Krips, a prominent interpreter of the First Viennese School, along with the skilled sound engineers from Readers Digest, Gerhardt/Wilkinson, expertly handle and capture the essence of these two symphonies.

Artist(s):  Conductor – Josef Krips
Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Info: Recording Engineer – Kenneth G. Wilkinson
Producer – Charles Gerhardt
Recorded on September 28 & 29, 1962 by Decca/RCA for Readers Digest at Walthamstow Town Hall, London
Sourced from an 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. 35 In D Major ("Haffner"), K. 385
1 Allegro Con Spirito 5:05
2 Andante 6:05
3 Menuetto 3:05
4 Presto 3:56
Symphony No. 104 In D Major ("London")
5 Adagio: Allegro 5:55
6 Andante 5:25
7 Allegro 5:09
8 Finale: Spiritoso 6:42

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then the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using
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