Grieg - Peer Gynt : Oivin Fjeldstad : London Symphony Orchestra - 180g LP

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Grieg - Peer Gynt : Oivin Fjeldstad : London Symphony Orchestra - 180g LP
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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Speakers Corner / Decca - SXL 2012 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

Limited Edition - Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering - Pressed  at Pallas Germany

Speakers Corner 25 Years Pure Analogue  This LP is an Entirely Analogue Production

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Grieg: Peer Gynt Incidental Music To Ibsen's Play - Fjeldstad/LSO

Fjeldstad's record was one of really outstanding early Decca stereo LPs. The LSO is very sensitive, and the tender string playing in Oveig's Song is quite lovely. The conductor begins in Hall of Mountain King rather slowly but builds up a blaze of excitement at the end and that justifies his conception. This recording contained the wide dynamic of the final crescendo at a demonstration quality. This is a recommendable disc and has a vividly clear transfer.

 

No matter how often one hears it, who can ever fail to enjoy “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt, the incidental music which Grieg wrote for Henrik Ibsen’s play of the same name. And who can fail to want to accompany the hero on his musical journey through the uncanny world of gnomes and trolls and the seductive exoticism of the Orient, and to return to the stillness of the North after a long sea voyage? And who better to capture the magic of romantic Scandinavian music than Grieg’s compatriot, the unforgettable Øivin Fjeldstad, under whose baton the London Symphony Orchestra conjures up the highly changeable moods with a rare forceful presence.

The velvet-smooth, highly sonorous strings play with delicately shaded dynamics and impressive spatiality, while the wonderfully gentle winds transport the listener to the atmosphere of the concert hall. There’s no escaping this music; once you have sat down to listen to it, it will hold you enraptured right up to the very last note.

This excellent DECCA recording, now available in a limited edition, will surely be sold out within no time!

Musicians:

  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Øivin Fjeldstad (conductor)

Recording: Februar 1958 at Kingsway Hall, London by Cyril Windeback
Production: Christopher Raeburn


The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oivin Fjeldstad performing Grieg Peer Gynt Suite.

Selections:
1. Prelude, Op. 23, No. 1
2. Morning Mood, op. 23, No. 13
3. The Death of Ase, Op. 23, No. 12
4. Anitra's Dance, Op. 23, No. 16
5. In the Hall of the Mountain King, Op. 23, No. 7
6. Ingrid's Abduction and Lament, Op. 23, No. 4
7. Arab Dance, Op. 23, No. 15
8. Peer Gynt's Home-Coming, Op. 23, No. 19
9. Solvejg's Song, Op. 23, No. 11
10. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter, Op. 23, No. 8

Greig - Peer Gynt - Oivin Fjeldstad / LSO -180g LP

 

20 Years pure Analogue
 
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head 20 Years pure Analogue
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At the beginning of the ‘90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the reissue policy was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC Compact Classics, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and others, including of course Speakers Corner, all maintained a mutual, unwritten code of ethics: we would manufacture records sourced only from analogue tapes. 
 
Vinyl’s newfound popularity has led many other companies to jump on the bandwagon in the hope of securing a corner of the market. Very often they are not so ethical and use every imaginable source from which to master: CDs, LPs, digital files and even MP3s. 
 
Even some who do use an analogue tape source employ a digital delay line, a misguided ’80s and ‘90s digital technology that replaces the analogue preview head originally used to “tell” the cutter head in advance what was about to happen musically, so it could adjust the groove “pitch” (the distance between the grooves) to make room for wide dynamic swings and large low frequency excursions. Over time analogue preview heads became more rare and thus expensive. 
 
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In addition, we admit to having one digital recording in our catalogue: Alan Parsons’ “Eye in the Sky”, which was recorded digitally but mixed to analogue tape that we used to cut lacquers. 
 
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