Chesky CR1 BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique Rare TAS List AUDIOPHILE Sealed
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BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
Massimo Freccia Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record
Record Label: Chesky CR1
Long Out Of Print HQ Stereo pressing by audiophile label, Chesky. On the TAS (The Absolute Sound) List of exceptional recordings.
This record was reproduced from the original master tape. The playback machine was an Ampex 300 Series three track tape recorder totally retubed and rebuilt to the highest standards available. The original tracks were mixed using a modified Perfectionist Audio Components Pro Reference Tube Preamp. The signal was fed from the preamp directly into the lathe, bypassing the mixing console and all equalizers, thus eliminating one more set of unnecessary electronic coloration.
Condition: Record is new and still sealed in it's original tight shrink wrap. Upper left corner is stubbed causing a crease where the Chesky logo is.
Side One
1. Rêveries – Passions (Daydreams – Passions)
2. Un bal (A ball)
3. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country) Part 1
Side Two
4. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country) Part 2
5. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)
6. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath)
Review: Chesky really did a good job in remastering this one, the presence and detail is stunning. The Royal Philharmonic players of 1962 should be proud. They're invisible when they should be and they sizzle when it's time. The woodwinds particularly deserve praise. The bassoons are wonderfully agile and the double-reed dialogue in the countryside is very well done. But all that is forgotten when the artist approaches the mouth of hell at the end of the witches' sabbath -- the woodwinds descend into madness with sounds of hysteria you'll have to hear to believe.
I also had never heard of Massimo Freccia, but I must say I like his job as well. A passionate and interesting reading of a very peculiar work: well done! On the TAS (The Absolute Sound) List of extraordinary recordings. ~ Amazon
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