Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien & Cossack Dance 180g LP

In Stock	An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.
Preorder	A Preorder is an item that has not yet been released. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Other Preorders are set to release 'TBA.' This means that release date is yet 'To Be Announced'. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.
Backordered	An Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.
Awaiting Repress	Awaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. No ETA is available at this time.
Expected On	When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. It is not guaranteed.
Special Order	A Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. Typical order times are located within the product description.

In Stock

An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.

Preorder

A Preorder is an item that has not yet been released. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Other Preorders are set to release 'TBA.' This means that release date is yet 'To Be Announced'. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.

Backordered

An Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.

Awaiting Repress

Awaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. No ETA is available at this time.

Expected On

When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. It is not guaranteed.

Special Order

A Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. Typical order times are located within the product description.

Description

Click Here for Video Sample!

180g Vinyl LP! Pressed at Optimal Media!
Telarc's All-Time Best-Selling Recording! Audiophile's Dream!

Craft Recordings is honoring the legacy of Telarc Records by re-releasing four of the most famous titles in the label's long and storied catalog on vinyl LP for the first time in over 35 years.

Erich Kunzel conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for this recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Op. 49 alongside Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 and Cossack Dance from "Mazeppa".

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - Telarc's all-time, best-selling recording - is an audiophile's dream. The superb playing of the Cincinnati Pops under the baton of multi-award-winning conductor Erich Kunzel, combined with Telarc's sound effects (including nineteenth-century cannons), make this title an unbeatable and truly authentic performance.

This LP was cut, as are all the others, by Eric Boulanger on Stan Ricker's (who cut the original master) own equipment (with some slight modifications), which Boulanger bought from Ricker's estate. The dynamic range of this recording presented challenges to Boulanger in keeping the audio as fully dynamic as the original while keeping the sound as close to the original as possible.

"The sound of these early Telarcs holds up very, very well with sonic quality that's far superior to most analog orchestral recordings from the "majors" in the mid- to late-1970s. It's not just Stockham's Soundstream recorder, encoding at a bit-depth of 16 and a sampling rate of 50,000Hz. Woods and Renner had the advantage of making these recordings in... very favorable acoustic environments...and Renner's long experience recording large ensembles with a minimalist technique contributed as well to the superb result. The electronics in the recording chain were beyond reproach, and top-notch mastering engineers...cut the lacquers for the original disc..."

"(The) Original pressing... (was) on hand for comparison. The new, thicker record was sonically superior. Instrumental sonorities were richer and more intense, and it definitely counts for something that the stylus remained in the groove throughout 1812's artillery salvo, a feat my tonearm/cartridge combination could not accomplish consistently with the older pressing..."

"We should not forget that Telarc Records International gave us more than a taste of what was possible 40 years ago and Craft's new vinyl pressings are an excellent way to remember this significant moment in audio history." - Andrew Quint, The Absolute Sound, February 2019

Features:
• 180g Vinyl LP
• Pressed at Optimal Media
• Gatefold jacket
• Made in Germany

Musicians:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor

Selections:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Side One:
1. "1812" Overture, Op. 49
Side Two:
1. Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
2. Cossack Dance From Mazeppa