Prokofiev Romeo And Juliet Ballet Excerpts - Mitropoulos NYP
Mitropoulos, a great conductor of the 20th century, passed away at the age of 64 in 1960. Despite the limited number of stereo recordings he made, this particular recording is a testament to his exceptional conducting skills, captured with very good sound quality by Columbia.
Artist(s): Conductor – Dimitri Mitropoulos
Orchestra – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Info: Recorded 1957
Producer – Howard H. Scott
Transferred from an original "6-eyes" Columbia Records Pressing
1 The Montagues And Capulets (Suite 2, No. 1) 5:12
2 Juliet - The Little Girl (Suite 2, No. 2) 4:10
3 Folk Dance (Suite 1, No. 1) 4:15
4 Romeo And Mercutio Masked (Suite 1, No. 5) 2:10
5 Balcony Scene (Suite 1, No. 6) 6:37
6 Death Of Tybalt (Suite 1, No. 7) 4:35
7 Romeo And Juliet Before Parting (Suite 2, No. 5) 8:12
8 Friar Laurence (Suite 2, No. 3) 2:37
9 Romeo At Juliet's Tomb (Suite 2, No. 7) 5:44
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I like it! Admittedly, not my favorite work. But the HDTT recording is wonderful! Files are played as DSD128 through my Marantz NR1509 AVR. I will definitely be ordering more albums through HDTT. In this purchase group I also purchased: https://www.highdeftapetransfers.ca/products/ben-webster-live-in-copenhagen-pure-dsd?_pos=1&_sid=a93e8825b&_ss=r and https://www.highdeftapetransfers.ca/products/billie-holiday-songs-for-distingue-lovers-pure-dsd?_pos=2&_sid=76471f0d6&_ss=r Those two are also wonderful! Great copies of both albums. The Ben Webster album is phenomenal! Special shout out to "Rushton" for his post at the OR forum with a great list of HDTT albums to consider. As well as, to "adifferentpaul" for specifically giving high praise to BW Live In Copenhagen. And, of course, thank you to HDTT for doing what you do. I am a happy customer!

Superb vinyl transfer of rare recording.
Maybe the production staff at Columbia Records, Maestro Mitropoulos, and the New York Philharmonic sensed something special about this session. This recording dates from 1957, the beginning of a great era in recorded sound, and they were among the pioneers. This performance and the recorded sound are stunning. At the very top of my own list for this particular ballet suite. It is also a very rare recording, and HDTT gives it to us from what is obviously a early pristine vinyl pressing. Get this one!

Instrumental Texture
Tape has this special texture where I feel a little more reality of the blowing of reeds--the air coming through a reed--and the scraping of a bow on string. And this plus the layering of instrumental families being quite clear here. Perhaps this is hyper detail--you would get a more homogenous sound with modern halls and some recordings--but some of us like the sound of tape.

Exceptional sound! May be better than the original LP?
This is a sonic boon (yes, not a typo) to audiophiles and classical music lovers. The performance is extraordinary, reflecting Mitropoulos' excellence with modern Russian music (his Shostakovich 10th leads the pack IMHO.) This offering from HDTT gives us: -- Exceptional dynamic range from pp to FFFF. In this respect it may be better than the original LP, though I have not heard that. I don't recall hearing many, or any, LPs with this kind of dynamics. -- A relaxed and very satisfying "analog" presentation. Again, it's a little ironic that superhigh resolution digital audio has come full circle and now sounds like LPs. :-) -- One of the best readings/playings out there of the Prokofiev works. A total winner!

Excellent
J’adore cet enregistrement mais avais été jusqu’à présent décu par les différents transferts passés entre mes oreilles. Ce nouveau transfert HDTT comble enfin mes attentes. L’agressivité des aigus a enfin disparu sans porter atteinte à la qualité générale du son.
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