Charles Munch – Saint Saens : Symphony No.3 ( 200g LP)

Analogue Productions – AAPC 2341 (RCA LSC 2341)
AAA 100% Analogue – Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 33 1/3 RPM by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
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“So far, Analogue Productions’ series of outstanding reissues have avoided the missteps of the previous Classic Records issues, instead offering real improvements over the originals. … The latest release, of this title and the Offenbach Gaite Parisienne (LSC 1817), keeps a perfect track record of outstanding Living Stereo releases by Analogue Productions. Pristine surfaces and better-defined layers of sound along with much finer texture add up to a wonderful experience of the famous Organ Symphony. The original is almost coarse sounding compared to this reissue. While the Offenbach reissue does not eclipse the original in all areas, the original remains very expensive and the reissue is superb.” Recording = 10/10; Music = 10/10 – Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +, Issue 119
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This performance of the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) is a favorite Living Stereo release. To say that it is incredible might be an understatement. The original 3-track session tapes were used in mastering for the LPs and SACDS in this Analogue Productions reissue series. The record reveals all of the glory of the recording and the precision and passion of Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston’s Symphony Hall. It’s more than ever the sonic blockbuster par excellence! It doesn’t get any better than this.
This 1959 recording remains one of my indispensable favorites for its ability to re-create in my listening room the massive power and deep-bass range of a pipe organ accompanied by a full orchestra. Designed by G. Donald Harrison and built by the Aeolian-Skinner Company, the great organ of Boston’s Symphony Hall was installed just 10 years before this recording was made. The deepest pedal notes in Saint-Saëns’s Symphony 3-the 36.7Hz low D-flats at the end of the first movement, and the 32.6Hz low C’s at the end of the second-“provide the rock-solid foundations on which the whole towering [symphonic] structure is securely based,” as R.D. Darrell says in his liner note. No other recording quite yields the sustained musical power or clearly delineates descending scales as this one does, making it easy to determine a subwoofer’s pitch definition, and its ability to create “room lock” in my large listening room -Stereophile.com