{"title":"Colin Davis","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"boston-symphony-orchestra-sir-colin-davis-sibelius-symphonies-5-7-2lp","title":"Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis: Sibelius: Symphonies 5 \u0026 7 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eColin Davis’ first \u003cem\u003eSibelius\u003c\/em\u003e cycle with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was released in 1977, one of the world’s most august record clubs — the Carnegie Hall Selection Committee — deemed it definitive: “the leading \u003cem\u003eSibelius\u003c\/em\u003e conductor of our time joining forces with what may well be the finest Sibelius orchestra in the world”. When Symphonies 5 and 7 were recorded to four-track in January 1975, Symphony Hall Boston was no stranger to experiments in quadraphonic recording ever since Deutsche Grammophon became the orchestra’s exclusive record label in 1970; however by the mid-1970s, quadraphony was all but abandoned and this album was never released as a quad LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this release Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios has used the original, edited four-track quadraphonic master tape to make a new stereo mix sent directly to the cutter head. This preserves a pure analogue path throughout. The Philips engineers of the 1970s would similarly have mixed the four front and rear channels before cutting but this downmix would have resulted in a two-track stereo copy for mastering, whereas here the lacquer is cut directly from a ‘live’ mix into stereo from the four Quad channels. Sonic results have been further enhanced by distributing the recording across three sides instead of the original double-sided LP. This has also enabled us to include Davis’ December 1975  recording of Sibelius’ last major orchestral work, Tapiola on the fourth side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“No one listening to Colin Davis’s cycle of Sibelius symphonies will be left in any doubt that here is a born Sibelian and that these recordings are a very considerable achievement”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLP 1\u003cbr\u003eSide A \u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82 – I. Tempo molto moderato – Largamente – Allegro moderato\u003cbr\u003eSide B\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 5 (cont.) – II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto \/ III. Allegro molto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP 2\u003cbr\u003eSide C\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105\u003cbr\u003eSide D\u003cbr\u003eTapiola, Op. 112\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decca Records US Official Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42906893058257,"sku":"00028948714957","price":43.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0374\/0369\/files\/028948714957_Davis_SibeliusSymphonies5_7_3D_D2C.png?v=1765995446"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.deccarecordsus.com\/collections\/colin-davis.oembed","provider":"Decca Records US Official Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}