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ANDRE PREVIN - HOLST - THE PLANETS - LP. New + sealed From the new name in audiophile-quality LPs
Hi·Q RECORDS
Catalogue Number: HIQLP003
Composition: THE PLANETS
Composer: HOLST
Orchestra: London Symphony
Conductor: André Previn

• This classic recording from the golden era of André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra has been cut at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo EMI Master Tapes

• Recorded at London’s much missed Kingsway Hall on 28 & 29 September 1973

• Produced and engineered by the legendary EMI team of Christopher Bishop and Christopher Palmer

• Pressed on 180g vinyl

• Featuring the original album artwork

• On the TAS list ‘Special Merit’

• The solo violin part in "Venus" (and in "Mercury", for that matter) is beautifully played. "Mercury" is a wonder of virtuosity, especially in the strings, with great delicacy in both playing and recording. GRAMOPHONE, July 1974. John Borwick, Audio editor of Gramophone added: Instrumental timbre is excitingly realistic and the internal balance of the LSO would seem to have been captured with great fidelity.

• EMI made the recording in both stereo and quadraphonic, an early attempt at surround sound for the now defunct SQ vinyl format. HiQ has used the stereo master tapes, from which Borwick detected…benefits as definition… UK - FREE SHIPPING. EUROPE First CD = £3.99 then 99p each. First LP = £7.99 then £5.99p each. First 2LP = £9.99 then £8.99p each. First Box Set = £7.99 then £5.99p each REST OF WORLD First CD £5.25 then £1.99p each. First LP = £11.99 then £8.99p each. First 2LP = £13.99 then £10.99p each. First Box Set = £9.99 then £7.99p each.  _gsrx_vers_603 (GS 6.9 (603))