Here are two favorites.
Mercury living presence vinyl reissues.
One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra the new york times.
Bach s six cello suites and dvorak s cello concerto to be released on.
At the time i only purchased a couple of the original living stereo reissues these were of course from the first batch of around the same time so they were the old 16 bit redbook standard.
Reissue of sr 90316 arnold schoenberg anton webern alban berg antal dorati with the london symphony orchestra vienna 1908 1914.
I have a love hate relationship with the mercury cd reissues.
Background starting in 1951 mercury began a series of lp record albums of classical music the first album having catalog number mg 50000.
Mercury sr90226 classic records sr90226 series.
The mercury living presence the collector s edition 2 is a 6 lp limited edition box set pressed on 180g vinyl.
Since 2010 tom fine has been overseeing mercury living presence remastering working with state of the art modern digital technology.
Tom fine son of robert fine and wilma cozart fine discusses analogue productions mercury living presence reissues.
I settled for buying a handful of the mercury cd reissues in the early 1990s.
I am not a purist as i collect these recordings on the cd sacd formats and not on vinyl.
Whatever their shortcomings these recordings have a grainy but vivid sonic texture.
Mercury living presence sr90226 format.
The latest mercury living presence reissues feature cellist janos starker.
As a companion release to the mercury living presence collector s edition volume 2 of this limited edition set presents six iconic and much sought after lps on high quality 180 gram vinyl.
He s re mastered or overseen the mastering of more than 25 mercury titles in the digital domain.
Additionally there are pdf files for the cd and sacd reissues of recordings from the living presence library with cover images and other information.
He recently took a turn in the audiophile all analog world.