UHQR SEALED Respighi Feste Romane AUDIOPHILE LP MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL MFQR 1-507

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250

Still Sealed Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFQR 1-xxx. This album was purchased about 30 years ago and is in the same Like New condition as when I bought it. Unknown Limited Edition number out of 5000 produced because it has never been opened. Please examine the photos carefully for exact condition. Understand that it is difficult to take "studio quality" photos due to the cellophane reflections, but I have tried my best. I can see no seam separations or tears in the original plastic covering of any kind. There is a little "wrinkling" (not separated or torn) of the cellophane on the no-label side - see photo. There is one tiny nick in the plastic on the top back - see photo. This type of harder plastic covering does "fade" just a little and may have the tiniest of nicks in it. The plastic does show what I would describe as slight "rub marks", but nothing that shows abuse or takes away from the Still Sealed beauty. The bottom line is that the hard plastic covering is not "Perfect", but is in beautiful condition. Please contact me prior to bidding if you need additional information or photos. If you wish to examine the album in person in Naples, Florida, then I will be happy to show it to you. If you need a "Perfect" album (which I have never seen) then please do not bid. I do not believe you will find a better overall example. I have sold on ebay for over 10 years with overwhelming positive feedback, but recently was burned by 2 dealers who left untrue feedback even after I gave them a full refund for their fictional complaints because I would not further compensate them in violation of ebay policy. Research showed these 2 dealers routinely buy inexpensive items from others and then burn them in the ratings. I am including Free USPS Priority Mail Shipping with Insurance on this album. If you have a shipping issue it will have to be addressed through USPS. There are no returns allowed on this album. Again, please contact me for any additional information you need. If you are a normal and reasonable buyer then you will be completely satisfied with my album. I have an opened copy of this album and can honestly say that on an audiophile system it will blow you away. As great as the MFSL half-speeds are, even they are put to shame by the UHQR. See my other Auctions for additional MFSL UHQRs and Albums! Thanks for bidding and have a great day ebaying! As angular, dissonant, and jazz-steeped breezes swept through the musical climate of Europe following World War I, Ottorino Respighi confidently braced himself against the whipping storm with a salvo of his own. He wrote in 1932: "We take the stand against this art which cannot have and does not possess any human content and tends to be only a mechanical experiment and a cerebral conundrum. In the musical world today there reigns the biblical babel. For 20 years the most diverse and disparate trends have been consolidated in an uninterrupted revolutionary chaos.... A logical connection must bind the past with the future, and the romanticism of yesterday must become the romanticism of tomorrow." Respighi's steadfast sensibilities included most notably a particular sense of orchestral gigantism and real-as-life color, features abundantly on display in the Feste Romane (1928). This work, the last in the composer's trilogy of "Roman" tone poems (the previous two having celebrated the city's fountains and ancient sites) calls for, in addition to a standard configuration of instruments, a number of others intended to evoke those that might have been heard in earlier times: an organ, a mandolin, two tavolette (a sort of drum), and three buccine (a trumpet-like military instrument). The composer prefaced each movement with an elaborate written description to provide a sort of guided tour: I. Circenses (The Circus Maximus). A threatening sky hangs of the Massimo Circus, but it is the people's holiday: "Ave Nero!" The iron doors are unlocked, the strains of a religious song and the howling of wild beasts float on the air. The crowd rises in agitation: unperturbed, the song of the martyrs develops, conquers, and is lost in the tumult. II. Il Giubileo (The Jubilee). The pilgrims trail along the highway, praying. There finally appears from the summit of Monte Mario, to ardent eyes and gasping souls, the holy city: "Rome! Rome!" A hymn of praise bursts forth, the churches ring out their reply. III. L'Ottobrata (The October Festival). The October festival in Roman Castelli covered with vines: hunting echoes, tinkling of bells, songs of love. Then in tender evenfall arises a romantic serenade. IV. La Befana (The Epiphany). The night before Epiphany in the Piazza Navone: a characteristic rhythm of trumpets dominates the frantic clamor: above the swelling noise float, from time to time, rustic motives, saltarello cadenzas, the strains of a barrel-organ of a booth and the appeal of the proclaimer, the harsh song of the intoxicated and the lively stornello in which is expressed the popular feelings. "Lasstece pass! Semo Romani!" -- "We are Romans! Let us pass!" Parts/Movements Circenses [Circuses] Il giubileo [The Jubilee] L'ottobrata [The October Festival] La Befana [The Epiphany]