Gounod Faust Ballet & Bizet Carmen LP 180g Vinyl RCA Living Stereo Analogue Productions QRP 2016 USA

Title: Gounod Faust Ballet & Bizet Carmen
Catalog Number: LSC-2449 / AAPC 2449
Label: RCA Victor Red Seal
Reissued by: Analogue Productions
Barcode: 753088244919
Original release year: 1960
Reissue year: 2016
Number of discs: 1
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 409gr
Pressing country: USA
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: April 25, 2017
Last modified / Restocked on: December 26, 2022
Collection: Analogue Productions RCA Living Stereo
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: No
Widely regarded as one of the great RCAs. Alexander Gibson conducts the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, performing ballet music from Charles Gounod's Faust and Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite. Featuring orchestral highlights from Faust and Carmen, the later selections on Side 2 are nothing short of spectacular. Outstanding clarity and stereo stage. Transparency and imaging is superb.
- Limited Edition
- 33rpm 180 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.
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London
Producer: Ray Minshull
Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
Musicians:
Royal Opera House Orchestar, Covent Garden
Alexander Gibson, conductor
Track Listing:
Side A
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Ballet Music from Faust
01. Waltz (Allegretto)
02. Ensemble (Adagio)
03. Dance of The Nubians
04. Cleopatra's Dance
05. Dance of The Trojan Maidens
06. Helen's Dance
07. Bacchanalia
08. Funeral March of a Marionette
Side B
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
1. Prelude
Entracte-Aragonaise
Habanera
Changing of The Guard
Intermezzo
Smuggler's March
Entr'acte-Dragoons of Alcala
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