Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 180g Hi-Q LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Joint winner of The 1962 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, (with Ashkenazy), John Odgon was a phenomenal pianist and composer, a gentle giant of a man but a troubled genius plagued by mental and later physical health problems that culminated in his premature death at the age of only 52. His recorded legacy is considerable but his inaugural recordings for EMI remain special for capturing in superb stereo his artistry at the start of his international career. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the original review in The Gramophone of July 1962, T.H. remarked that it was & quot;a record that will certainly enhance his reputation the word over...the intellect in control of the emotions, allied to a really remarkable technique, brings nobility, to the first movement in particular, that is rare and very affecting. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded 29-31 January 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. Recording Producer: Peter Andry & amp; Ronald Kinloch Anderson. Balance Engineer: Neville Boyling & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; John Ogdon, piano & lt;br & gt; The Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; John Pritchard, conductor & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Rachmaninov (1873-1943) & lt;br & gt; Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 & lt;br & gt; Side A: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. 1st Movement: Allegro moderato & lt;br & gt; 2. 2nd Movement: Adagio sostenuto & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side B: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. 3rd Movement: Allegro scherzando & lt;br & gt; 2. Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5 & lt;br & gt; 3. Prelude in G major, Op.32 No.5 & lt;br & gt; 4. Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12 & lt;br & gt;
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Suite From The Ballet 180g LP Scratch & Dent (Vinyl)
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& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Efrem Kurtz, an imposing figure on the podium, who, with a graceful baton-less technique drew exceptionally lyrical playing out of the orchestras he conducted and was in great demand for his native Russian repertoire. He recorded highlights from all three Tchaikovsky ballets for EMI in the late 1950s and they are all available again on LP from HIQ: Swan Lake is on HIQLP049 and The Nutcracker is on HIQLP051. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;...the disc confirms the suspicion that Efrem Kurtz is probably the finest conductor of ballet music in the world, certainly the supreme exponent of Tchaikovskys ballets...A winner of a record. & lt;/b & gt; - Gramophone, September 1960 & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the review of the stereo LP in The Gramophone of November 1960, W.S.M. confirmed his initial thoughts: & lt;b & gt;It is an extremely enjoyable cross-cut of Sleeping Beauty, performed magnificently under a conductor who understands Tchaikovskys ballet music completely. Yehudi Menuhin contributes only one solo, but that [is] a most distinguished one. The stereo is perhaps rather warmer and vivid than the very acceptable mono... & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Efrem Kurtz, conductor & lt;br & gt; Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Yehudi Menuhin, violin solo & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Side 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 1 - Introduction & lt;br & gt; Prologue & lt;br & gt; (2) Scene Dansante - Entrance Of The Fairies & lt;br & gt; (3) Pas De Six - The Fairies Present Their Gifts: Intrada; Variation IV; Variation V & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Act 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 2: (6) Valse & lt;br & gt; Band 3: (8) Pas D'Action - Rose Adagio & lt;br & gt; Aurora's Variation & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side 2: & lt;br & gt; Act III: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 1: (22) Polonaise & lt;br & gt; Band 2: (23) Pas De Trois - Florestan And His Sisters: Intrada; Variation 1; Variation II; Coda & lt;br & gt; Band 3: (25) Pas De Deux - Blue Birds: Intrada; Variation 1; Variation II; Coda & lt;br & gt; Band 4: (26) Pas De Caractere - Red Riding Hood And The Wolf & lt;br & gt; Band 5: (28) Pas De Deux - Princess Aurora And Prince Florimund: Intrada; Adagio; Variation II; Coda (The 3 Ivans) Band 6: (30) Finale Et Apotheose & lt;br & gt; The numbers in brackets are those in the original score.
