Colin Davis Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Decca Pure Analogue Series) 180g LP 1
Colin Davis Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Decca Pure Analogue Series) 180g LP 2
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca
Size: 12"
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Format: 33RPM,

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Colin Davis Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Decca Pure Analogue Series) 180g LP

Colin Davis

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DECLP71607
UPC:
028948716074
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Decca Pure Analogue Series!
All-Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
Mixed & Mastered from the Original Phillips Quadraphonic Master Tapes!

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Sir Colin Davis's 1974 recording of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with the Concertgebouworkest has long been regarded as one of the great Berlioz recordings on disc. Originally recorded in quadraphonic sound for Philips, it remains a benchmark interpretation and one of the defining recordings of Davis's celebrated Berlioz legacy.

For this release, Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios utilised the original four-track quadraphonic master tape to create a new stereo mix sent directly to the cutter head, maintaining a fully analogue signal path throughout. The Philips engineers of the 1970s would similarly have mixed the four front and rear channels before cutting, but this would have resulted in a two-track stereo copy for mastering. Here, the lacquer is cut directly from a live stereo mix of the original quadraphonic master.

This is one of the most tantalising records I have had to review... here at last is the version of the Symphonie fantastique we have all been waiting for from our, and the world's, principal Berlioz conductor.
-Gramophone

Features

  • Decca Pure Analogue Series
  • All Analogue
  • 180g Heavyweight Virgin Vinyl LP
  • From the Original Quadrophonic ½-inch, 4-Track Tapes
  • Mastered by Rainer Maillard & Cut by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios
  • Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve

Musicians

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam  
Colin Davis conductor

Selections

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Side One:
  1. I. Rêveries. Passions (Largo - Allegro Agitato E Appassionato Assai)
  2. II. Un Bal (Valse: Allegro Non Troppo)
  3. III. Scène Aux Champs (Adagio) [Beginning]
Side Two:
  1. III. Scène Aux Champs (Adagio) (Conclusion)
  2. IV. Marche Au Supplice (Allegretto Non Troppo)
  3. V. Songe d'une Nuit Du Sabbat (Larghetto - Allegro - Ronde Du Sabbat: Poco Meno Mosso)

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