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Hyperion Knight - Beethoven/Stravinsky: Hyperion Knight/ Sonata In C Major, Op. 53

Product No: AAPC 8313
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (Wilson Audiophile)

Great performance but...

4 Stars
Posted Friday, September 8, 2023 by Mike Love this, and can understand the TAS grading but at least on my record there is a distorted/compressed sound in passages when the keys are a bit more forcefully hit.

Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: Petrouchka

Product No: AAPC 2376
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Top notch

5 Stars
Posted Monday, January 31, 2022 by Anonymous Was nervous buying all these re-releases of Mercury living presence titles for the price… but… sounds amazing!!! What a great release. Guess it shows when people put the work in the results pay off to a timeless collectors version.

Jean Martinon - Borodin: Symphony No. 2/Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole

Product No: AAPC 2298
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA/DECCA Living Stereo)

Excellent Borodin and Korsakoff.

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2020 by Anthony Interpretations are excellent with Jean Martinon leading LSO. I especially loved Rimsky Korsakoff's Capriccio Espagnole. The recording is excellent and very quiet. Definitely worth purchasing.

Pfeiffer, Chase & Heifetz - Rozsa: Violin Concerto/ Benjamin: Romantic Fantasy/ Heifetz, violin

Product No: AAPC 2767
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Wow

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, April 25, 2020 by Anonymous This is a heroic performance from Heifetz, it may be somewhat overlooked because of the repertoire but the sound and performance are every bit as impressive as his Sibelius or Brahms concerto.

Gary Graffman - The Virtuoso Liszt

Product No: AAPC 2443
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Great piano disc

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, April 8, 2020 by EricL Graffman’s treatment of Liszt’s pieces are extremely well played. The sound here is some of the best piano sound that RCA produced. I wish the Rubinstein discs were this good. The piano truly seems like it’s in the room. Highly recommended.

Rubinstein and Szeryng - Beethoven: Sonatas No. 8, Op. 30, No. 3 / Brahms: No. 1, Op. 78

Product No: AAPC 2620
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

A very fine record.

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, March 26, 2020 by Anonymous Beautifully played Beethoven and Brahms chamber works. This is a very immediate (and intimate) sounding recording.

The LP has a very quiet surface (par for the course for Quality Record Pressings and Analogue Productions).

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra - The French Touch

Product No: AAPC 2292
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Great new reissue

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, September 15, 2018 by EricL Analogue Productions has just released this 1959 recording with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, one of the LS discs never issued by Classic Records. In terms of string tone, this was lauded as one of the top Living Stereos. As usual, the performance with Munch leading the BSO is wonderfully refined with very warm sound. AP did a superb job here mastered at Sterling. I don't have an original to compare, but I can't imagine it could be much better. The pressing is perfect, flat, centered and quiet with no ticks or pops on my copy. I think AP is running a streak here. Also the thick cardboard tip-on cover is beautifully reproduced and quite striking. Jonathan Valin's entry in the Living Stereo catalogue comments about a "weakish bass"on the original, but perhaps the reissue has improved things for I thought it was quite adequate. The Socerer's Apprentice on side one is perhaps the highlight though Ravel's Mother Goose suite on side one is also wonderful.

Charles Mackerras/ LSO - Grieg & Sibelius: Finlandia

Product No: AAPC 2336
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA/DECCA Living Stereo)

Gorgeous...

5 Stars
Posted Monday, February 27, 2017 by Anonymous Gorgeous performances, sound, and packaging. I didn't have a copy previously. Wow am I glad I have this subscription!

Georg Solti - Venice

Product No: AAPC 2313
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA/DECCA Living Stereo)

Performances and Sound - Collection Worthy

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, February 2, 2017 by Anonymous The new AP version sounds excellent. Clarity, sound stage, and presentation are spot on. That said, for the first time in quite awhile, I did have to clean the LP in my RCM (it wasn't as quiet as most AP releases I receive, now it's just fine and quiet). I have a few versions including the original and Classic Records. The AP version is better sounding than the 180 gram Classic version and original. The sleeve packaging is very nice, however, the photo transfers have become more blurred over the years. The original has that wonderful Encyclopedia Britannica feel from the early 60s (that's gone unfortunately). Que Sera, the music survives!

Charles Munch - A Stereo Spectacular: Saint-Saens Symphony No.3

Product No: AAPC 2341
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Stunning!

