Charles Munch – Ravel: Bolero (200g LP)

Analogue Productions  – AAPC 1984 – 200 Gram Virgin Vinyl – 

Mastered By Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound – RCA LSC-1984

AAA 100% Analogue – Limited Edition – Pressed at QRP Quality Record Pressings

TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical

RCA Living Stereo 200 Gram Vinyl LP! Remastered From The Original Master Tape & Cut at 33 1/3rpm by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound!

Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed On 200g Vinyl at Quality Record Pressings!

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Analogue Productions’ RCA Living Stereo Reissue Series No. 2, with 25 newly remastered mainstay classical albums, will delight and astound your ears with their clarity and warm, rich tone. As with our first highly-regarded LSC series, shortcomings of previous editions have been improved upon from the mastering, to the LP pressing, to the sharp-looking glossy heavyweight Stoughton Printing tip-on jackets that faithfully duplicate the original artwork, “Living Stereo” logo, “Shaded Dog” label and all!

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 makers of the world’s finest-sounding vinyl LPs, no other editions match these for the quietest 200-gram platters available.

Charles Munch was the opposite of the “intellectual” school of French conductors, as typified by Pierre Boulez. He was a completely spontaneous artist, which is what made him the great Berlioz conductor of our time, and literally anything could happen when he got up onto the podium. It follows then, that his Ravel is not going to be the sort of hyper-precise, calculated sort of interpretation that many fans of the composer expect, but it will be exciting as hell. These three pieces are shrewdly chosen; they are the composer’s most extrovert works, and Munch pulls out all of the stops in his performances of them. A classic recording, and a great memento of a unique artist.

Features:

• 200g Vinyl
• 33 1/3rpm
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom
• Remastered from the original master tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

ID: Analogue Productions – AAPC 1984, RCA Victor Red Seal – LSC 1984