Product introduction

■ A special existence that occupies the throne of "The Rite of Spring"

It is rare that this record reminds us that recording is the work of creating a "window" of sound that looks into the performance site from there. Recording engineer Wilkinson has now turned off the speakers, recreating an orchestra with a huge thickness, expanse and depth, with the space and the air that fills it on the other side. From the complex overlapping of sounds, the low-pitched vibrations become the sway of the air in some places and blow through in rhythm.

Audio masterpiece collection

The joy of audio files is all about listening to famous performances and recordings of famous songs. The analog master tapes of "Historical performances and recordings with eternal value" are stored in record companies all over the world. Stereo Sound has discovered a high-quality master tape from among them, and has started the "Audio Masterpiece Collection" that makes full use of the latest technology to finish the "best sound".

This product is a digitized version of the original analog master tape sound with almost no processing. Therefore, as a general rule, not only the ultra-low frequency cut, but also the equalizing to make the sound easier to hear and the noise cut and dropout caused by the master tape are not corrected. This is based on a product plan that wants to deliver the sound of the master tape, which could only be heard by a limited number of people involved in production, to the audio file as faithfully as possible.

Work information

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Georg Solti

Contents

 

Track Listing

Igor Stravinsky: Ballet "The Rite of Spring"

Part 1: earth cult

1. Introduction

2. Spring signs --maidens of dance

3. Game abduction

4. Spring dance

5. Play of the capital of the people of the enemy

6. The Philosopher's matrix

7. The Philosopher

8. Dance of the earth

Part 2: Sacrifice

9. Introduction

10. Maidens of mysterious gatherings

11. Praise of sacrifice

12. Call of the ancestors

13. Ancestor of ritual

14. Dance of sacrifice

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

Recording: Medinah Temple, Chicago, 14 May 1974

Recording producer: Ray Minshull

Recording engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson

Assistant recording engineer: James Lock

Recording: Watford Town Hall, outside London, 4 July 1957

Recording Director: Wilma Cozart

Musical Supervisor: Harold Lawrence

Engineer and Technical Supervisor: C. Robert Fine