reality. In view of the recent revival of Mahler and the resultant new recordings of his works, this early DECCA recording cannot be too highly praised. The disc guarantees not only a masterly performance but sumptuous sound and transparency. The owner of this particular recording of the Titan Symphony certainly needs no other and has every right to ask, “What kind of a record is this which produces such sounds...?”
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 Mahler - Symphony #2
Sir Georg Solti conducts London Symphony Orchestra
$59.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
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The search for the extra-musical world in Gustav Mahler’s philosophical and programmatic works will doubtless continue to occupy future generations of music scholars. Today’s music lovers, however, are wholly satisfied with the highly varied interpretations and impressive sound reproduction – which is precisely what Mahler himself wished for his rugged works. For decades Mahler’s dramatic musical masterpieces were misunderstood and scorned as “kapellmeister music”. Luckily interest in his works was revived and all nine symphonies were recorded in the 1960s by the recently deceased conductor Sir Georg Solti. Right up to this very day, his cycle has clearly lost nothing of its aura, its reputation for “never having been surpassed” – how could it otherwise have been so successful for so many years in the light of all the highly competitive, more recent recordings?
After the success of the new pressing of Mahler’s First Symphony (MUSD-SC-6113), it was high time that the Resurrection-Symphony became available on LP once more. And the result is most impressive. One can only hope that the complete Mahler cycle will one day be resurrected in vinyl.
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 The American Scene
Alberto Mantovani
$34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
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Mantovani creates such a lush and intense violin sound that that many critics believed it was the result of recording tricks, an assumption that Mantovani easily disproved with his numerous concerts. This record demonstrates the whole spectrum of one of the 20th century's most genial arrangers: 'I Dream Of Jeannie' is a wonderful example of the truly remarkable strings which is counterbalanced by such numbers as the sparkling 'Camp town Races' for example. Arranging folk songs for large orchestra can be somewhat perilous in that they easily become insignificant but Mantovani is in no danger of this here.
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