ANSERMET: THE ROYAL BALLET HOLY GRAIL-LDS 6065 SORIA
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Description
RCA LDS 6065 Shaded Dog, Soria series, EARLY pressing (4s,1s,1s,1s)
Ernest Ansermet conducts ROHO in excerpts from:
P. I. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Gioacchino Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque
Leo Delibes: Coppelia
Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
__________; The Sleeping Beauty
Robert Schumann: Carnaval
Frederic Chopin: Les Sylphides.
In case you don't know, Ansermet worked with the Ballets Russes of Diaghileff for many years in European and North and South American counties.
Thus, it was only appropriate that he return to direct the Royal Opera House Orchestra on the 25th anniversary of Diaghileff's death, in 1954.
This 2 LP set features a libretto printed in Italy by Amileare Pizzi for the Soria series of RCA. Notes and story synopses are provided for each work,
as are full- and half-page pictures of dancers (e.g., Margot Fonteyn, Svetlana Beriosovo, Alexis Rassine), and colored prints of costumes and sets.
The LP's are in heavy-duty sleeves, in a box which slides into a covered case.
The performances on this AUDIOPHILE production are, of course, stunning!
Condition:
Outside case is VG++; inside box is VG++, as is spline edge with gold inscription of record info.
Libretto cover is VG (see pic), back is VG+, interior is all VG++.
Sleeves and all record covers are VG++ and ORIGINAL.
Some of the records have scuffs, but nearly all sound NOT AT ALL!
Only the middle of track 2 on side 1 has sounding marks (20-30 tics), 1st and last 3 tracks do not.
Sides 2, 3, and 4 are either NM-, or VG++.
Go to Popsike to ascertain the rarity and value of this set:
ALL sets of equal quality that have sold in the last 5 years sold for between $1000 and $1700.
Canfield valued this "2nd rarest RCA audiophile title" at $975 TEN YEARS AGO.
(Can someone tell me what was rarest?)
DO NOT MISS THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY. THE AUDIOPHILE SOUND STILL RINGS CLEAR ON THIS VINTAGE SET!
100% guarantee. If you're not happy, neither am I. Full refund, including S&H, upon return in same condition.
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