Lisa Della Casa, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony No.4

RCA Living Stereo 180g Vinyl LP!
Remastered From The Original Master Tape & Cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound!
Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed at QRP!
RCA Living Stereo classical LPs - the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!
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The 4th Symphony and "Das Lied von der Erde" were the only works by Gustav Mahler that Fritz Reiner recorded as a conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Recorded in the Golden Age of Stereo in 1958, this recording once again demonstrates Reiner's skills. The remastering for Analogue Productions was done by Ryan K. Smith.
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original 3-track master tapes, cut at 33 1/3, and plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings, no other editions match these for the quietest 180-gram platters available.
Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony with Lisa Della Casa for this recording of Mahler's Fourth.
"Mahler's Fourth and Das Lied von der Erde were Reiner's only Mahler recordings with the Chicago Symphony, and both are reminders of his orchestral wizardry and his prowess as a Mahlerian. Tempos are on the swift side for a piece many conductors like to linger over, but the forward flow doesn't obscure telling details. Reiner gives the slow movement a chaste solemnity, and the final heavenly vision is beautifully sung by the creamy voiced Della Casa. This Mahler's Fourth falls closer to Boulez's objectivity than to Bernstein's emotionalism and remains today what it was when recorded — one of the best Mahler Fourths in the catalog. It's also one of the best-sounding, as RCA's Living Stereo engineering holds its own even after decades." - Amazon.com

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• 33rpm
• Remastered from the Original Master Tape & Cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Musicians:

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Fritz Reiner, conductor
• Lisa Della Casa, soprano

Selections:

Side A
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No.4 In G
1. First Movement: Moderato Non Affrettare
2. Second Movement: Movimento con comodo; Senza Fretta
Side B
1. Third Movement: Tranquillo
2. Fourth Movement: Molto Piacevole