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Andre Cluytens conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra for this recording which includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol, alongside Borodin's & quot;In the Steppes of Central Asia & quot;, Moussorgsky's & quot;A Night on The Bare Mountain & quot;, and Ravel's & quot;La Valse & quot;. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded January 29-31, 1962 at Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Andre Cluytens, conductor & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) & lt;br & gt; Capriccio Espagnol & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) & lt;br & gt; In the Steppes of Central Asia & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881) & lt;b & gt; A Night On The Bare Mountain & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) & lt;br & gt; La Valse & lt;/b & gt;
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Suite From The Ballet 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Efrem Kurtz, an imposing figure on the podium, who, with a graceful baton-less technique drew exceptionally lyrical playing out of the orchestras he conducted and was in great demand for his native Russian repertoire. He recorded highlights from all three Tchaikovsky ballets for EMI in the late 1950s and they are all available again on LP from HIQ: Swan Lake is on HIQLP049 and The Nutcracker is on HIQLP051. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;...the disc confirms the suspicion that Efrem Kurtz is probably the finest conductor of ballet music in the world, certainly the supreme exponent of Tchaikovskys ballets...A winner of a record. & lt;/b & gt; - Gramophone, September 1960 & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the review of the stereo LP in The Gramophone of November 1960, W.S.M. confirmed his initial thoughts: & lt;b & gt;It is an extremely enjoyable cross-cut of Sleeping Beauty, performed magnificently under a conductor who understands Tchaikovskys ballet music completely. Yehudi Menuhin contributes only one solo, but that [is] a most distinguished one. The stereo is perhaps rather warmer and vivid than the very acceptable mono... & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Efrem Kurtz, conductor & lt;br & gt; Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Yehudi Menuhin, violin solo & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Side 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 1 - Introduction & lt;br & gt; Prologue & lt;br & gt; (2) Scene Dansante - Entrance Of The Fairies & lt;br & gt; (3) Pas De Six - The Fairies Present Their Gifts: Intrada; Variation IV; Variation V & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Act 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 2: (6) Valse & lt;br & gt; Band 3: (8) Pas D'Action - Rose Adagio & lt;br & gt; Aurora's Variation & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side 2: & lt;br & gt; Act III: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Band 1: (22) Polonaise & lt;br & gt; Band 2: (23) Pas De Trois - Florestan And His Sisters: Intrada; Variation 1; Variation II; Coda & lt;br & gt; Band 3: (25) Pas De Deux - Blue Birds: Intrada; Variation 1; Variation II; Coda & lt;br & gt; Band 4: (26) Pas De Caractere - Red Riding Hood And The Wolf & lt;br & gt; Band 5: (28) Pas De Deux - Princess Aurora And Prince Florimund: Intrada; Adagio; Variation II; Coda (The 3 Ivans) Band 6: (30) Finale Et Apotheose & lt;br & gt; The numbers in brackets are those in the original score.
Munrow & Marriner 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Whilst Sir Neville Marriner, a veritable national treasure, who turns 90 on 15 April 2014, provides stylish accompaniments with the Academy's modern instruments, the star of this album is the late David Munrow, who did so much to popularize early music and its instruments, particularly the recorder and was one of the pioneers of the 'early music' movement. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Munrow founded the Early Music Consort of London, along with Christopher Hogwood (featured on this LP) and came to wider fame as provider of authentic Tudor music to two major BBC Television Dramas: The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1970 and Elizabeth R in 1971. In a career that only lasted 10 years, he recorded over 50 albums, presented his own eclectic BBC Radio 3 programme Pied Piper, and television programmes on both BBC and ITV. Suffering from depression, his life was tragically cut short by his own hand in 1976 at the age of 33. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded on October 1-4, 1973 at No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London with legendary producer Christopher Bishop and engineer Stuart Eltham. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt; & quot;Anyone who admires the skill and the vivacious musicianship of David Munrow ought to try this attractive disc. He plays the treble recorder in the Telemann and Handel items and the soprano (or descant) in the Sammartini, both with the greatest agility, with nicety of phrasing, and with a sureness of intonation all too uncommon among players of this instrument. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; -Gramophone & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; David Munrow, recorder & lt;br & gt; Academy of St. Martin-In-the-Fields & lt;br & gt; Neville Marriner, conductor & lt;br & gt; Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord & lt;br & gt; Kenneth Heath, cello & lt;br & gt; John Gray, double bass & lt;br & gt; Carmel Kaine, solo violin & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Side One: & lt;br & gt; Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) & lt;br & gt; Suite in A Minor for treble recorder, strings and continuo & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Overture & lt;br & gt; 2. Les Plaisirs & lt;br & gt; 3. Air a l'Italien & lt;br & gt; 4. Menuets I & amp; II & lt;br & gt; 5. Rejouissance & lt;br & gt; 6. Passepieds I & amp; II & lt;br & gt; 7. Polonaise & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side Two: & lt;br & gt; Giuseppe Sammartini (1693-1750) & lt;br & gt; Concerto in F Major for descant recorder, strings and continuo & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. I. Allegro & lt;br & gt; 2. II. [Siciliano] & lt;br & gt; 3. III. Allegro assai & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) & lt;br & gt; Concerto in B Flat for treble recorder, strings and continuo & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 4. I. Andante-allegro & lt;br & gt; 5. II. Larghetto & lt;br & gt; 6. III. Allegro moderato
