Climbing Mount Everest --again.

Posted by rbolaw on October 28, 2014 at 14:07:05

So as most of you surely know, Everest was a high-end audiophile label (classical and pop) from 1958 to 1960, and then quickly sank into the low-end budget label that I knew and despised as a teen LP collector in the 1970s.

I just picked up a very interesting Everest title from 1958, that includes Uirapuru, the shimmering, exotic tone poem by Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos. Even if you aren't a classical maven, this is music well worth nearing. It brings the listener as close to the Brazilian rain forest as most of us are likely to get (me, anyway).

Performed by Leopold Stokowski conducting the Stadium Symphony (aka NY Philharmonic), Stoki and the NY Phil performed the work's NY premiere in 1949, so they were a good choice. Not 'audiophile' in the immediate, splashy, in-your-face way, as these performers are in another Everest LP featuring Tchaikovsky's Francesca di Rimini and Hamlet overtures, but with a more distant perspective, no doubt intentional to help convey the vast, mysterious depths of the jungle. Ravishing flute and violin solos by John Wummer and John Corigliano, respectively, two great players.

Of course, you could get a more recent digital recording on CD or mp3 download. ;)

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Topic - Climbing Mount Everest --again. - rbolaw 14:07:05 10/28/14 (15)

Further Everest Update - HD Downloads - Remastered 24/192 and 24/96 - Mike Porper 15:24:11 11/05/14 (0)

Identifying the Earliest & Best Everests - Mike Porper 16:53:22 10/31/14 (2)

There is actually a third Belock label - vinyl phanatic 08:47:34 11/04/14 (0)

RE: Identifying the Earliest & Best Everests - rbolaw 17:03:45 10/31/14 (0)

A Quick View of Everest and its Era - Mike Porper 12:34:56 10/31/14 (0)

More info - Botanico92007 17:59:22 10/29/14 (2)

RE: More info - rbolaw 07:12:58 10/30/14 (1)

RE: More info - Botanico92007 09:46:54 10/30/14 (0)

RE: if I understand correctly... - user510 15:44:49 10/28/14 (2)

RE: if I understand correctly... - Dman 05:57:07 10/29/14 (1)

RE: if I understand correctly... - rbolaw 06:27:46 10/29/14 (0)

RE: Climbing Mount Everest --again. - Ivan303 15:41:31 10/28/14 (0)

RE: Climbing Mount Everest --again. - dean man jim 15:33:04 10/28/14 (1)

RE: Climbing Mount Everest --again. - bassrome 06:43:47 10/29/14 (0)

I've been told that the "silverback" Everests are supposed to be very good. - olddude55 14:36:17 10/28/14 (0)

Climbing Mount Everest --again.

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