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Jean Morel - Albeniz: Iberia (complete)/ Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

Product No: CAPC 6094 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Hybrid Stereo SACD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA/DECCA Living Stereo)

All Wrongs Righted! GRAB this while you can!

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, June 16, 2022 by Dace Gisclard I gave the Australian Eloquence CD's of the Albeniz and Ravel a rave review on AMAZON, only to be dismayed when another reviewer pointed out that the stereo channels of the tracks played by the Paris Conservatoire were REVERSED! Thankfully, that problem has been corrected here, and the remastered sound is terrific. The only remaining fly in the ointment is that these Analogue Productions SACD's retain the incorrect ordering of the movements as it was on the RCA LP's--a relatively minor issue--that's what the programming feature is for!

The flawed Eloquence CD's have been discontinued, and are now (6/16/22) selling for astronomical prices. An inquiry to Eloquence yielded the information that their set is OOP, and they have no intention of issuing corrected copies. At present, this AP set is a collector's best bet for this much-sought-after legendary recording, and is likely to remain so. GRAB it while the price is still reasonable.

Fritz Reiner - Moussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition

Product No: CAPCG 2201
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Gold CD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Buy It

4 Stars
Posted Saturday, February 19, 2022 by John F. in MD Very nice job by Analogue Productions. This GOLD CD is big, bold, dynamic, and melodic. Solid performance and sonics. 4 stars as some of my 5 star reference CD's are: Janis Ian's Breaking Silence (Analogue Productions GOLD); Shawn Colvin's Steady On debut and Tracy Chapman's debut aluminum CD's.

Dallas Wind Symphony - Horns For The Holidays

Product No: CREF 126
Available: LimitedStock
Category: HDCD CD
Label: Reference Recordings

Misfire

1 Stars
Posted Monday, June 8, 2020 by Anonymous Went off the rails here, hate to say about one of my favorite labels. I learned to play all 3 to 4 parts with chords on piano when young for these pieces; knowing the notes well. Jarring notes of really screwy tunings made this one unlistenable and I tried playing on separate days 2 weeks apart in case it was just a bad day, no luck.

Fritz Reiner - Moussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition

Product No: CAPC 2201 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Hybrid 3-Channel Stereo SACD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

5 Stars
Posted Sunday, July 9, 2017 by Anonymous

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

Product No: CAPC 2341 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Hybrid 3-Channel Stereo SACD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Major Disappointment

2 Stars
Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2016 by David W Munch, BSO, Zamkochian all brilliant. Recording is not. Strings are shrill and lack definition. Overall there is no depth or warmth. Seems like many parts of the recording were highly oversaturated and could not be rescued by this remaster. Sections that are mezzopiano or mezzo forte actually sound quite good, furthering the disappointment in those sections that are louder, Quite a shame especially when compared with the Living Stereo recording of Reiner - Alexander Nevsky from just one year later, a recording with elegant balance, tone and accuracy. Get this one for the historical performance but don't expect to be wowed by the acoustics. You won't be. A real shame.

Esa-Pekka Salonen - La Sacre Du Printemps

Product No: CDGJ 9004 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: SHM Single Layer SACDs
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Erratum :...,

5 Stars
Posted Sunday, November 2, 2014 by Barleyps ...In french sacre is masculin. So the exact title is Le sacre du Printemps. Includes Night on bald mountain/Mussorgsky&The miraculous mandarin/Bartók. Watch out the percussions' quality/ fidelity here !

Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

Product No: CAPC 2395 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Hybrid 3-Channel Stereo SACD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

Another preview

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2014 by Richard Schneider This is one of only two orchestra/choral recordings made with Reiner and the CSO during the Living Stereo era, the other was Beethoven's 9th and each one featured the newly formed Chicago Symphony Chorus. Neither one has had the full-on audiophile treatment, so the planned summer release of Nevsky on vinyl and SACD will be a very special audiophile debut. RCA's original vinyl issue was quite good for it's time, decent quality surfaces, with convincing lively dynamics. The miking managed to capture the daunting orchestral array, the width and depth of the chorus, and a feel for the venue. Great natural presence - nothing "in your face." The Reiner Beethoven 9th would be equally deserving of the audiophile treatment, a magnificent performance in a very natural production, notable for the solo vocal quartet, a perfect non-diva ensemble heard not up front, but from the chorus. Let this not fall through the cracks of recording history.

Fritz Reiner - The Reiner Sound

Product No: CAPC 2183 SA
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Hybrid 3-Channel Stereo SACD
Label: Analogue Productions (RCA Living Stereo)

PREview not a REview

5 Stars
Posted Friday, June 13, 2014 by Richard Schneider For some, the most iconic of the Reiner Living Stereo series, has had multiple iterations on independent audiophile vinyl, but never made the cut for RCA's own SACD series, despite many requests. So now SACD fans will have a chance to hear these amazing performances. By the way, has anyone considered Hovhaness/Stravinsky Mysterious Mountain/Fairy's Kiss? That happens to be the only purely orchestral Reiner/CSO recording to remain active in the full-price Red Seal catalog and never downgraded to mid-price through to the end of RCA's lp era. Must be a reason for that. And it did well when issued on CD. It's time for this classic to get the full bore audiophile treatment on vinyl and SACD.