Sibelius Symphony No. 7, Pelleas et Melisande, The Oceanides 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; This HIQ release is a classic: Sibelius: The Oceanides, Symphony No.7 and the Incidental Music to Pelleas et Melisande. Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These performances were taped in early stereo in 1955, when the composer was still alive and many celebrations were held to mark his 90th birthday on the 8th of December 1955, including a Royal Festival Hall concert given by Beecham and the RPO. Beecham had a great affinity for Sibelius's music and was much admired by the composer and was even honored by Norway with The Order of the White Rose. Incidentally, Sir Thomas didn't have to travel far for these Abbey Road sessions: he lived a short stroll away at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt; & quot;Sibelius wrote a very large mass of highly genial and attractive music. Im thinking of all those delightful suites, symphonic poems like En saga and Pohjolas Daughter, and that rather strange composition very strange indeed The Oceanides, which, incidentally, the composer has asked me to record. I dont know why: I shall ask him one day why he asked me to do this very special thing. Of course I shall do it naturally. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; Sir Thomas Beecham & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; ...And with this recording he did, shortly after a 90th birthday concert for the great Finnish composer at the Royal Festival Hall on December 8th, 1955 (Sibeliuss birthday), the same year he was awarded the Order of the White Rose of Finland for conducting Sibelius. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the original review of the mono LP in The Gramophone of September 1957, Lionel Salter remarked that & lt;b & gt; & quot;Beecham captures the magic of this closely-knit, highly organic score... every phrase is lovingly moulded... The engineers have contributed an excellent balance and very clear tone. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; When the stereo LP was released in 1962, Salter confirmed & lt;b & gt; & quot;Beechams performances... are beautifully shaped and tremendously intense. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. Features the original album artwork. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., C.H., conductor & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) & lt;br & gt; Side 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Tone Poem: The Oceanides, Op. 73 & lt;br & gt; 2. Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side 2: & lt;br & gt; Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 46 - Incidental Music & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. No. 1: At The Castle Gate & lt;br & gt; 2. No. 2: Melisande & lt;br & gt; 3. No. 3: A Spring In The Park & lt;br & gt; 4. No. 4: The Three Blind Sisters & lt;br & gt; 5. No. 5: Pastorale & lt;br & gt; 6. No. 6: Melisande At The Spinning Wheel & lt;br & gt; 7. No. 7: Entr'acte & lt;br & gt; 8. No. 8: The Death of Melisande & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded November and December 1955, at No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. Recording Producer: Lawrance Collingwood. Balance Engineer: Robert Beckett
Nights In Vienna 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt; & quot;Rudolf Kempe has the true and significant gift of the truly great conductor. He is able and willing to lavish the same care and affection on good light music as on that of the supreme masters. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; So enthused W. A. Chislett on the 48 years old Kempe, who, by the time this recording of operatic overtures and waltzes was made, had gained a reputation as an opera conductor, having directed the Dresden Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera (succeeding Solti) and conducted at Bayreuth. He was a favourite at Covent Garden but declined the director's job. Kempe was a conductor of international repute, with long associations with the Royal Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle and Munich Philharmonic, as well as his last, short-lived appointment as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Kempe died on 12 May 1976 aged 65. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the original December 1958 review of the mono release W. A. Chislett of the GRAMOPHONE concluded: & lt;b & gt; & quot;... This is superb in every way, warm, intimate, beautifully phrased and poised and very finely recorded. How good in particular it is to hear Lehar's charming waltz given a full dress performance complete with prelude and postlude. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; ..and on the stereo release the following August, Chislett added: & lt;b & gt; & quot;...they all sound richer and warmer in the two-channel version. & quot; & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded on 20-22 February 1958 at the Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna. Produced by the legendary Victor Olof and engineered by Harold Davidson. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Rudolf Kempe, conductor & lt;br & gt; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Side One: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (Suppe) & lt;br & gt; 2. Overture & quot;Der Opernball & quot; (Heuberger) & lt;br & gt; 3. Overture & quot;Die Fledermaus & quot; (Johann Strauss II) & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side Two: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. & quot;Gold und Silber & quot; - Waltz (Lehar) & lt;br & gt; 2. Overture & quot;Donna Dianna & quot; (Reznicek) & lt;br & gt; 3. & quot;Spharenklange & quot; Waltz, Op. 235 (Josef Strauss) & lt;br & gt; 4. Radetzky March, Op. 228 (Johann Strauss I)
