Byron Janis Plays Moussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (Mercury Living Presence Series) Half-Speed Mastered LP

Byron Janis

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Description

Part of the Mercury Living Presence Audiophile Series!
Half-Speed Mastered Vinyl LP!
First Time on Vinyl!
Precision HD Transfers of the Original First-Generation Tapes!>

Long hailed as the audiophile's label, Mercury Living Presence represents an important milestone in the history of classical recording. Since they were first released, Mercury Living Presence LP records have been collected and coveted and 70 years after the label's first release - Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, with Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mercury continues to be admired for the quality of its artistry and recordings: all celebrated for their sheer vividness of sound. This audiophile series sources the original first-generation master tapes. New HD transfers were made at Abbey Road Studios. Master files, including new 3-to-2 mixes for stereo titles, were produced by Thomas Fine, son of the original producer and recording engineer for the majority of Mercury Living Presence titles. Janis's virtuoso recording, originally released on CD in 1994, finally gets its vinyl due. Recorded in Fine Recording Ballroom Studio A, September 25-29, 1961 with three Schoeps M201 microphones.

Features

The Mercury Living Presence Series
Audiophile Vinyl
Half-Speed Mastered
First Time on Vinyl
Precision HD Transfers by Jared Hawkes Made at Abbey Road Studios from the Original First-Generation Tapes
New 3-to-2 Stereo Mixes Produced by Thomas Fine
Half-Speed LP Mastering by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
Made in the EU

Musicians

Byron Janis	piano
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati	conductor

Selections

Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Pictures at an Exhibition

Side 1:

Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo rustico, se
Gnomus. Sempre vivo
Promenade. Moderato commodo assai e con delicat
The Old Castle
Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
The Tuileries Gardens
Bydlo Sempre moderato, pesante
Promenade Tranquillo
Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells

Side 2:

Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
The Market-Place at Limoges
The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)
Con mortuis in lingua mortua
The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
The Great Gate of Kiev