5 Stars
Posted Monday, January 5, 2015 by Jeff I have almost all the Living stereo releases from Classic Records, and they all sound very good. But after getting one of these new issues when they first came out, I've started collecting the AP copies of them, because they are simply amazing! I honestly didn't think, given the age of the masters, that these could sound much better than what Classic got out of them, but I was wrong. This one is particularly stunning. The orchestra is so clear and radiant, and the organ doesn't overpower when it comes in. And when the organ is playing the very low pedal notes (like the beginning of the 3rd mvmt), the room actually rumbles. The low C in the pedal SOUNDS like a 32' pipe, and not like a 16' on the other issues. If you haven't invested in any of these AP Living Stereo records, you owe it to yourself to get some and hear the difference.

Fritz Reiner - Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra

Product No: AAPC 1934
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Not Quite A Shaded Dog...But Very Close!

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, December 18, 2014 by Carl E. Baugher With only a very slight amount of steely string tone when compared to an original SD, this reissue is simply superb in every meaningful area -- soundstage, frequency range, timbre, dynamics and coherency. The surfaces are impeccable, too. Worth every penny of the asking price and then some, I'd say. If you missed out on the Classic Records reissues (has it really been over twenty years?), fear not. These are every bit as good judging by this one. I'm simply bowled over and yes, I will be acquiring more from this series!

Eiji Oue - Respighi: Belkis, Queen Of Sheba Suite, Pines Of Rome

Product No: AREF 1509
Available: InStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Reference Recordings

Another brilliant RR release

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, January 30, 2014 by Jonathan I have waited decades for a recorded performance of Belkis with true, audiophile pretensions. The only other LP I have heard of this work was an early era digital Chandos release from the 80s, but this new RR release was well worth the wait. This new RR LP release retains all the hallmarks of this label - a monumental dynamic range and as true a depiction of true concert hall sound and perspective as possible. This recording in particular will torture even the most esoteric LP playback chains to the limit, since apart from anything else there is quite simply no option other than to have the playback level set to emulate the same sound pressure levels as heard at a live performance - such is the extreme dynamic range inherent in these two Respighi works. So far as the Belkis work is concerned, if you are unfamiliar with it, I am not sure what will astonish you more - the fact that it is so seldom heard or performed, or the excellence of both the performance itself and the recording.

Leopold Stokowski - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Product No: AEVC 3069Q
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (Everest)

Great Bartok

5 Stars
Posted Sunday, May 12, 2013 by Triodeotl Great sound for Everest. If you like Bartok grab this you will like Stokowski's interpretation. Just wait till you hear the harp way off to the left edge of you speaker coming out of the wall.

Recommended.

Eiji Oue - Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/ The Song of the Nightingale

Product No: AREF 1502
Available: BackOrdered
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Reference Recordings

Better Than Ever!

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Scott Wilson Though the spectacular first release from Quality Records, Cat Steven's "Tea For The Tillerman" grabbed most of the attention this month, the news that Reference Recordings has teamed up with Quality Records for it's new series of vinyl releases is just as exciting. If the first Reference Masrercut is any indicator, we are going to be spoiled superb 200gm pressings of recordings from the great Reference Recordings catalog. This has quickly become one of my favorite recordings of Stravinsky's masterpiece "The Firebird", and is right up there with Dorati's on Mercury. The sound is incredible, the pressing is perfect. Definitely recommended!

Maurice Abravanel - Berlioz: Requiem

Product No: AVAC 10070Q
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (Vanguard)

Outstanding Performance.

5 Stars
Posted Monday, May 23, 2011 by Arturo A good performance and a good recording. Highly recommended.

Jean Martinon - Borodin: Symphony No. 2/ Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole

Product No: ALSC 2298Q
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (RCA Living Stereo)

Martinon cond. London sym

5 Stars
Posted Sunday, January 23, 2011 by Anonymous have not played but looks pristine

Hugo Rignold - Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Product No: AEVC 3055Q
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (Everest)

Skip it.

3 Stars
Posted Saturday, June 26, 2010 by Anonymous I find Classic Records remastering of these original Everest releases a waste of time and our money. The remastering almost always sound far superior to the original pressings which consistently sounded terrible 35 mm or not. I have almost all the original early pressings. The reissue if flat and defect free. The concerto itself is not my favorite piano concerto but it can be exciting if not beautiful. If you can find the London or Decca performance by Alicia De Larrocha with the London Philharmonic with de Bergos CS6818 get it. A great recording and much better performance. Classic to me do the best job of remastering older recordings especially if the pressing are free of defects but I wish they would try and get their hands on the Decca-London catalogue instead of wasting their skills on Everest.

Paul Paray - Chabrier: Espana/ Suite Pastorale/ Fete Polonaise

Product No: AMER 90212Q
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 200 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (Mercury Living Presence)

Excellent recording

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 by Alex Very good re-issue of a very good recording of a very good music.