1 of many Golden Age of Stereo/Audiophile Classical Records I have listed.Summer Festival: 20 of the World's Greatest Artists, 19 Selections of Music America Loves Best, Various - Fiedler, Solti, Stokowski, Leinsdorf, Shaw, 1962, RCA LSC-6097, VG+/VG+, 2 LP Set; 2S/2S 2S/2S Stampers Gatefold cover has light to moderate edge and ring wear, discontinued is stamped across the inside of the gatefold cover; vinyl has several slight scuffs and hair line scratches visible only at an angle in sunlight; labels are excellent with some remnants of a fingerprint on one label. This is a wonderful collection of highlights from the RCA Living Stereo Catalog. According to Jonathan Valin, these two records contain excerpts from some of the better RCA's of the Golden Age. Naturally the sonics are first-class. My only complaint is that there is a kind of overall bleaching out of orchestral color and hall ambiance (reminiscent of some White Dogs I can think of) on certain cuts. It is not a major flaw and wouldn't really be a flaw at all if you didn't compare the sound to the Shaded Dog originals. RCA Bible, p. 92.
Side 1: Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops – Johann Strauss, Jr.: Thunder And Lightning Polka; Robert Shaw Chorale - Blow The Man Down; Georg Solti, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden – Offenbach: The Tales Of Hoffmann, Barcarole; Erich Leinsdorf, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra – Rossini: The Barber Of Seville Overture; Leopold Stokowski, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Side 2: Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Sviatoslav Richter, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 (Finale); Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra- Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Waltz ; Leontyne Price – Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Un Bel Di
Side 3: Van Cliburn, Walter Hendl, Chicago Symphony Orchestra – MacDowell: Concerto No. 2: Scherzo; Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling - Mascagni: Santuzza-Turriddu Duet from Cavalleria Rusticana; Julian Bream – Giuliani: Guitar Concerto, Finale; Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Glinka: Russlan & Ludmilla Overture
Side 4: Anna Moffo – Puccini: Mi Chiamano Mimi from La Boheme; Henryk Szeryng, Walter Hendl, Chicago Symphony Orchestra- Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Scherzando; Birgit Nilsson - Grieg: I Love Thee; Morton Gould And His Orchestra – Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, On The Trail; Robert Russell Bennett, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra- Bernstein: West Side Story; Mario Lanza - Come Prima
**Each record has been cleaned, inspected in bright sunlight & placed in a new HDPE inner sleeve. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see more pictures.
**Grading is Goldmine (Cover/Vinyl). A VG+ record will not disappoint.
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