TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini Hamlet STOWKOWSKI DCC LPZ 1001 AUDIOPHILE Sealed
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TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini, Fantasia For Orchestra (After Dante) Op. 32 Hamlet (Overture And Fantasy) Leopold Stowkowski Conducts The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York New & Sealed Vinyl LP
Record label/brand: DCC LPZ 1001 upc/mpn: 010963100112 year: 1958
This is the audiophile DCC edition of the 1958 Everest label classic. This LP is a High Quality, 180 Gram, Pure Virgin Vinyl pressing. Mastered by Steve Hoffman with an all vacuum tube cutting system, the recording was taken from the original master tapes.
The album is new and sealed in it's original plastic wrap. Perforation is 100% intact. Corners are sharp and Colors are vibrant. 100% Mint!
Review: Leopold Stokowksi and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra members masquerading under another name (to avoid union issues) performing Tchaikovksy's swashbuckler tone poems Francesca da Rimini and Hamlet. If you've never heard it, it's worth your time and money regardless of the number of competing recordings you may own.
Stokowski (1882-1937) was an eccentric genius and conductor born in England or Polish parents. He made his reputation in the Philadelphia Orchestra where he debuted 1912 and served through the 1930s, creating what critics called the "Philadelphia sound" of sweeping, majestic strings and juicy brass and woodwinds. Eugene Ormandy kept this cliche alive during his years with the orchestra. Stokowski came to international fame beyond the orchestra pit when he starred in and conducted the score for Disney's animated 1940 film Fantasia Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition), where he made mushrooms dance to Tchaikovsky's music from the Nutcracker ballet.
In this recording, Stoki whips up fury in Francesca, the character from Dante's Divine Comedy Divine Comedy and does similarly with Tchaikovsky's tone poem based on Shakespeare's tragic hero Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare). This recording has been famous for 50 years and it sounds better here than it has in other reincarnations. If this is your first exposure to the magic wand of Stokowski, it's a good place to begin. ~ Amazon
About DCC Compact Classics: Former ABC-Dunhill Records promotions executive Marshall Blonstein, who served in the same capacity with Epic Records-CBS as well as serving as president of Island Records and co-founding Ode Records, (re-)launched Dunhill Compact Classics (sans ABC) in 1986 - a week after hearing his first CD in a record shop.
With engineer Steve Hoffman in the mixing studio, Dunhill Compact Classics released 50 remastered vinyl reissues and over 240 CDs; many in Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab-style 24 karat gold plating.
After a costly legal struggle with the British Dunhill Tobacco Company, the name was changed to DCC Compact Classics.
A year after closing DCC, Blonstein picked up where he'd left off, and founded Audio Fidelity.
SHIPPING:
Records are shipped in a protective plastic sleeve with the record on the outside of the jacket to prevent jacket-splitting. All records will be shipped in heavy duty cardboard with pads on either side for added protection.
Shipping for records within the USA is $4.00 for the first LP and $2.00 for each additional LP sent at the same time. These will be sent USPS Media rate with "Delivery Confirmation" which guarantees a tracking number.
Shipping to Canada will be First Class Mail International. $10.00 for the first LP and $3.00 for each additional LP sent at the same time.
Rest Of The World can be shipped:
- USPS International Express: This guarantees a one week or less turnaround and provides tracking information for a safe delivery. $40.00 for one or two LPs (shipped together), and $5.00 for each additional LP shipped at the same time. Please wait for invoice to be sent before payment.
- First Class International: Least expensive method of international shipping. No guarantees or tracking information. $19.00 for the first LP and $3.00 for each additional shipped at the same time. This method is NOT available for record packages totaling OVER $100.00 or to the country of Italy or anywhere in South America. Please wait for invoice to be sent before payment. Those countries MUST use International Express - no exceptions!
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