Hi-Q Records - HIQLP022 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - 5060218890225
All Analogue Mastering at Abbey Road from the Original Analogue Master Tapes
André Previn had been principle conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for over ten years by the time he completed the recording of Boléro on this record, the longest tenure with the LSO of any single conductor. During that time, he raised the profile of both the orchestra and himself with UK television appearances on such popular programmes as Morecambe and Wise and on his own André Previn's Music Night where he introduced classical music to a mass UK audience (the LP version is on HIQLP011). His recorded legacy with the LSO belongs to that golden decade of analogue recordings, mainly for EMI, which included the kind of repertoire in which Previn excels, such as Russian Romantics like Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev as well as British composers like Walton and Britten but his versatility is also reflected in repertoire as diverse as Debussy and Haydn.
Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional "advance" playback head, ensuring a completely analogue process.
In the original 1980 review Ivan March of the GRAMOPHONE wrote:
"A first class coupling in every way. The recording is splendid. Bolero is given a whole side to itself and the climax is superbly caught, full and clear... The record was made in the Kingsway Hall and its unique acoustic is even more impressively demonstrated in the Daphnis and Chloe suite, a highly distinguished performance in every way... The recording throughout shows that analogue techniques can still offer the most sophisticated detail, without loss of colour and richness of texture."
Features:
• Hi-Q Records Supercuts 180g Vinyl
• Cut from the Original Analogue EMI Master Tapes at Abbey Road Studios!
• Superior Audiophile Pressing
• Features Original Album Artwork
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
Peter Lloyd, flute
David Cripps, horn
Selections:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Side One:
1. Bolero
Side Two:
2. Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No. 2
3. Pavane pour une infante defunte (flute solo, horn solo)
Recorded on 26 June 1979 (Boléro) at the Kingsway Hall, London and 14 July 1978, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.
