Grieg*, Brahms*, Thommessen*, Vanya Milanova, Einar Henning Smebye ‎–Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, C-minor / Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, D-minor / Please Accept My Ears Label: Simax Classics ‎– PS 1015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: Norway Released: 11 Oct 1983 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic, Contemporary Tracklist Hide Credits Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, C Minor, Op. 9 Composed By – Edvard Grieg A1 Allegro Molto Ed Appassionato A2 Allegretto Espressivo Alla Romanza A3 Allegro Animato Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, D Minor, Op. 10 Composed By – Johannes Brahms B1 Allegro B3 Adagio B3 Un Poco Presto E Con Sentimento B4 Presto Agitato B5 Please Accept My Ears Composed By – Olav Anton Thommessen Credits Composed By – Edvard Grieg (tracks: A1 to A3), Johannes Brahms (tracks: B1 to B4)  Cover [Front Cover] – Madla Hruza Edited By, Recorded By – Arne Akselberg Liner Notes – Tore Simonsen Liner Notes [Translation] – Michael Cyrus, Sandra Hamilton Piano – Einar Henning Smebye Producer – Arne Peter Rognan*  Violin – Vanya Milanova Notes Gatefold cover.

NORWAY PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. DOES NOT LOOK PLAYED. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  




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