Monteux/BSO - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Vinyl Rip in 24-Bit/96-kHz | FLAC tracks | Covers | RS, MU | 772 MB incl. 3% recovery
1960 | Genre: Classical | Label: RCA | LSC-2369 | US pressing
Red Seal, shaded dog label. Original pressing 4S/5S
This album was listed in TAS (The Absolute Sound) issue #32
In the Boston Symphony series of stereophonic recordings, we find this kind of orchestral arrangement, and Monteux's architectural vision in all of these performances produces a sound-world that can be breathtaking. Listen to the sweep of the last movement of the Tchaikovsky Fifth with its wonderful balance of strings, winds, and brass, the full grandeur of the piece without any sense of heaviness, and the sheer élan of the coda that leaves the listener exalted, not exhausted. Or turn to the dichotomy of brooding and extrovert energy in the opening movement of the Fourth Symphony. While we can hear superb performances of these works by conductors like Mravinsky, the Monteux Tchaikovsky symphonies are true classics, that combine wise, beautiful, powerful performances with remarkably fine sound.( Thomas Simone )