This rare Living Stereo title, expertly captured by the renowned Decca team of Wilkinson and Minshull, offers a beautifully even tonal balance that ensures a natural listening experience. Featuring Delibes' beloved ballets Sylvia and Coppélia, performed by the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra under Rignold’s direction, the sound quality reflects a mid-hall perspective that brings the music to life with clarity and warmth. This title is one of the more natural sounding Living Stereo recordings.
Artist(s): Conductor – Hugo Rignold
Orchestra – Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Recording Info: Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
Producer: Ray Minshull
Recorded 2 - 4 May 1959 in the Maison de la Chimie, Paris
Sourced from RCA Living Stereo 1/S 1/S original pressing
Components used for this transfer: 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 powered by Teddy Pardo Linear Power Supply, clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components are grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
Sylvia
1 Prélude: Les Casseresses 5:11
2 Intermezzo Et Valse Lente 4:24
3 Pizzicati 2:22
4 Cortège De Bachus 5:47
Coppélia
5 Prélude Et Mazurka 5:59
6 Scène Et Valse De La Poupée 3:22
7 Czardas 3;19
8 Valse De Swanilda 6:45
9 Ballade Et Thème Slave Varié 7:17
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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