Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra – Debussy: La Mer (The Sea); Ibert: Ports of Call [Stereo] (Analogue Productions RCA Living Stereo Series Edition)
(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.
$40.00
Product Description
RCA Living Stereo classical LPs — the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!
Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 33 1/3 RPM by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Lacquers plated by Gary Salstrom and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings!
"These records are definitive." — Michael Fremer, editor, AnalogPlanet.com
Winner of a Gruvy Award, chosen by AnalogPlanet's editor, Michael Fremer, for vinyl records that are musically and sonically outstanding and are also well mastered and pressed. http://www.analogplanet.com/content/gruvy-awards
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Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy: La Mer and Ibert: Ports Of Call. Recorded in 1958.
(Above description from AcousticSounds.com)
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| Composition | Escales (Ports of Call), suite for orchestra [Ibert], La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, CD 111 (L. 109) [Debussy] |
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| Jacket Manufacturer | Stoughton Printing Company [City of Industry, California (USA)] |
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| Accolade | The Absolute Sound Super LP List [2023], The Absolute Sound Super LP List [2025], The Absolute Sound Super LP List [2026] |
Links
- Acoustic Sounds
- AllMusic Biography (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- AllMusic Biography (Charles Munch)
- AllMusic Biography (Claude Debussy)
- AllMusic Biography (Jacques Ibert)
- AllMusic Review (Composition: La Mer)
- AllMusic Review (Composition: Ports of Call)
- Amazon (affiliate link)
- Discogs (2015, 200 gram)
- Discogs (?, 180 gram)
- eBay (affiliate link)
- Elusive Disc
- Michael 45
- The ‘In’ Groove
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