Mercury Living Presence Vinyl Reissues

Bach s six cello suites and dvorak s cello concerto to be released on.

Mercury living presence vinyl reissues. Background starting in 1951 mercury began a series of lp record albums of classical music the first album having catalog number mg 50000. One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra the new york times. I have a love hate relationship with the mercury cd reissues. The latest mercury living presence reissues feature cellist janos starker.

Mercury sr90226 classic records sr90226 series. He s re mastered or overseen the mastering of more than 25 mercury titles in the digital domain. At the time i only purchased a couple of the original living stereo reissues these were of course from the first batch of around the same time so they were the old 16 bit redbook standard. As a companion release to the mercury living presence collector s edition volume 2 of this limited edition set presents six iconic and much sought after lps on high quality 180 gram vinyl.

Whatever their shortcomings these recordings have a grainy but vivid sonic texture. Additionally there are pdf files for the cd and sacd reissues of recordings from the living presence library with cover images and other information. Here are two favorites. Fine the son of the original mercury living presence producer wilma cozart fine and recording engineer robert fine has since 2011 overseen the living presence reissues for label owner decca classics.

I am not a purist as i collect these recordings on the cd sacd formats and not on vinyl. He recently took a turn in the audiophile all analog world. Since 2010 tom fine has been overseeing mercury living presence remastering working with state of the art modern digital technology. Vinyl lp reissue remastered country.

Reissue of sr 90316 arnold schoenberg anton webern alban berg antal dorati with the london symphony orchestra vienna 1908 1914. Tom fine son of robert fine and wilma cozart fine discusses analogue productions mercury living presence reissues. I settled for buying a handful of the mercury cd reissues in the early 1990s.