Product Review

This limited-edition LP set features six outstanding recordings from Decca s earliest high fidelity history, celebrating the technological breakthroughs that brought full-frequency range recording (ffrr) and high fidelity to the world 70 years ago. The recordings in this set, including Decca s first LP (Ansermet s 1949 recording of Petrouchka), have been selected from a collection of 50 celebrated recordings in the 53-CD set of THE DECCA SOUND MONO YEARS. Newly presented in luxury 180gm vinyl pressings, the set includes a newly written booklet detailing the history behind the Decca Sound from this period.

[1] Ansermet / Petrouchka [LXT 2502]

[2] Erich Kleiber / Pastoral Symphony [LXT 2587]

[3] Van Beinum / Britten [LXT 2886]

[4] Argenta / Albéniz & Turina [LXT 2889]

[5] Martinon / Lalo [LXT 5114]

[6] Nelsova / Rachmaninov Cello Sonata [LXT 5228]