This recording dates from the zenith of André Previn's golden era at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra and has been newly cut at EMI's Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo EMI Master Tapes. It was recorded at London's famous Kingsway Hall venue on 25 to 27 November 1975 and produced and engineered by the legendary EMI team of Christopher Bishop and Christopher Parker.

• Hi-Q Records Supercuts
• 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Cut from the Original EMI Analog Master Tapes
• Mastered at Abbey Road Studios
• Features Original Album Artwork

"Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS82 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional 'advance' playback head, making the cut a totally analogue process. Pressed using the original EMI presses at The Vinyl Factory in Hayes, England"

EMI made the recording in both stereo and quadraphonic, an early attempt at surround sound for the now defunct SQ vinyl format. Hi·Q has used the superior balance of the stereo master tapes.

"For the sound alone it would be a record to wallow in, but so vividly characterised a performance should win many new listeners and enjoyers" 
Edward Greenfield, GRAMOPHONE, October 1975

Track Listing:

Side A
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
(Fortune, Empress of the World)
I. Primo vere (In Springtime)
Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)

Side B
II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)
III. Cour d'amours (The Court of Love)
Blanziflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena)
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
(Fortune, Empress of the World)

Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
Gerald English (tenor)
Thomas Allen (baritone)

London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
St. Clement Danes
Grammar School Boys Choir

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn