D-04234 -mvt.1 The Palace Square / D-04235 -mvt.2 The 9th of January
D-02436 -mvt.3 In Memoriam / D-04237 -mvt.4 The Tocsin
4 files zip FLAC Mega Download
USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Natan Rakhlin
As premiered on 30 October 1957 (recorded shortly afterwards?). The original 1958 CCCP pressings.
Not on CD Re-edited July 2012 Slightly 'noise-reduced' due to the 'pressing-quality'. (Ortofon 'Model C' / Leak Varislope Stereo)
YouTube - last few seconds of the premiere
thanks for this hope you have success with the rest of it
ReplyDeleteI have a number of Soviet LPs from the 50's, and I have found that some of them track much better using a conical stylus. The elliptical stylus just seems to bottom out on the groove. Perhaps that might help here.
ReplyDeleteThat was unbelievable.The music stopped me in my tracks,Kondrashin is "tame"in comparison.
ReplyDeleteThought the fidelity of recording was more then adequate,I was expecting much worse,but its all about the music.
Please can we have The Palace Square next.
Yes! Recently wrote someone who posts here that Kondrashin/Moscow PO is left standing by this..not least by the sheer emotional intensity. As so much is quiet music, just leaving the files 'raw' would mean subsequent 'auto click-removal' could severely damage the sound. Have waveform-repaired the other 3 sides to a reasonable degree - so will likely upload in one go later in the week...possibly uploading a single-file FLAC, too.
ReplyDeletethanks so much for the rest of this and all the best to you in the future
ReplyDeleteThis wunderload of forgotten gems from the pinnacle period of modern classical music! (*swoon*)
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting post, but what happened with the bells at the end? It's supposed to alternate between B flat and B natural, with the minor chord prevailing, but I only hear the B naturals. Did they not have enough bells for the recording or were there orders from on high to end in the major? Think I'll stick with Berglund and Kondrashin, but thanks all the same!
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