Sold Date: January 11, 2016
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The cover is EX with just a quarter size spot where a price sticker had been. Side 1 of the vinyl is NM and side 2 is EX with some low level background ticks.

From the New York Times, 1981:

"Finally, there is in some import stores another Boston Symphony ''Sacre'' - a French RCA re-issue of Pierre Monteux's 1951 version (GM 43274). This is, arguably, the finest ''Sacre'' ever recorded."

From The Washington Post, 1983:

"...Monteux recorded "The Rite of Spring" four times--an early 78 rpm version in Paris, a later one in San Francisco, a 1951 LP in Boston and a stereo remake in Paris a half-dozen years later. The stereo version, circulating now on London STS-15318, is a nice souvenir, but can't compare with that magnificent Boston performance, surely the definitive one among the four from Monteux. Now, happily, this recording is available again on French RCA GM 43274, perhaps the most valuable item so far in this series imported by Harmonia Mundi USA. The sound is amazingly vivid, actually more impressive than that of London's stereo disc, and the suggested price of $7.98 is not bad for an import of this quality."

And from John Canaria and Ron Pendorff:

"RCA Victor took advantage of Monteux's return [to Boston] to record the The Rite and [in 1951] produced the finest of Monteux's four versions of the piece, one that remains a classic to this day. Along with the composer's own renditions, it is surely the touchstone reading of this landmark of twentieth-century music. While other versions (Leonard Bernstein's, Igor Markevitch's, and Georg Solti's) may surpass it in terms of visceral energy or personalized interpretation, Monteux's remains the classic account in terms of projecting what is written in the score, so that all the elements-savage, mysterious, sensuous, rhythmic, and Iyrical-are presented in proper proportion. Everything unfolds naturally, as always in a Monteux performance, with no lack of excitement." From John Canarina's Pierre Monteux, Maître.

"This recording was released the States in 1951 as RCA Victor Red Seal LM 1149 and RCA Victor Red Seal set WDM 1548. The British release was HMV FALP 294 and the Italian RCA A 12 R 0080. I have recently listened to the '70s French release, RCA GM 43274. Benefiting from more accurate transfer and cutting technology, it is what Canarina writes and more. Ron Penndorf"