Alfredo Campoli , London Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky : Campoli [violin concerto] (180g LP)

Analogphonic – Limited Edition – Decca SXL 2029
Audiophile 180g Vinyl Direct Metal Master LP!
Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music!
Violinist Alfredo Campoli is backed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ataulfo Argenta for this ravishing performance of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto.

“This is an outstandingly good record. Campoli brings to the Tchaikovsky a quite ravishing sweetness; and he brings to also, of course, a fabulous technique… In its combination of sweetness and display this is an entirely convincing reading; and Campoli is by no means alone in the skill he brings to bear on the music. For Argenta persuades the L.S.O. into being simultaneously a sympathetic accompanist and a dashing exponent of the tuttis; and Decca, too, have turned on one of their best recording, with a satisfying balance between soloist and orchestra, and brilliance and richness of tone to spare. Campoli allows himself that touch of lingering here, of Viennese Liebesleid there, which, allied with an easier-going movement, make for a very different reading from Heifetz.” – The Gramophone magazine

Features:
• Audiophile 180g Vinyl
• Audiophile analogue by Rainer Maillard
• Cutting to lacquers at Emil Berliner Studios
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH Germany
• Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Analogphonic release

Recorded December 27-28, 1956 at Kingsway Hall.