Os Anos Dourados da RCA foram um curto período entre 1958 e 1963, no início da era do Stereo. Amplificação pura a válvulas de vácuo ajudou a produzir gravações que demonstravam fidelidade, presença, realismo e iluminação da gama média sem paralelo. O programa de reedições RCA Living Stereo da Analogue Productions, com títulos de referência remasterizados, vai deliciar os seus ouvidos!

• Edição Limitada
• Vinil 180 Gramas Audiófilo 33rpm
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Originais Analógicas
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Acetatos processados por Gary Salstrom
• Masterizado por Willem Makkee
• Capa "tip-on" Deluxe da Stoughton Printing

RCA's "golden age" was more like a "golden minute" - in a scant period, roughly from 1958 to 1963, the beginning of the stereo era - pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and midband illumination.

Analogue Productions' RCA Living Stereo Reissue Series No. 1, with 25 newly remastered mainstay classical albums, will delight and astound your ears with their clarity and warm, rich tone. With our first highly-regarded LSC series, shortcomings of previous editions have been improved upon — from the mastering, to the LP pressing, to the sharp-looking glossy heavyweight Stoughton Printing tip-on jackets that faithfully duplicate the original artwork, "Living Stereo" logo, "Shaded Dog" label and all!

"Of the most rare RCAs, Witches' Brew rates near the top of the heap of desired RCAs. ... The LP selections were recorded by Decca recording engineer Kenneth Wilkinson in fabled Kingsway Hall and released in 1958. ... The reissue maintains the big, explosive sound of the original with up-front sound. It avoids some of the unnatural sizzle and harshness in the Classic Records version and probably gives as good an indication of why this record became so collectable as any of us are likely to encounter. ... For sheer fun, fabulous sound and a taste of record collecting history without the financial pain, this is hard to beat." — Recording = 10/10; Music = 8/10 — Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +, Issue 141

This famous Alexander Gibson/New Symphony Orchestra of London collection from 1958 debuted at the dawn of the RCA Living Stereo era. It became one of the most sought-after Living Stereos with music by Arnold, Liszt and Mussorgsky amongst others, all with a spooky, witchy theme. The performances remain today as characterful and incisive as they were then.

We've taken this classic and given it the full Analogue Productions reissue treatment, featuring a remaster by Germany's Willem Makkee from the original analog tapes, and plating and 200-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings. Topping it off is a thick cardboard Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.

If such music didn't cast the right sort of spell, so many listeners wouldn't be returning to it on so many occasions, somehow feeling constantly refreshed.

Músicos:

New Symphony Orchestra of London
Alexander Gibson, conductor

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Overture To "Tam O' Shanter," Op.52
2. Gnomus (from "Pictures at an Exhibition")
3. A Night On Bare Mountain

Lado B
4. Danse Macabre, Op.40
5. Witches' Rise (from "Hansel and Gretel")
6. Mephisto Waltz

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