Leopold Stokowski Rhapsodies 45RPM (2 LP)

RCA Living Stereo 180g Double LP!
Cut at 45rpm by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound from Original Master Tape!
Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
RCA Living Stereo classical LPs - the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!
The exceptional sound of Analogue Productions' 180-gram 45 RPM LPs is now available for this classic double disc release. Maestro Stokowski is at the podium and Bob Simpson is at the 3-track Ampex recorder to capture the Rhapsodies from Liszt, Enesco and Smetana that give this issue its title. This is titanic sound that will sink most speakers and amps for that matter. A must. The original 3-track session tapes were used in mastering.
Under the direction of Maestro Leopold Stokowski, the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra recorded the "Rhapsodies" of Liszt, Enesco and Smetana on February 7 & 18, 1960 at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Sound engineer legend Bob Simpson, who has recorded several hundred albums for RCA, Impulse and other labels in his career, captured this musical event with a 3-track ampex machine. SCIA's studio orchestra of the late '50s and early '60s plays with power rather than brilliance and is more expressive than controlled, which only benefits the spectacle and was arguably exactly what Stokowski was looking for. The recording set new standards at the time and still sounds overwhelming today.
Analogue Productions releases Leopold Stokowski - "Rhapsodies" as part of its "RCA Living Stereo Series", which makes the most important Living Stereo titles available again. The remastering for Analogue Productions was done by Ryan Smith in the Sterling Sound Studios.
Praise for the 33 1/3 version:
"These are the best vinyl releases of RCA LPs I've yet heard." - Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound
"These records are definitive." - Michael Fremer, Analog Planet

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• 45rpm
• Double LP
• Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Cut From Original 3-Track Session Tapes
• Deluxe Gatefold Jacket from Stoughton Printing

Musicians:

• Leopold Stokowski, conductor
• RCA Victor Symphony

Selections:

Side A
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
1. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, in C-Sharp Minor
Side B
George Enescu (1881-1955)
1. Romanian Rhapsodies No.1 in A, Op.11
Side C
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
1. The Moldova
Side D
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
1. The Bartered Bride: Overture