Berliner Meister Schallplatten - BMS 1309 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
AAA 100% Analogue - Pressed at Pallas Germany
Direct To Disc ( D2D ) - Numbered Limited Edition
AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Antti Tikkanen violin
Minna Pensola violin
Atte Kilpeläinen viola
Tomas Djupsjöbacka violoncello
Jean Sibelius: String Quartet In D Minor, op. 56 ("Voces intimae") - Meta 4
I first heard Meta4 perform at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland and was fascinated by them right from the start. I was truly impressed by the way the four musicians played as individuals and as a homogenous ensemble. They seek perfection in expression, and not just in the matter of technique on the surface. Each of the four musicians is an excellent soloist in himself, yet they create a remarkably tightly knit sound together and their interpretation emerges from joint concept. The artists are not afraid of convention, and they like to sound out the limits of sound colouring and drive. Their joy in playing, pleasure in discovering new sounds and serious perusal of works and traditions always result in a good balance.
Jean Sibelius’s String Quartet op. 56 “Voces intimae” was in Meta4’s repertoire right from the very beginning, and they often perform it in concert. Therefore it was an obvious choice for this recording made using the somewhat hazardous 'direct-to-disc' technique.
(Stephan Flock, BMS)
Aufnahme: August 2013 im Meistersaal, Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin, von Stephan Flock und Maarten de Boer
Produktion: Rainer Maillard & Stephan Flock
Executive & Recording Producers Rainer Maillard & Stephan Flock
Recording Engineer (Tonmeister) Stephan Flock
Assistant Engineers Douglas Ward & Leandro Peña
Cutting Engineer Maarten de Boer
Lacquer Disc Developing Pallas GmbH
Recording and Mastering Facilities Emil Berliner Studios
Recording Location Emil Berliner Studios, Meistersaal
Recording Equipment PolyGram Modul Mixer, Reverberation chamber
Microphones Josephson C700S, Josephson C617, Sennheiser MKH 20
Lathe Neumann VMS 80
Cutting Head Neumann SX 74
Cutting Amp
Ortofon Amp GO 741
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