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Remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound! Cut from Original 2-Track Analog Session Tapes!RCA Living Stereo - the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!
The legendary 1954 Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance of a Strauss war horse. Recorded directly to 2-track analog tape by Jack Pfeiffer; the original session tapes were used in mastering for the LPs and SACDS. Among the very first Living Stereo recordings ever made, these landmark performances document the start of the legendary partnership of Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on November 27, 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts half an hour. The work has been part of the classical repertoire since its first performance in 1896. The initial fanfare - entitled "Sunrise" in the composer's program notes - became particularly well-known after its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
"...I'd have to say that the usual stumbling blocks have been sidestepped. Great care has been taken to do the right things, starting with the way the decision to remaster these RCAs was made." -Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound.com, June 11, 2013
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• Remastered From Original 2-Track Analog Session Tapes
Musicians:
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Selections:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
1. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
