An early classic for Decca/RCA engineered by none other than Kenneth Wilkinson, who became so closely identified with the Decca sound that he retired when PolyGram acquired the company in 1980. The strings here are cool, crisp and extremely transparent with wonderful inner detail within the choirs lead by Charles Mackerras for this recording of compositional music by Grieg and Sibelius.

• Limited Edition
• 33rpm 200 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Cut from Original Analog Master Tapes
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Lacquers plated by Gary Salstrom
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Deluxe "tip-on" Cover

RCA's "golden age" was more like a "golden minute" - in a scant period, roughly from 1958 to 1963, the beginning of the stereo era - pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and midband illumination.

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom. Packaged in the original tip-on jacket facsimiles that precisely duplicate the original cover art, including the "Living Stereo" logo, LSC numbers and "Shaded Dog" label. These reissues are designed from the mastering, to the cutting, to the pressing and packaging to be the finest RCA Living Stereo LPs ever reissued. These new versions are clearer than the originals and warmer and richer than past reissues!

Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Producer: Michael Williamson
Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson

Musicians:

London Proms Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Track Listing:

Side A
Edvard Grieg (1873-1907)
1. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65, No. 6
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
2. King Christian II, Op. 27 - Elegle - Musette
3. Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 - No. 7, Entr'acte
Edvard Grieg (1873-1907)
4. Two Melodies, Op. 63, No. 2 - Cow-Keeper's Tune; Country Dance

Side B
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
5. Finlandia, Op. 26 No. 7
6. Valse triste from "Kuolema," Op. 44
Edvard Grieg (1873-1907)
3. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - Heart Wounds - The Last Spring