Artist(s): Conductor – Charles Munch
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recording Info: Tchaikovsky recorded in 1962
Engineer – Lewis Layton
Producer – Max Wilcox
Wagner recorded on April 1, 1957
Engineer – Lewis Layton
Sourced from a 2-track tape
Components used for Transfer: Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck with Flux Heads feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
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
All components are grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet: Overture-Fantasy 19:12
2 Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture And Venusberg Music 21:21
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Excellent recording and transfer
Ah, the great Charles Munch and his Bostonians in an excellent recording by Lewis Layton from 1957. Transferred from a 2-track tape this release has the analog magic of those excellent RCA Living Stereo recordings coupled with the open, airy, wide dynamic sound of a good reel-to-reel tape. Not 15ips? Well no, but that's a piffle when the results sound this good. And, yes, there's a bit of peakiness in the microphones, but that's in the recording, not an artifact of the source tape or transfer. Just get this and be transported to Symphony Hall.
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