Stravinsky Petrouchka - Pierre Monteux Boston Symphony
As both interpretation and document, Monteux’s 1959 Living Stereo Petrushka occupies a unique place in recorded history. It preserves an authentic Stravinsky lineage through one of the composer’s most important early champions, while simultaneously capturing the Boston Symphony Orchestra at a high point of precision and tonal sophistication. Combined with the celebrated acoustics of Symphony Hall and RCA’s state-of-the-art stereo technique, the recording remains a standout example of twentieth-century orchestral performance preserved at its artistic and technical peak.
Artist(s): Conductor – Pierre Monteux
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
Piano – Bernard Zighera
Recording Info: Producer – John Pfeiffer
Engineer - John Crawford
Recorded January 25, 26, 28, 1959, in Symphony Hall, Boston
Sourced from a 4-track tape
Components used for Transfer: Analog: Transport - Otari MX-5050 modified with Flux Heads
Preamp - Custom Tape Pre-amp designed by Victor Khomenko of Balanced Audio Technology
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Software: Merging Pyramix v15
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components with Shunyata Sigma-X Power Cords.
All components are grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
Scene I: The Shrove-Tide Fair
1 Vivace 5:35
2 The Magic Trick 1:57
3 Russian Dance 2:31
4 Scene II: Pétrouchka's Room 4:08
Scene III: The Moor's Room
5 Feroce Stringendo 3:21
6 Dance Of The Ballerina 0:43
7 Valse 3:28
Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening
8 Con Moto 1:03
9 Wet Nurse's Dance 2:39
10 Peasant With Bear 1:27
11 Gypsies 0:53
12 Dance Of The Coachmen 2:09
13 Masqueraders 1:42
14 Scuffle 0:44
15 Death Of Pétrouchka 1:35
16 Pétrouchka's Ghost 0:43
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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