Leontyne Price is joined by Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in performing works by Falla, Albeniz & Granadas including The Three Cornered Hat.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its finest, under the impeccable leadership of Fritz Reiner, brings elegance and fire to some of Spain's greatest orchestral music, with Leontyne Price in a volatile performance of El amor brujo.
Newly remastered RCA Living Stereo album in Hybrid Super Audio CD format! This Living Stereo recording is part of a series of legendary recordings made in the 50s & 1960s by RCA to showcase the fidelity and 3D sonics possible with the then-new Stereophonic sound format.
The RCA Living Stereo SACD remastering project is being handled by John Newton, Philip Nedel and Mark Donahue at Soundmirror Corporation in Boston. For the new Super Audio CDs, Soundmirror obtained the original analog master tapes for each album.
These SACDs were an original three-track stereo recordings; in SACD surround mode, the music will be heard only form the front left, center and right channels.
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD 3.0 Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Musicians
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (14-22)
Leontyne Price, soprano (1-13)
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Selections:
Manuyel De Falla (1876-1946)
1-13. El amor brujo
14-16. The Three-Cornered Hat
17-18. La vida breve
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
19. Iberia, Book 2; Triana
Enrique Granadas (1867-1916)
20. Goyescas; Intermezzo
Albeniz
21. Iberia, Book 1; Fête-dieu à Seville
22. Iberia, Book 4; Navarra
Recorded in 1963 & 1968
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its finest, under the impeccable leadership of Fritz Reiner, brings elegance and fire to some of Spain's greatest orchestral music, with Leontyne Price in a volatile performance of El amor brujo.
Newly remastered RCA Living Stereo album in Hybrid Super Audio CD format! This Living Stereo recording is part of a series of legendary recordings made in the 50s & 1960s by RCA to showcase the fidelity and 3D sonics possible with the then-new Stereophonic sound format.
The RCA Living Stereo SACD remastering project is being handled by John Newton, Philip Nedel and Mark Donahue at Soundmirror Corporation in Boston. For the new Super Audio CDs, Soundmirror obtained the original analog master tapes for each album.
These SACDs were an original three-track stereo recordings; in SACD surround mode, the music will be heard only form the front left, center and right channels.
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD 3.0 Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Musicians
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (14-22)
Leontyne Price, soprano (1-13)
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Selections:
Manuyel De Falla (1876-1946)
1-13. El amor brujo
14-16. The Three-Cornered Hat
17-18. La vida breve
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
19. Iberia, Book 2; Triana
Enrique Granadas (1867-1916)
20. Goyescas; Intermezzo
Albeniz
21. Iberia, Book 1; Fête-dieu à Seville
22. Iberia, Book 4; Navarra
Recorded in 1963 & 1968
