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Stravinsky - The Firebird Complete Ballet



Жанр: Modern Classical, Ballet
Год выпуска: 1960
Лейбл: Mercury Living Presence – SR90226 (Original RFR-1 pressing)
Страна-производитель: USA
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 41:25
Треклист:
Side One:
A) Introduction and Scene I (beginning) (17:35)— Subsections: Introduction And The Enchanted Garden Of Kastchei; Visit Of The Firebird Followed By Prince Ivan; Dance Of The Firebird; Prince Ivan Captures The Firebird; An Appeareance Of Thirteen Princesses; Game Of The Princesses With The Golden Apples.
Side Two:
B) Scene I (concluded), Scene II (23:49)— Subsections: Sudden Appearance Of Prince Ivan; Round-Dance Of The Princesses; Daybreak; The Demonic Bells, Apparition Of Monster-Guards Of Kastchei And The Capture Of Prince Ivan; Dialogue Of Prince Ivan And Kastchei; Infernal Dance Of Kastchei And His Court And The Lullaby; Kastchei's Death; Animation Of The Petrified Knights And General Rejoicing.
Personnel:
- composed – Igor Stravinsky
- conductor – Antal Dorati
- orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra

Recorded at Watford Town Hall, on the outskirts of London on June 7, 8
& 9, 1959
Recording: three exceptionally sensitive omni-directional microphones were hung in a plane just outside the proscenium arch so as to catch the full bloom of orchestral sound along with the natural resonance of the auditorium.
Recording director – Wilma Cozart
Musical supervisor – Harold Lawrence
Chief technical supervisor – C. Robert Fine
Recording engineer – Robert Eberenz
Subsequent tape-to-dick transfer – George Piros

Источник оцифровки: третьим лицом
Код класса состояния винила: Неизвестно

Media:

Mercury SR 90226 (1960)
George Piros RFR-1 Master (Original)

Matrix:
Side A: SR-90226A-RFR-1 F (etched)
Side B: SR-90226B-RFR-1 F P17 (etched)

Matrix key:
RFR-1 = Robert Fine Recording, 1st Master
P17 = Master lacquer cut by George Piros. "P17" was Piros' preferred setup with 'P' indicating the cutter head and '17' the lathe.

Equipment:
Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable
KAB TD-1200 tonearm fluid damper
KAB Cardas tonearm rewire
KAB PS-1200GX external power supply
KAB SX-1200 strobe disabler
KAB RC-1200 record clamp

Dynavector 17d3 Karat (low output moving coil cartridge)
Sumiko HS12 Headshell
Pro-Ject Tube Box II SE preamp
2x JJ Electronic ECC803 S Gold Pin 12AX7
ART Jazz Mogami interconnects
ZOOM H4N recorder

Procedure:
Cleaned on KAB EV-1 using a Hunt EDA Mark 6 brush

Fluid:
Distilled water
0.0625% Tergitol 15 S-3 oil soluble surfactant
0.0625% Tergitol 15 S-9 water soluble surfactant

Preamp recorded to 24-bit/96kHz WAV using Zoom H4N (neutral gain)
Manually declicked in Izotope TX
FLAC encoded using XLD

Additional Notes:
My approach is based on keeping the transfer process simple as well as preserving the presentation of the original LP playback as closely as possible. Unless otherwise noted, the preamp output has not been resampled.