VERDI Missa Da Requiem SUPER ANALOGUE DISC (Japan) REINER 2LP RARE Audiophile

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VERDI Missa Da Requiem
Fritz Reiner Conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
NM/NM Used Audiophile Vinyl 2 LP Record Set

Record Label: London Super Analogue Disc KIJC 9001/2

High quality audiophile release from King Records of Japan.

From the King Super Analogue series. Half Speed Mastered. Heavy (180 Gram)  Virgin vinyl. Mastered with all Vacuum Tube Amplifiers. Beautiful high gloss and gold foiled sleeve. Heavy plastic jacket.

Released in very limited quantities, these records are becoming quite scarce and are extremely hard to find in this new, sealed condition.

Record is used and in NM/NM condition. Record jacket looks as new. Corners are sharp, colors vibrant and spine is straight. Vinyl is glossy and shiny to the eye. Plays beautifully.

All inserts and original record sleeves are included. There are stickers on the inner sleeve with cleaning schedules on them.

Review: Reiner's rendition has several things going for it, not least of which are the superstar soprano and tenor soloists. In 1960 Leontyne Price was at the beginning of her illustrious career, delivering on this occasion that same radiant, ravishing singing that would soon have Metropolitan Opera audiences deliriously applauding. In contrast, Jussi Björling's performing days were dwindling (he would die only three months after these sessions), and though his singing no longer had the super-precision and stamina of his youth, it still retained its passionate humanity, with squillo tones that would still make many a modern tenor cry and gnash his teeth (his thrillingly ardent Ingemisco is a case in point). Rosalind Elias' burnished mezzo and Giorgio Tozzi's buff and beefy bass complete the solid, if not ideally matched quartet.

Reiner himself is more controversial. At almost 99 minutes, this is one of the longest Requiems on record, a real surprise to those who know this conductor from his lithe and lean Chicago Symphony recordings. After setting a very deliberate pace for the Requiem aeternam, Reiner floors it for the Dies irae, establishing a pattern of extremes that will hold pretty much throughout the performance. The Vienna Philharmonic produces many beautiful colors under Reiner's baton, but as with Karajan's and Solti's recordings, I think this orchestra sounds too cultured for this music. Nonetheless, this is a deeply felt and highly emotive performance that deserves shelf space next to Ferenc Fricsay's blistering German Radio broadcast on DG and Robert Shaw's powerfully recorded Atlanta reading on Telarc.


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