Mercury Living Presence Vinyl Reissues

Tom fine son of robert fine and wilma cozart fine discusses analogue productions mercury living presence reissues.

Mercury living presence vinyl reissues.

One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra the new york times. My collection of rca living stereo and mercury living presence is not the largest but i have kept nearly all my acquisitions. He recently took a turn in the audiophile all analog world. 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.

The latest mercury living presence reissues feature cellist janos starker. I am not a purist as i collect these recordings on the cd sacd formats and not on vinyl. Mercury living presence sr90226 format. Additionally there are pdf files for the cd and sacd reissues of recordings from the living presence library with cover images and other information.

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. Since 2010 tom fine has been overseeing mercury living presence remastering working with state of the art modern digital technology. He s re mastered or overseen the mastering of more than 25 mercury titles in the digital domain. Mercury sr90226 classic records sr90226 series.

Whatever their shortcomings these recordings have a grainy but vivid sonic texture. Bach s six cello suites and dvorak s cello concerto to be released on. I settled for buying a handful of the mercury cd reissues in the early 1990s. Vinyl lp reissue remastered country.

The mercury living presence the collector s edition 2 is a 6 lp limited edition box set pressed on 180g vinyl. Reissue of sr 90316 arnold schoenberg anton webern alban berg antal dorati with the london symphony orchestra vienna 1908 1914. Here are two favorites.