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Spearheading the most exciting classical reissue project to occur this decade, Analogue Productions remastered 25 choice RCA Living Stereo titles from the original two- and three-track RCA LIVING STEREO master tapes. Re-cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, the LPs are pressed and plated at QRP. The sound and true-to-the-originals packaging on these LPs and SACDs will blow you away. RCA LIVING STEREO REISSUES FROM ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS COPLAND Fanfare/Third Sym./ HEROLD-LANCHBERY Oue/Minnesota Noted by The Absolute Sound for sound that approaches “concerthall experience” and said by Gramophone to be “among the best recordings since Bernstein,” this prized release finally gets analog treatment courtesy of a QRP-pressed LP that’s true to its Reference Mastercuts Series namesake. A real doozy. 200g LP Detroit Captured in 1962, Paray’s gorgeous interpretations of four Ravel orchestral pieces and Ibert’s Escales get re-born on an astounding Decca pressing. Cut at Abbey Road Studios from Wilma Cozart Fine’s 3-2 mix down of the first-gen, three-track 1/2-inch tape, it’s audiophile comfort food. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios from the original analog tapes, Decca’s Optimal-pressed reissue of the finest performance of La Fille mal Gardée soars on this stalwart LP. Of the original, Gramophone exalted, “the sound quality is simply superb.” This version is even better. $34.99 LRR1511 180g LP 180g LP MORE FROM THIS LABEL ON PAGE 253 ELGAR Enigma VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps/ RAVEL Orchestral Music/Paray/ La Fille mal Gardée/ Lanchbery/Royal Opera House + Greensleeves/Stern/KC A symphonic blockbuster, this Reference title pairs fantastic English music composed by Edward Elgar and two pieces from Vaughan Williams. “It’s one of those satisfying instances where the recording engineer has caught perfectly the sound and sense of being there,” raves Gramophone. $24.99 LDR83173 200g 45RPM 2LP $25.99 LDH85559 STOKOWSKI Rhapsodies $34.99 LAP2471 $29.99