espana.Rimsky-korsakov,granados LP

TAS Rated 4.5/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the May/June 2011 Issue of The Absolute Sound!

Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the April 2011 Issue of Stereophile!

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes & Pressed at RTI!
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Ataulfo Argenta's famous stereophonic demonstration record "Espana Vol. 2", with the London Symphony Orchestra featuring Rimsky-Korsakov, Granados, Chabrier and Moszkowski. Recorded at the legendary Kingsway Hall in January of 1957, this audiophile favorite features Spanish-themed music by mostly non-Spanish composers.

"As for the recording, well, it's stunning in any format and even more so spread to three sides at 45rpm mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes... A superb reissue!" - Michael Fremer, www.musicangle.com, 9/10 Music, 11/10 Sound!!!

"Dynamics are extremely wide, instrumental timbers are accurate, with brass that bites nicely and strings that have a silky, but present sheen. Instrumental images are precisely drawn on the stage, which is airy and floats free from the loudspeakers, assuming your system can achieve that. The overall tonality is rich and warm as the hall's acoustics dominate to a certain degree, warming and smoothing the overall sonic picture. However, the percussion, particularly the castanets and other transient rich instruments are smartly and sharply drawn. They leap from the stage appropriately." - Michael Fremer, www.musicangle.com, 9/10 Music, 11/10 Sound!!!
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"Like "Shaded Dog," the phrase "Blue Back" has special meaning for vinylphiles. It is the nickname for the classic London stereo LPs from the 1950s and '60s, whose sleeves do, in fact, have robin's-egg-blue backs. Due to a split in ownership of Decca Records, the London label was used for issue of English Decca LPs in the US, Canada and Latin America. Decca was renowned for its stereo recording technique, which engineers Arthur Haddy, Roy Wallace and Ken Wilkinson debuted in 1954. It made use of the famous "Decca tree," a stereo microphone system for recording orchestras that was responsible for the big, vivid sound of Decca/London LPs." - Marc Mickelson, www.theaudiobeat.com, 4/5 Music, 5/5 Sound!!!


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