Mahler Symphony No. 4 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Paul Kletzi conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording of Mahler's 4th Symphony. Soprano Emmy Loose solos in the 4th movement. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Paul Kletzki (1900-1973) was a Polish conductor and composer. He first joined the Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of fifteen, and after serving in the First World War, studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. During the 1920s his compositions were championed by Toscanini and Furtwängler, who invited Kletzki to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1925. In the second half of the twentieth century, Kletzki was a renowned conductor, especially of Mahler. In 1954 he was appointed chief conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 1958 and 1961, he was principal conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and from 1966 to 1970, he was the General Music Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He made many recordings for EMI with the Philharmonia Orchestra during the 1950s and 1960s. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Emmy Loose (1914-1987) was an Austrian operatic soprano of Czech birth, particularly associated with soubrette roles. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded April and July 1957, Kingsway Hall, London. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Emmy Loose, soprano solo (4) & lt;br & gt; Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Paul Kletzki, conductor & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) & lt;br & gt; Symphony No. 4 in G Major & lt;br & gt; Side A: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. First Movement: Bedachtig, nicht eilen & lt;br & gt; 2. Second Movement: In gemachlicher Bewegung & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Gustav Mahler & lt;br & gt; Symphony No. 4 in G Major (cont.) & lt;br & gt; Side B: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 3. Third Movement: Ruhevoll & lt;br & gt; 4. Fourth Movement: Sehr behaglich
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 "Romantic" 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Out Of Print! Only a few copies left! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Great Sounding Classical Title from EMI! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;180g Audiophile Vinyl Cut from the Original EMI Stereo Analogue Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Otto Klemperer conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra for this recording of Nowak's 1953 edition of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; This is one of four LPs that EMI/Columbia released for Otto Klemperers 80th birthday in 1965. Bruckners Symphonies were relatively unknown to the record-buying public in the 1960s, when complete cycles, like Bernard Haitinks were still in the process of being recorded. Klemperer uses the Nowak edition of 1953, based on the 1886 revision of the score and gives an idiosyncratic interpretation, with outer movements faster than you would expect from this conductor, that nonetheless preserves the architecture of symphony, captured in vintage EMI/Kingsway Hall sound. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; In the review of the stereo LP in The Gramophone of may 1965, Deryck Cooke, no less, enthused: This is one of those rare occasions when a Bruckner symphony is presented in a single span, and the blazing climaxes seem all the more inspiring because theyre revealed as growing quite naturally out of what has gone before...Klemperers performance has a mighty and noble objectivity throughout. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Recorded 18-20 & amp; 24-26 September 1963, Kingsway Hall, London. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional advance playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards using the original EMI presses by The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI stereo analogue master tapes & lt;br & gt; Superior Audiophile Pressing & lt;br & gt; Features original album artwork & lt;br & gt; Made in England & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Philharmonia Orchestra & lt;br & gt; Otto Klemperer, conductor & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) & lt;br & gt; Symphony No. 4 in E flat Major & quot;Romantic & quot; & lt;br & gt; 1953 edition (Nowak) & lt;br & gt; Side 1: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Band 1: First Movement: Bewegt, nich zu schnell & lt;br & gt; 2. Band 2: Second Movement: Andante, quasi allegretto & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Anton Bruckner & lt;br & gt; Symphony No. 4 in E flat Major & quot;Romantic & quot; (cont.) & lt;br & gt; Side 2: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 3. Band 1: Third Movement: Scherzo (Bewegt) & amp; Trio (Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend) & lt;br & gt; 4. Band 2: Fourth Movement: Finale (Bewegt, doch bicht zu schnell)
