Frederick Fennell - Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra - Hi-Fi a la Espanola - Half-Speed Master LP

Half-Speed Mastered Vinyl LP — Mercury Living Presence Audiophile Series

An early audiophile favorite, this passionate program of Spanish and Latin American–themed showpieces lets the Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra under Frederick Fennell test the limits of the best modern playback systems. Recorded in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY in March 1957, it is presented here with new HD transfers of the original first-generation master tapes made at Abbey Road Studios and cut as a half-speed master for maximum dynamics and clarity.

Features

• Half-speed mastered audiophile vinyl
• Part of the Mercury Living Presence Audiophile Series
• Precision HD transfers from the original first-generation tapes, made at Abbey Road Studios
• New 3-to-2 stereo mixes produced by Thomas Fine
• Label: Mercury Living Presence

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Percy Faith)
2. Andalucia (Ernesto Lecuona)
3. Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
4. Intermezzo from "Goyescas" (Enrique Granados)
5. Jamaican Rumba (Arthur Benjamin)
6. Batuque (Oscar Lorenzo Fernández)

Side Two:

1. Amparito Roca (Jaime Texidor)
2. Ritual Fire Dance from "El Amor Brujo" (Manuel de Falla)
3. The Bullfighter's Prayer (Joaquín Turina)
4. Brazilian Dance (Camargo Guarnieri)