Ernest Ansermet & L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suite 45RPM (2 LP)

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes & Pressed at RTI!
Numbered Deluxe Laminated Gatefold Jackets!
Only 2500 Numbered Limited Edition Copies Worldwide!
Ernest Ansermet conducts L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande for this audiophile 45rpm 180g Vinyl reissue of the 1960 recording of Bizet's Carmen & L'Arlisienne Suites.
And really: A prickly clean triangle and cymbal strokes from the Carmen foreplay, plus a juicy bass and astonishing dynamic peaks that do not annoy even at the highest volume. The timbres are very natural, the recording sometimes lets us look into the orchestra as if with a magnifying glass. - Ludwig Flich, hifi & records, issue 2/2020
The message therefore consists in the fact that the Original Recordings Group, an ambitious US reissue specialist, who at least as far as "Carmen" is concerned, took on popular works and replayed them with 45 tours, which gave them maximum presence, space and Lots of detail. Excellent! - Matthias Böde, STEREO, issue 4/2020
The present reissue documents the golden era of the orchestra, when it was exclusively under contract with the Decca and caused a sensation with, above all, spectacular sound recordings. The Original Recordings Group, which has been specializing in the new edition of analog pearls optimized in terms of production and press technology since 2006, presents Bizet's Carmen Suite in a 45-rpm edition edited by Bernie Grundman, a colorful sound spectacle that gave the musicians the opportunity to demonstrate their entire technical sophistication in 1958 to prove. - Roland Schmenner, FIDELITY, issue 2/2020

Features:

• Numbered Deluxe Laminated Double Gatefold Jackets
• Only 2500 Numbered Limited Edition Copies Worldwide!
• Audiophile 180g
• 45rpm Vinyl
• Double LP
• Pressed at RTI
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes!

Musicians:

• L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
• Ernest Ansermet, conductor

Selections:

Side A Bizet: Carmen Suite
1. Prelude, Act 1
2. Prelude, Act 4 (Aragonaise)
3. Prelude, Act 3 (Intermezzo)
4. Prelude, Act 2 (Les Dragons d'Alcala)
Side B
1. Scène Des Contrabandiers (Act 3)
2. Habanera (Act 1)
3. La Garde Montante (Act 1)
4. Danse Bohème (Act 2)
Side C Bizet: L'Arlésienne suite
1. Prelude
2. Minuetto
3. Adagietto
Side D
1. st carillon
2. Minuet
3. Farandole