{"product_id":"sibelius-symphonies-5-7-vinyl-2lp","title":"Sibelius: Symphonies 5 \u0026 7 - Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eMIXED AND MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL PHILIPS QUADRAPHONIC TAPES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressed at Pallas on 180g virgin vinyl, these limited-edition deluxe gatefold releases will feature: the original artwork and liner notes; archival photos and facsimiles of original recording session sheets. Each individual release includes bespoke notes detailing the history of the recording, the technical background and the mastering process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Davis’ first Sibelius cycle with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was released in 1977, one of the world’s most august record clubs — the Carnegie Hall Selection Committee — deemed it definitive: “the leading Sibelius conductor of our time joining forces with what may well be the finest Sibelius orchestra in the world.” When Symphonies 5 and 7 were recorded to four-track in January 1975, Symphony Hall Boston was no stranger to experiments in quadraphonic recording ever since Deutsche Grammophon became the orchestra’s exclusive record label in 1970; however by the mid-1970s, quadraphony was all but abandoned and this album was never released as a quad LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this release Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios has used the original, edited four-track quadraphonic master tape to make a new stereo mix sent directly to the cutter head. This preserves a pure analogue path throughout. The Philips engineers of the 1970s would similarly have mixed the four front and rear channels before cutting but this downmix would have resulted in a two-track stereo copy for mastering, whereas here the lacquer is cut directly from a ‘live’ mix into stereo from the four Quad channels. Sonic results have been further enhanced by distributing the recording across three sides instead of the original double-sided LP. This has also enabled us to include Davis’ December 1975 recording of Sibelius’ last major orchestral work, \u003cem\u003eTapiola\u003c\/em\u003e, on the fourth side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No one listening to Colin Davis’s cycle of Sibelius symphonies will be left in any doubt that here is a born Sibelian and that these recordings are a very considerable achievement.” — Gramophone, 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Sibelius (1865–1957)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82 – I. Tempo molto moderato – Largamente – Allegro moderato\u003cbr\u003eSide B: Symphony No. 5 (cont.) – II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto \/ III. Allegro molto\u003cbr\u003eSide C: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105\u003cbr\u003eSide D: Tapiola, Op. 112\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boston Symphony Orchestra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56519051116926,"sku":"4871495","price":64.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4228\/3553\/files\/Sibelius.png?v=1770975740","url":"https:\/\/shop.decca.com\/products\/sibelius-symphonies-5-7-vinyl-2lp","provider":"Decca Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}