Various Artists - Phase 4 Stereo: Concert Series

Limited, numbered six LP set with a detailed booklet - only 2,500 sets!

Original LP front and back covers

Lift-off rigid LP box, 180-gram vinyl

Lacquers cut by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios

In the 1960s Decca pioneered the use of a multi 10-channel console mixer which created recordings with an unprecedented sense of spatial realism and movement — Phase 4 Stereo. Following in the footsteps of Decca's highly-successful label heritage sets (The Decca Sound, Mercury Living Presence), this generous selection of the very best of Phase 4 promises to amaze a new generation of fans.

Two of the titles included in the set are on the The Absolute Sound List — the Holy Grail of vinyl fidelity. This is a list of recordings recommended by The Absolute Sound magazine under the direction of Harry Pearson.

The albums included are: Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E minor “From the New World, The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Hermann,  Bizet: Carmen & L’Arlésienne Suites, Rósza: Music from Ben Hur, Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, and Yellow River Concerto; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21.

LP 1

Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E minor “From the New World”

Side 1

1. Adagio – Allegro molto

2. Largo

Side 2

3. Scherzo (molto vivace)

4. Allegro con Fuoco

LP 2

The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Hermann

Side 1

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

Side 2

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Fahrenheit 451

LP 3

Bizet: Carmen & L’Arlésienne Suites

Side 1

Les toreadors

Aragonaise

Intermezzo

Les dragons d'Alcala

Habanera

La garde montante

Danse bohème

Side 2

Prélude

Minuetto

Adagietto

Carillon

Farandole

LP 4

Rósza: Music from Ben Hur

Side 1

Fanfare To Prelude

Star Of Bethlehem And Adoration Of The Magic

Friendship

The Burning Desert

Arrius's Party

Rowing Of The Galley Slaves

Side 2

Parade Of The Charioteers

The Mother's Love

Return To Judea

Ring For Freedom

Lepers' Search For The Christ

Procession To Calvary

Miracle And Finale

LP 5

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Side 1

The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

The Story of the Calender Prince

Side 2

The Young Prince and the Young Princess

Festival at Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)

LP 6

Yellow River Concerto; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21

Side 1

1. Prelude: The Song Of The Yellow River Boatmen

2. Ode To The Yellow River

3. The Yellow River In Wrath

4. Defend The Yellow Rive

Side 2

1. Allegro

2. Andante

3. Allegro vivace assai

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