Vladimir Horowitz, Fritz Reiner, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Vladimir Horowitz (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Vladimir Horowitz, Fritz Reiner, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Vladimir Horowitz (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:28 minutes | 643 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alexandre Bak – Classical Music Reference Recording

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, was composed in the summer of 1909. The piece was premiered on November 28 of that year in New York City with the composer as soloist, accompanied by the New York Symphony Society under Walter Damrosch. The work has the reputation of being one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical piano repertoire.

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Kiril Kondrashin, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Khachaturian: The Masquerade Suite / Kabalevsky: The Comedians (1958/2016) DSF DSD64

Kiril Kondrashin, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Khachaturian: The Masquerade Suite / Kabalevsky: The Comedians (1958/2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 33:03 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover |  © Sony Classical

RCA’s “golden age” was more like a “golden minute” – in a scant period, roughly from 1958 to 1963, the beginning of the stereo era – pure vacuum tube amplification helped produce recordings demonstrating unparalleled fidelity and warmth, lifelike presence and midband illumination.

One of the best sounding recordings in the Living Stereo catalog finds Kiril Kondrashin conducting the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra in performances of Aram Khachaturian’s The Masquerade Suite and Dmitri Kabalevsky’s The Comedians. Produced by Richard Mohr and recorded by Lewis Layton.

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