* Stravinsky * THE FIREBIRD * Dorati * -NM * RARE TAS*
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VERY RARE!!
THE FIREBIRD
ANTAL DORATI / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STRAVINSKY COMPLETE BALLET
ORIGINAL MERCURY RECORDS LIVING PRESENCE STEREO
# SR 90226 (NO "VENDOR MERCURY RECORD CORPORATION" ON LABEL) (M2 / M2 MATRIX)
THIS IS ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE SOUNDS SUPERLIST (TAS) GOLDEN DOZEN LPs.
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST AUDIOPHILE RECORDINGS EVER PRODUCED.
" RECORDED BY ROBERT FINE IN 1959, THE FIREBIRD IS, PERHAPS, THE BEST-SOUNDING LARGE-SCALE ORCHESTRAL RECORDING THAT MERCURY MADE (AND THAT'S SAYING A PLATTERFUL) -- A SUPREME TESTAMENT TO FINE'S PURIST, THREE- MIKE RECORDING TECHNIQUE. THE LSO'S STRING TONE IS SO RAVISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL HERE THAT IT TRULY DESERVES TO BE CALLED "DIAPHANOUS", AND UNLIKE MANY OF MERCURY'S DORATI/MINNESOTA RECORDINGS BASS IS SO TIGHT, CLEAR, AND WELL-DEFINED THAT THE CELLO AND DOUBLEBASS OSTINATOS ON THE SECOND SIDE CAN BE USED AS A TEST OF LOUDSPEAKER BASS ARTICULATION. ON TOP OF THIS, THE RECORD IS SENSATIONALLY DYNAMIC ON FORTISSIMOS AND JUST AS SENSATIONALLY DELICATE ON PIANISSIMOS." TAS
RECORD HAS BEEN PLAY-GRADED -NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT (PLAYS BRILLIANTLY, BRIGHT SHINY VINYL, CLEAN CRISP LABEL, NO WRITING)
JACKET IS VG+ (NO SEAM SPLITS, NO SPINE SPLITS, SMALL PINHOLE AND LIGHT EDGE/CORNER WEAR)
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