Mitropoulos, a great conductor of the 20th century, passed away at the age of 64 in 1960. Despite the limited number of stereo recordings he made, this particular recording is a testament to his exceptional conducting skills, captured with very good sound quality by Columbia.

Artist(s): Conductor – Dimitri Mitropoulos
Orchestra – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Info: Recorded 1957
Producer – Howard H. Scott
Transferred from an original "6-eyes" Columbia Records Pressing

1 The Montagues And Capulets (Suite 2, No. 1) 5:12
2 Juliet - The Little Girl (Suite 2, No. 2) 4:10
3 Folk Dance (Suite 1, No. 1) 4:15
4 Romeo And Mercutio Masked (Suite 1, No. 5) 2:10
5 Balcony Scene (Suite 1, No. 6) 6:37
6 Death Of Tybalt (Suite 1, No. 7) 4:35
7 Romeo And Juliet Before Parting (Suite 2, No. 5) 8:12
8 Friar Laurence (Suite 2, No. 3) 2:37
9 Romeo At Juliet's Tomb (Suite 2, No. 7) 5:44

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then the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using
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DXD (352.8KHz 24/32 bit PCM) is one of the best and least destructive formats for post-processing DSD originated digital recordings

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