Shaw/Atlanta SO: Stravinsky Firebird (1919) + Borodin - Telarc DG-10039 (DDD)

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redgarnett Store ITEM DESCRIPTION:

This handsome gatefold LP from Telarc (DG-10039, German pressing, red/black label, DDD Soundstream recording) features Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus’ resplendent performances of Stravinsky’s l’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird, vers. 1919) and Borodin’s Overture and Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor, recorded on 19 and 20 June 1978 at Symphony Hall, Atlanta – one of the first digital recordings to have been made. Aside from being a landmark recording in the annals of sound, these are hugely enjoyable performances that are brought off with tremendous panache and elan – truly outstanding!

From the invaluable online resource Discogs, one can find the following information about this recording:

Produced in cooperation with Baron Productions Ltd.
Soundstream - This recording was mastered using the Soundstream Digital Recording System

Specifications For The Soundstream Digital Recording System
Frequency Response: Flat from 0 to 21kHz (-3db at 22kHz)
Total Harmonic Distorton: At "0" VU, less than .004%
At peak levels, less than .03%
Signal to Noise: 90db RMS, Unweighted
Dynamic Range: 90db RMS, Unweighted
Sampling Rate: 50,000 samples per second
Digital Format: 16 bits linear encodeing/decodeing
Wow and Flutter: Unmeasurable

Technical Information: Microphones used for this recording were all Schoepps/Studer and included models SKM-52U, 54U and 56U. All are transformerless and were mixed through a Studer model 169 console fed at half-speed on a specially built transformerless Neumann VMS-70/SAL-74 cutting system equipped with a quartz-lock drive motor. Monitoring during the session was done using ADS model BC-8 speakers driven by a Treshold model 400A amplifier.

Recorded June 19 & 20, 1978

Audio int'l vertriebs gmbh
©?Telarc Records™
Printed in Germany
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.gatefold sleeve, liner notes & lyrics (for B2) in English
.spine: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robert Shaw  Stravinsky:Firebird  Borodin: Overture & Dances from Prince Igor   Stereo No. DG-10039
.catalog#: DG-10039

——Centerlabels info——
Made In Germany
Digital
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.catalog#: 10039
.red labels, black print

CONDITION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.

The condition of the jacket is VERY GOOD. There is a edgewear, more so at corners and along the open edge. However, there are no seamsplits, bends, owners’ markings, or other defects, and the album remain solid, bright, and highly attractive – overall, still a very good collector's copy.

The condition of the LP itself is EXCELLENT. There is a cluster of small scratches at the beginning of Side 2, but they do not affect play and the surfaces remain silent. Aside from this cosmetic flaw and some faint spindle trails, the LP is fine. Playback rates as NM, but I am grading it at excellent due to those minor cosmetic blemishes.

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