Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D Minor - Tossy Spivakosvky & Tauno Hannikainen (2LP, 45 tours, 200g)
Jean Sibelius - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47 & Tapiola, Op. 112 [click here to see more vinyl from Jean Sibelius]
Tossy Spivakosvky, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Tauno Hannikainen, conductor
2 LP, Stoughton Printing tip-on old style original jacket artwork and Everest Records-branded jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Classic Records (now part of Analogue Productions)
Original Label : Everest
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in 2018
Tracks:
Side A :
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - 1st Movement - Allegro Moderato
Side B :
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - 2nd Movement - Adagio Di Molto
Side C :
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - 3rd Movement - Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Side D :
- Tapiola
Reviews:
“Recording technology at the start of the 21st century is probably the best that can be achieved, but a steady flow of historic audiophile reissues demonstrates that the improvement of sound quality has been a decades-long quest, and the first superb efforts are still worth hearing today. Violinist Tossy Spivakovsky and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tauno Hannikainen, recorded Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D minor, along with the orchestral tone poem Tapiola, on 35mm three-track magnetic film, and the 1960 recording is so clear and realistic that hearing it is almost as good as attending a concert. Recording with 35mm film had several points in its favor, because it offered three times the surface of standard quarter-inch tape, its thickness permitted the recording of higher sound levels without imprinting other parts of the film, and the sprocket holes along its sides allowed smooth playback with almost no noise or distortion. Because of this innovative method, the sound is quite vivid and realistic and the listener perceives the full color and richness of the orchestra, while Spivakovsky's violin is so direct that it seems to be placed front and center.” AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,35 / 5