Albeniz Iberia / Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole CLASSIC RECORDS 45rpm 8 disc test set
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Albeniz Iberia / Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole CLASSIC RECORDS LSC 6094 45rpm 8 disc test pressing set Jean Morel Conducting The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (Rare and Out of Print)
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This was one of the Decca recordings that RCA licensed for North America. It was not pressed in great quantities and became one of the rarest and most valuable of the RCA Living Stereo series. It was also the only complete recording of the orchestrations, by fellow composers Arbos and Surinach, of Albeniz's piano suite, Iberia. This reissue is then doubly welcomed. On top of that, Classic used tube amplifiers to master these pressings.
The result is a superb sounding album, with unique and wonderful music. The sonics are very natural, with good transparency and dynamics. (Recorded in France)
Jean Morel (1903–75) counted among his teachers Isidore Philipp, Gabriel Pierné and Reynaldo Hahn. He established a connection with the United States early on, teaching at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleu between 1921 (when he was just eighteen!) and 1936. his conducting pupils included James Levine and Leonard Slatkin. Morel’s conducting bore many similarities to that of his countryman Pierre Monteux. His style was bright, clear and energetic, and he always gave the music’s colour its due. Appearing here is the only recording in the Decca catalogue of the complete orchestral version of Albéniz’s Iberia – in orchestrations by Arbós and Surinach. Completing this Spanish-flavoured program is music by Ravel. The legendary Decca engineer Kenneth Wilkinson is responsible for the great ‘Decca Sound’.
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