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Yes, I'm very impressed. I finally won one on ebay for $120 and thank Evolution the seller wasn't inept at grading. Flawless EMI pressing. The most striking thing is the bass drum--crystal clear and extrememly weighty. Silky-smooth strings spread unusually far to the left and right and woodwinds and harp are very tangible.No. 1 on TAS superdisc list? Many people claim, but why does no one notice that the list is in alphabetical order and Arnold happens to come first? Hmmm. Anyway--very good, sometimes sublime, melodious music that often sets the toes a-tapping. Even those who don't like Classical music should like these pieces.
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....is considered the worst. The Nimbus pressing is supposed to be better, and the Decca is the best of all.I have only heard the Nimbus that I have, that I got for $7.98 twenty-five years ago. But if I were spending big money, I would look for the Decca pressing. Perhaps that's the one HP listened to.
So, I'd be interested in some details.
The last Lyritas I have (from 1985/6 release) are Nimbus.Anyhow, re; this 'ere Arnold disc.
I tend to agree with Mr Pogue - it's not the best Lyrita - nor are the performances as good as the earlier Arnold conducted versions (Everest/WRC - EMI-HMV)...the 'Cornish' being very 'affected' in tempi..I have the Decca-pressed from 1978 - matrix -1A / -1A.
The next pressing is from 1982 -.
The 1A matrix is re-used but the 'English Dances' side is newly cut by Decca (the Polygram matrix style)- and pressed by Phonodisc (ie Polygram) in the Walthamstow factory.The Nimbus pressing (don't have) would be the next along.
So, when did EMI start pressing them - post 1986??NB: 2 much better Lyritas are:-
SRCS110 Lambert: Romeo & Juliet/Pomona- ECO/Del Mar (Decca/78)
SRCS129 Lloyd: Symphony 4 - Philharmonia/Lloyd (Nimbus/84)
The George Lloyd really is one of the best sounding discs - stunning ..F r a n k
....the EMI pressings came after the Nimbus. They would have been very late, when vinyl was on its way out as a mass-market product.
Again, actually buying an album advertised as "NM" and "looks uplayed" on ebay and having the assessment be true is reward enough for the premium price.With regard to the Cornish Dances: from an artistic point of view, is there *any* tempo which would make these still-borns come to life??
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I have the Nimbus as well as the Decca pressing and yes I like the Decca better.The Nimbus sounds more "hifi" while the Decca is more natural.On the other hand the Nimbus sounds a little bit brighter,maybe clearer.
... and never really thought that highly of the recording (performance is great) compared to the other Lyritas I own. Maybe it's time to try it again.
I'll take late EMI over Columbia, and--small differences aside-- in '79 were *any* pressings really that good anymore? (I read that some were pressed by Columbia as well.) Again, the bass is palpable, weighty and clear as a bell, strings are gorgeous and warm and spread unusually wide... Also, I have a VPI Scoutmaster with that dad-gard unipivot tone-arm that slides back and forth across the record, sometimes it revolves right off the plinith and back around--I can't play the truly valuable records on it you know.
A fair price for one of the best orchestral recordings ever, IMO.
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