12 April 2010

Sir Adrian Boult / LPO - Paris Conservatoire - Prokofiev. Love of 3 Oranges / Lieutenant Kije - Decca 1955

Serge Prokofiev:  "The Love of Three Oranges" - Symphonic Suite, op.33a  
Les Ridicules ~ Le Magicien Tchelio et Fata Morgana jouent aux cartes (Scene Infernale) ~ Marche ~Scherzo ~ Le Prince et la Princesse ~ La Fuite    
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult       Recorded: 27-29 June 1955, Kingsway Hall, London 

"Lieutenant Kije" - Symphonic Suite, op.60    (The Birth of Kije ~ Romance ~ The Wedding of Kije ~ Troika ~ Kife's Burial)

L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult   Rec: 9 June 1955 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris. 

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Decca  ACL 159 1962 Matrices: ARL 2669 -4AR / ARL 2668 -3AR.   ACL Sleeve / LXT sleeve-note >>>  


7 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this! - Boult's "Love of Three Oranges" has always been a favourite performance.

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  2. Great! Been looking for this rare Boult for a while - usual excelent transfers
    Ewan

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  3. Yes - rather surprising that the LPO side possibly hasn't seen a reissue since 1962.. Sadly the early Decca Boult/LPO stereos (especially Rach 2 - even as the VICS pressing) don't sound as Dynamic!

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  4. Also greatly looking forward to Shostakovich 11 by Rakhlin - should be well worth hearing!

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  5. Thanks - Jerry

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  6. Anonymous20 July, 2017

    I don't know about the LPO recording, but the Paris Conservatoire one had a stereo version that was issued on a Decca SPA LP in the 1970,s.

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    1. You can download the 2016 Decca Discography (Top RH Download button) from:
      http://toto.adstream.com/public#preview/1n04uyjd9qust
      I don't have the SPA (with ECS the labels for many first-issue stereos of that era) and would suggest the sound would be inferior to this mono reissue. Been years since I played the file/s: guess the odd 'tick' got through!

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