Analogue Productions - AAPC 2659 - 200 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

Master by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound  - VCS-2659 RCA Living Stereo

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

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highly-regarded LSC series, shortcomings of previous editions have been improved upon — from the mastering, to the LP pressing, to the sharp-looking glossy heavyweight Stoughton Printing tip-on jackets that faithfully duplicate the original artwork, "Living Stereo" logo, "Shaded Dog" label and all!

Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original 2-track master tape, cut at 33 1/3, and plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings — makers of the world's finest-sounding vinyl LPs, — no other editions match these for the quietest 200-gram platters available.

One of the undisputed finest recordings in the history of classical music! Recorded at Kingsway Hall and engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson, this record couples Moussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition with Night On Bare Mountain. It has long been considered among the greatest-sounding records ever made. Perhaps most stunning about Power of the Orchestra are the effortless dynamics, which have been reviewed and raved about ever since the first RCA shaded dog. From the teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy gentle plucks of strings to the WHAM!! CRASH!! SLAM!! of a full orchestra without a bit of notice. It's heart-stopping, jump-out-of-your-seat-type dynamics. The Power of the Orchestra — a more appropriate title there never was.

Originally recorded in 1962.

Musicians:

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Rene Leibowitz, Conductor

Selections:
Modest Moussorgsky (1839-1881)
1. A Night On Bare Mountain

Pictures At An Exhibition
2. Promenade
3. Gnomus
4. Promenade
5. II Vecchio Castello
6. Promenade
7. Tuileries
8. Bydlo
9. Promenade
10. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
11. Samuel Goldenburg and Schmyle
12. The Market Place at Limoges
13. Catacombs: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
14. The Hut On Fowl's Legs
15. The Great Gate of Kiev