Description
RCA Living Stereo classical LPs — the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!
Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 33 1/3 RPM by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Lacquers plated by Gary Salstrom and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings!
The Reiner Sound is yet another giant of the Living Stereo series. Fritz Reiner conducts the mighty Chicago Symphopny Orchestra in this collection of Ravel's and Rachmaninoff's popular works including the Isle Of The Dead, a truly awesome orchestral spectacular with dynamic peaks that will stun most listeners. Also included is the equally stirring version of Rhapsodie Espagnole.
"Grade: A+. As good as this record has ever sounded. Liquidly beautiful string and wind tone, very deep and powerful bass (although the orchestra occasionally overloads the mics or mic preamps, as it does on the original RCA pressings), sensational dynamics on both the Ravel Rapsodie and the Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead (with some of the lifelike ease you usually only hear on reel-to-reel tape), and astonishing preservation of inner detail (some of which I haven't heard before this clearly on vinyl or digital)." — Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound.com, June 11, 2013.
Tracklisting:
| Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) |
| A1. Rapsodie Espagnole |
| A2. Pavan For A Dead Princess |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) |
| B3. Isle Of The Dead |