Various Artists - Mercury Living Presence Collector's Edition Box Set

Product No: ADEC 83190
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Vinyl Box Sets
Label: Decca

A superb followup to Volume 1

5 Stars
Posted Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by Jonathan This set is the second 6-lp reissue of selected Mercury Living Presence recordings, the initial volume having been released during 2012. The original 2012 set was superb and this followup set is every bit as good as the original. Pressings are uniformly excellent, the sound is clear and well-defined and the transfers to vinyl have obviously been performed with a great deal of care and expertise. An excellent booklet is included which contains a number of interesting photographs I have not seen published anywhere else.

I certainly will not hestitate to purchase any further volumes in this series, but I would hope that the Mercury recordings of Henryk Szeryng are given further consideration, since apart from the Brahms Concerto in Volume 1, so far as I am aware none of his Mercury recordings have ever been reissued onto LP in the "modern" era of audiophile LP reissues.

Louis Fremaux - Offenbach Overtures

Product No: AKLALE 517
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Klavier

Lots of fun.

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, June 1, 2013 by Arturo A good recording and performance for $7.50? Yes indeed, it is very enjoyable light music well performed and recorded for a mere $7.50. Do yourself favor an get it while it lasts. This records were made back in 1973, so the supply must be short.

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.

Louis Fremaux - Berlioz: A Berlioz Orchestra Spectacular

Product No: AKLALE 553
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Klavier

Truly spectacular.

5 Stars
Posted Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Arturo Castaneda This is a real bargain. Excellent EMI recording, first class pressing by RTI at $10.00! What are you waiting for to buy it? Get one, you'll be glad. Just one question, why is a damaged one selling for $20.00 and the undamaged ones sell for half that price?

Maurice Abravanel - Varese: Ameriques

Product No: AVAC 274
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Classic Records (Vanguard)

Great LP of Modern Music

4 Stars
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012 by Triodeotl If you liked the Speakers Corner re-issue of "Ionization" on Decca. You will definately want to add this to your collection. Modern but accessable with lots of percussion and horns calling. Wonderful great sound that does not disapoint. The chances of finding an original of this are next to nil.

My copy was totally quiet and the pressing was totally flat. What are you waiting for the cover alone is worth the price of admission. In case you are wondering I am recommending you get it now before it sells out and goes out of print. Or worse yet it gets on one of those lists like the one that I am drawing up to post on the web and then what. The price will skyrocket overnight.

Or just wait until Harry Pearson hears it, then what? I highly recommend this LP for the sound and the music. Don't miss it or you'll be sorry. +++++

Felix Slatkin - Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra / Dohnanyi: Variations On A Nursery Tune

Product No: ACIS 8373
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Cisco (Capitol)

Stunning

5 Stars
Posted Friday, January 27, 2012 by Triodeotl LP's do not get better than this musically and sonically. This is fun music at the very best with substance. Britten is the best British composer of our century.

Unbelievable recording from Capitol. I mean who would have thought? Its right up there with anything I have heard. A sonic knockout in everyway and deserves a place on the TAS List or anyones list for that matter.

This LP is reason to start your own list so put it on it right now. A masterpiece - - Recommended! +++++

Ansermet, L'orch. De la Suisse Romande - Ravel: Mother Goose Suite etc.

Product No: UDEC 2062
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Preowned Vinyl Record

This item is Preowned. It is not sealed and has most likely been played before.
Label: Speakers Corner (Decca)

Do Not Miss It

4 Stars
Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by Triodeotl Ansermat does it again. A sonic blockbuster in everyway. Beautiful string sound and playing. Sonics are amongst the best Decca ever achieved. Highly 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.

Leinsdorf, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Wagner: Ride of The Valkyries

Product No: USHE 7S
Available: LimitedStock
Category: Sealed Out-of-Print Vinyl Record
Label: Sheffield Lab

Buyer beware

5 Stars
Posted Sunday, December 20, 2009 by Arturo Castaneda. The original pressing is outstanding, fabulous performance, incredible dynamic range and fidelity. However, a second copy purchased two years later was a fraud. No dynamics, a flimsy record and poor sound. There is no indication on the cover to warn the buyer that the record inside is not made from the direct matrix, but from a very poor tape recording. I recently dumped my second lousy copy to a second hand record store. The same happened when I bought a Harry James Sheffield suposedly "direct to disc".

Maurice Abravanel - Fiddle Faddle and 14 Other Leroy Anderson Favorites

Product No: AAPC 030
Available: LimitedStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Analogue Productions

Great Fiddle Faddle

4 Stars
Posted Saturday, August 1, 2009 by Anonymous This LP will provide some great music and sonic delights