The Reiner Sound

Name: The Reiner Sound
Brand: High Definition Tape Transfers
SKU: HDTT14225
Price: 26.0 USD
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SKU: HDTT14225

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Artist(s): Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Recording Info: Recorded by RCA on November 3, 1956, and March 2, April 13, 1957.
Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Rapsodie Espagnole
1 Prélude À La Nuit 5:52
2 Malagueña 1:58
3 Habanera 2:29
4 Feria 6:45
5 Pavan For A Dead Princess 6:33
6 Isle Of The Dead, Op. 29 19:59

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04/27/2023

John T.

United States

One of the first fantastic 2channel recordings of this work

One of the first great recordings of this work using antiphonal recording techniques that later engineers stopped doing, making their recordings sound like mono! Hearing this recording, you know you're listening to STEREO. Sonics are great too, cymbals actually sound like cymbals, imagine that! The only thing lacking on this recording is surround sound.

01/18/2023

Ralph N.

Germany

Excellent introduction to the Reiner sound

Fritz Reiner is one of the most influential conductors from the golden Living Stereo era. I also own this record on vinyl, but this version from HDTT is really a big step forward. Not only is there more air, clarity, less background noise, but also a much improved musical coherence audible

12/19/2022

Brice J.

Immortal recording

This is one of the best interpretations of Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the dead. The sonics are fantastic.

12/03/2022

Rob P.

United Kingdom

Power Playing & Conducting

This classic was released in May 1958 (LSC2183) and has been remastered in various formats by Analogue Productions, Chesky, Classic Records and RCA themselves. It opens with Ravel’s wonderful Prelude de la Nuit, where the Chicago strings - with antiphonal violins- and woodwind make the repeated groups of 4 descending eighth notes and burst of melody at 2.30 sound unusually sinister. The rhythmic definition and delicacy of playing in Malaguena and Habanera are exceptional and the horrendously difficult to play Feria has impetus and enviable precision. At a middle-of-the-road tempo, Reiner imbues the famous Pavane with wistful melancholy and Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead is a master-class in beautifully balanced power-playing and conducting. And yes, by 1956/7 he had moulded the Chicago Symphony to produce the Reiner Sound. The recording engineer Lewis Layton did a marvellous job producing a deep, exceptionally vibrant sound-stage, with then state-of-the-art clarity and internal balance. Compared to a first label LP this DSD256 remastering yields nothing, having a better dynamic range and very analogue-like instrumental timbres, which is also far more alive and projected than an Analogue Productions SACD.

12/01/2022

Rushton

United States

Betters any other digital reissue I've heard

Clearly among the top RCA Living Stereo albums, "The Reiner Sound" includes superb performances by Reiner and the CSO that still stand among the best in the catalog. RCA recording engineer Lewis Layton delivers an excellent capture of the orchestra in Symphony Hall. The transfer by HDTT is clean, open and resolving of instrumental detail and timbre. Does this release have the ultimate sound quality of the 45rpm vinyl reissue I once had? Hmmm, perhaps not based on recollection. But is it a wonderful addition to my digital library? OH, YES! It is far and away the best digital reissue of this album that I've heard, bettering even the very fine Analog Productions SACD from 2015 -- with greater air around the instruments, improved natural-sounding timbre, more delicate and extended highs, more extended dynamic range, just an overall improvement in sounding like real instruments in a real space. Well Done!

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Gold Premium Compact Disc 300+ years longevity - The recording layer resists UV and heat better than other discs. Includes Complete Jewel case and Liner Notes
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