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Marquee D'Sounde

Rare and Collectible Records and Books

Providing the finest available since 1974 !

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Hammerklavier-Sonate Opus 29

Emil Gilels - Piano

This disc won the Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording of 1984

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STILL SEALED

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Record Information

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Official Release Information

Label: DGG 410 527 - 1

Format: 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM

Disc Condition

Still Sealed

Visual Inspection

Still encased in plastic

Cover Condition

Still Sealed

Visual Inspection

No tears or breaks in sealing!

Dead Wax Information

(A) N/A

(B) N/A

Why Pressing/Dead wax information is important?

Like a knife, the more times the master cuts into vinyl  the duller it gets. Each subsequent pressing gets duller, rolling out the crisp cut of the original pressing. This results in less sonic resonance. The first pressings are the truest duplication of what the master engineer intended.

The mastering also matter. The Mastering engineer critically listens to the tape recording, making critical adjustment to them as he goes. This can create very different listening experiences from disc to disc. This is why you see Re-Mastered so often, to improve (or sometime the opposite) the original sound.

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Artist Information

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The music has an electric physical immediacy; in the first movement the piano sound is at once as luminous and as physically solid as the marble out of which Michelangelo hewed his masterpieces. Having listened to the performance many times, I am more and more convinced by the integrity and probity of Gilels's—in some ways, highly personal—way with the sonata as a whole and its Read more first movement in particular. There the sense of travail is not so much physical (for all one's heightened awareness of the physical fact of the piano) as imaginative. Musically, there's no racing or ranting. Instead there is a sense of Beethoven's striving for some moment of transfiguration (Gilels's playing is endlessly satisfying in lyrical passages) which never actually arrives. It is glimpsed, perhaps, in the slow movement, with its lofty, disburdened beauty. Here the sheer clarity of the recording may be a slight drawback, though all recordings suffer to an extent from their inability to convey a sense of distance; the sense one has in the concert hall of really quiet music coming from afar. Gilels doesn't use his virtuosity to conquer or tame the final fugue. The sense of disorder is not minimized; rather, it is provisionally challenged by Gilels's unerringly lucid sense of Beethoven's own massive intellectual and imaginative achievement in presenting us with so searing and desperately beautiful a glimpse of purgatory itself. As Rodney Milnes aptly observed in the end-of-year "Critics' Choice" on BBC Radio 3's Record Review, there is in this performance a real sense of the meeting of minds, of great issues imaginatively addressed

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International Buyers Welcome

Please Note:

Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.

Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

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All records are shipped in Heavy duty record shipping boxes with inner cardboad support, record removed from cover to prevent splitting seams during shipping.

No charge for shipping on all records after the first purchase. 1-50 all ship for the one shipping charge!

And as always, if you are not satisfied with our description of the condition of your purchase - we offer a full refund and pay shipping to return the item !

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A little about me and the items I sell

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I started collecting records and music memorabilia in about 1968. While traipsing around Southeast Asia for Uncle Sam, music was that lifeline to home and the world we came from. When I returned home to New Jersey, I became involved in the music industry and music became a passion. Needless to say I am not a kid anymore and I want to find good homes for these treasures and not see them end up at the Yard Sale of my life! What you see at my store is a collection of these treasures. Over the past 30 years I have sold off many very rare and hard to find items and have many, many more to offer. My passion for the rarest of rare and the finest quality available is still reflected in what you are offered here! Enjoy!!

Marquee D'Sounde ?

The Marquee D'Sounde was a music promotion company that I formed in the 70's. An obvious play on words, with the Marquis' De Sade and Marquee of Sound. It promoted a variety of music related venues, hence the Marquee for displaying our offerings. At record trade shows in the late 70's and early 80's as well as in Goldmine magazine the name Marquee D'Sounde became synonymous with the best quality available in collectibles! As you can see from the Feedback, I provide Quality Items and fast reliable service with secure packaging. Many buyers are repeat buyers!

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A Brief Discussion On Condition

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Historically sealed albums have been selling for huge prices simply because they are sealed. Sealed albums are in many cases a later pressing bought in some bargain bin or reissues that have since gone out of print. Prime examples are the ones with the “Nice Price” stickers. You can be assured these are later pressings off of old masters. Not always but quite frequently. Rarely did the first pressing of any record make it to the bargain bin unless the record was a flop. That’s not to say that a flop back then isn’t a treasure today. We find that frequently and in those cases a sealed album is a treasure.

Back in the day every record distributor had a sealing machine and would reseal albums. These would end up in the bargain bins. That is why you see the stretching on the corners of many of them offered on eBay. Original sealed albums will usually be squared on the cover and not have signs of stretching around the corners. Unless you plan on leaving the album sealed and reselling it, you are better off with a true Near Mint to Mint pressing from a reputable record dealer. You know what you get.

All of these claims regarding complicated record cleaning systems mean you are getting records that have not had the care they should have had. If the record was cared for properly it won't need these complicated cleanings! A quick spin on the VPI will remove any soiling not caused by abuse.

A properly cared for album (NM or M) should look as close as possible to the record that came out when it was first opened.

Most records come from my personal collection accumulated during my years in the music industry. When purchased new or received as a promotional copy, the album or single was placed in a plastic outer sleeve and sometimes a plastic inner sleeve. When possible the records will include these plastic sleeves.

Many were never played!

I rate rather conservatively but work closely with Goldmine standards. My Near Mint ratings are generally what everybody else rates as Mint or Brand New.

I try very hard to give accurate descriptions of the records and check them prior to shipment to ensure that the condition advertised is indeed what I ship. If there is something that I missed I will notify you prior to shipment. In turn, if you receive your record and the condition is not what you expected, let me know and we will arrange to return the record with a full refund.

Shipment Information

All records are carefully packaged and shipped in heavy duty commercial grade #200 corrugated Record shipping boxes!

Buyer Instructions

Payments:

All payments are expected within 10 days. All payments must be received in US funds. Preferred payment method is Paypal.

Feedback:

I will leave feedback for you once I have received confirmation that you have received your item and that the item met your expectations. Our transaction is not over until you are satisfied. Once you leave feedback, I will leave positive feedback for you.

Contact me if there are any problems or questions.

Thank you for stopping by!!

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Looking for that special album, CD or single? Email me and I'll let you know if it is available!!