02 January 2015

24/96: Roger Desormiere / Paris Conservatoire - Les Sylphides ... Sleeping Beauty - Decca 1950/1

Frederic Chopin / Orchestrated by Alexander Gretchaninov:  "Les Sylphides" -  Ballet  (arr: Desormiere)
Nocturne (op.32/2) ~ Valse (op.70/1) ~ Mazurka (op.33/2) ~ Mazurka (op.67/3) ~ Prelude (op.28/7) ~ Valse (op.64/2) ~ Grande Valse Brillante (op.18)
24/96 XR FLAC  Mega Download

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "The Sleeping Beauty", op.66  - Suite:  Introduction (Prologue) ~ Finale, Act.1 (The Lilac Fairy) ~ Pas d'action, Act.2 ~ Pas de caractere (Puss in Boots & the White Cat), Act.3 ~ Panorama, Act.2 ~ Valse, Act.3
Both as: 2 files zip 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download
L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Roger Desormiere    
Decca  ACL 8  1959 pressing/matrices: ARL1799 -1HR / ARL899 -3ER   Rec: 22 February 1950 / 15-20 June 1951 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris
Originally: LM4511 / LXT2610    Tchaikovsky: Sept.2010  files re-edited May 2012  -  Les Sylphides... Not on CD

7 comments:

  1. I like Roger Désormière; Les Sylphides is not exactly my taste, but I like to hear as much as possible from Désormière, conducting, so thanks very mnuch for your transfer, and a very healthy happy New Year!

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  2. Happy New Year and thank you so much for this, Desormiere was a very fine conductor, Les Sylphides was not my favorite piece of music but hearing the clear sound of the PCO is a really pleasure. Thank you for the 96/24, now I have a PC that allows me to listen clearly in that resolution (the precedent have a lot of hum in the onboard SC output, not in the line-in TG, so I use a the 48/16 Behringer interfase of my Xenyx mixer)
    I hope you have more time to listen music but don´t forget us, your greatful collectors and downloaders :)
    All the best.
    Pablo.

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    1. Happy New Year to you!

      I'm not sure how much Desormiere was responsible for this (aside from the 'arranging') - and hopefully you have just downloaded Sylphides as (because I'd retained the Audacity 'project') decided to remove a few more 'blemishes' (mostly groove 'horns') - and had needed to record with a 3-4dB.increase compared to normal cutting-levels..

      This may be slighly clearer, too, because I re-arranged my 1978 Meridian/B&W system - so had spare VdH D300 III 1.5m cables (silver plated) - so used those for the Phono link to the soundcard on another system.

      I've managed to clear 6GB from Mega by uploading FLAC's; but these older pressings really are time-consuming compared to later vinyl - so am a bit bored (by now) especially as it seems I've not played most of my collection..

      I'm going to try a few more turntable set-ups when I (finally) install the Jelco 750D onto the Thorens 126 and put the SME 3009 back onto the 124.
      Have just set up an SME Series 3 on another recent deck - so may try that for some 33rpm transfers of 78's as have installed a Shure V15/3 into one of the spare SME arm wands (the cartridge fitted in the pic is a Shure M95HE - have lots of new Shure stylii for that (and the M97) - including a 78 - but the V15/3 is better ).

      That 1936 'Don Giovanni' in the 1981 French EMI set is amazingly good sound - and would be an easy edit (I think)

      I used a JVC X-1 cartridge again as hum is very low compared to a Decca (10dB less)

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  3. Thank you and I look forward to listening.

    Happy New Year

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    1. Hello..and Greetings to you (and thank you for the interest you've shown!).

      In fact, this was supposed to have been the LXT reissue of the Not on CD Fistoulari/New SO "Graduation Ball"' (J.Strauss) but got bogged-down editing the copy (1 of 2) - so took an easier path - as this Tchaikovsky hadn't been available here for several years; though earlier-on was enjoying the 1952 Hamlet/1812 LPO/Boult on another early ACL whilst adjusting the above rig..

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  4. It seems not to be too late to express my best wishes for a happy and healthy year

    and of course :
    THank you for your efforts which may no tbe understood by some consumers of your work

    regards from Germany
    JK

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    1. I'll try to find 'a cure' for the white hairs I've acquired over these 5 years...as it's unhealthy/stressful doing these transfers!

      I do wonder how many listen to them via 'proper' HiFi systems: my objective is to get extremely close to 'live LP replay' - more achievable with 24/96 - but am sure computer playback compromises the dynamics/etc.

      Greetings for your New Year, too

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