Analogue Productions - AAPC 2183 -200 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue 

Mastered By Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound - RCA LSC-2183

Limited Edition - Pressed at QRP Quality Record Pressings

AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head 

The Absolute Sound Super Disc List    TAS Harry Pearson Super LP List

"Grade: A+. As good as this record has ever sounded. Liquidly beautiful string and wind tone, very deep and powerful bass (although the orchestra occasionally overloads the mics or mic preamps, as it does on the original RCA pressings), sensational dynamics on both the Ravel Rapsodie and the Rachmaninoff Isle of the Dead (with some of the lifelike ease you usually only hear on reel-to-reel tape), and astonishing preservation of inner detail (some of which I haven't heard before this clearly on vinyl or digital)." — Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound.

These records are definitive." — Michael Fremer, editor, AnalogPlanet.com

Winner of a Gruvy Award, chosen by AnalogPlanet's editor, Michael Fremer, for vinyl records that are musically and sonically outstanding and are also well mastered and pressed.

RCA Living Stereo Classical LPs the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!

"...I'd have to say that the usual stumbling blocks have been sidestepped. Great care has been taken to do the right things, starting with the way the decision to remaster these RCAs was made." - Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound. 

The Absolute Sound 40th Anniversary Best Sounding Music

Between the Classic Records and Analogue Productions reissues I have, the Classic Records version has EQ that emphasizes the bass frequencies for colossal bass trombones you feel as much as hear, while the Analogue Productions version sounds more neutral and emphasizes the woodwinds and the idiosyncratic textures that come from reeds made by the players themselves, so that no two are truly alike. Overall I prefer the Analogue Productions version as it fully preserves the dramatic stereo imaging of the era when records tried to capture the space the orchestra performed in as well as the orchestra itself." Rating 95% — vintagevinylgarden

"Grade: A+. As good as this record has ever sounded. Liquidly beautiful string and wind tone, very deep and powerful bass (although the orchestra occasionally overloads the mics or mic preamps, as it does on the original RCA pressings)

Yet another giant of the Living Stereo series. The Isle Of The Dead is a truly awesome orchestral spectacular with dynamic peaks that will stun most listeners.

Also included is the equally stirring version of Rhapsodie Espagnole. "...I'd have to say that the usual stumbling blocks have been sidestepped. Great care has been taken to do the right things, starting with the way the decision to remaster these RCAs was made."

Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound.com

Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Musicians:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Selections:
The Isle Of The Dead
Rhapsodie Espagnole

Selections:
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
1. Rapsodie Espagnole
2. Pavan For A Dead Princess
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
3. Isle Of The Dead