Genre: Classical
Size: 12"
Composer: Rimsky-Korsakov
Format: 33RPM,

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Fritz Reiner Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 180g LP

Fritz Reiner

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TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical

RCA Living Stereo 180g Vinyl LP!
Remastered from the Original Master Tape & Cut at 33 1/3 rpm by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound!
Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed at QRP!

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2015 Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For!
Michael Fremer Rated 10/11 Music, 10/11 Sonics!

RCA Living Stereo Classical LPs - The Gold Standard for Top Quality Orchestral Performance and Sound!

The jewel in the Living Stereo crown. Enchantment awaits within! Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony convey the listener on a magic carpet of Living Stereo sound to mythic Arabia and China, guided by two of Russia's greatest orchestral masters.

This, like the Respighi, is considered one of the very best recordings by Reiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and RCA's crew. A disc of supple and sensuous performances, the sound alternately shimmers and stuns with the clarity of its definition and intensity of its climaxes.

Reiner's reading of Scheherazade is the pinnacle of grace, precision, delicacy, and drama, and it's no wonder it commands the highest prices in the market for used shaded dogs. The late Harry Pearson once told me that he could learn anything he needed to know about an audio component by playing the final movement of this recording... At times, the background is so silent I have to do a double take to verify that the needle is still in the groove and the platter is still turning.
-Robert J. Reina, 2015 Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For!
...The second movement is just ravishing in the beauty of the Chicago's playing and Reiner's romantic approach; there is some staccato triple-tonguing done by trumpeter Adolph Herseth in the fourth movement that should leave you, if not him, breathless. But let it just be said that, after you hear this, no other Scheherazade will ever replace it in your affections.
-Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2007
This ravishing beauty, originally released in 1960 or fifty three years ago, has been a long-time audiophile classic. It's also considering to be among the finest if not the finest performance on record or any other format... Both the music and the sound are transportive, making this easy to recommend even if you think you don't like 'classical' music. If you're looking for a way 'in' here it is!
-Michael Fremer, Analog Planet, Music 10/11, Sound 10/11

Features

  • 180g Vinyl
  • 33rpm
  • Remastered from the Original Master Tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
  • Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom
  • Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Musicians

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner conductor
Sidney Harth violin solo

Selections

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Scheherazade
  1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
  2. The Story of the Kalender Prince
  3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
  4. Festival in Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior

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