This Mercury title featuring Hanson Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" and the Lament For Beowulf, conducted by Hanson himself, is considered by many as one of the best-sounding releases from Mercury's Rochester, NY venue. The early stereo Mercury signature sound is fantastic, making it possibly the definitive version of the symphony. You can trust in the composer's expertise as he conducts this masterpiece with precision.

Artist(s): Conductor – Howard Hanson
Orchestra – Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Chorus – Eastman School Of Music
Recording Info: Recorded on 5/4/58 by Mercury at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
Engineer - Robert Fine
Musical Supervisor - Harold Lawrence
Sourced from a Mercury Living Presence Original pressing
Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for analog components
Shunyata Research Triton and Typhon for digital components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs

Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"
1 Adagio; Allegro Moderato 13:56
2 Andante Con Tenerezza 6:35
3 Allegro Con Brio 7:15
4 Lament For Beowulf 17:38

This Title is in the Vinyl Record Restoration Series. You can find information about the series in this Blog Post HERE

Please Note: This release was edited in DXD PCM from a DSD256 Master
then the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using
Merging Technologies Album Publishing.
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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