HMV ASD 521 BARBIROLLI ELGAR VW --"PRACTICAL HIFI" NIMBUS AUDIOPHILE SUPERCUT--
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HMV ASD 521 (1963) ***(NIMBUS AUDIOPHILE RECUT)*** ENGLISH STRING MUSIC Sinfonia of London conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro, for Strings Serenade in E minor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tallis Fantasia Greensleeves Fantasia
Recorded in the superb acoustic of London's Kingsway Hall.
This record is felt by many to contain the definitive accounts of these works. Elgar's music was particularly suited to Barbirolli's style and he was often able to plumb depths of feeling and emotion in it in a unique way.
The sound of the recoding is just gorgeous with warm natural sounding strings coupled with the hall's natural reverb that seems to have been created especially for this music.
NIMBUS
In the mid 80s the HiFi magazine "Practical HiFi" commissioned a set of audiophile recuts of well known LPs. These ranged right across the board from Little Feat and Rickie Lee Jones to Miles Davis and Vaughan Williams.
The cuts were made by Nimbus who at the time had the most neutral sounding and audibly cleanest disc cutting set-up in the UK.
Nimbus went to the trouble of taking their cutting lathe apart and restoring and re-engineering many of its parts to far closer tolerances as well as rebuilding the associated electronics.
The results were a revelation: A far cleaner sound than previously available with
absolutely no end-of-side distortion.
Upper frequency detail is more convincingly etched and the bass is more evenly extended with no perceptible "humps" in the response curve.
The vinyl used is of the highest quality and is comparable to that used by JVC in Japan for silent replay.
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You'll not be surprised to hear that these records are now highly sought
after and when they appear for sale are usually snapped up...!
CONDITION
Disc:
In strong sunlight, the disc looks UNPLAYED:
No hairlines, signs of handling or fingerprints.
Absolutely perfect. As near to mint as you will ever find.Sleeve:
Slight ring-pressure visible on the front of the sleeve.
Slight crease visible to rear upper right corner - not visible from front.
Edges and spine all perfect with no wear, damage or splits.
Outer gloss finish perfect.
POSTAGE:
UK: £3
ELSEWHERE: tell me where you are and I'll calculate the cost
Records are packed between two sheets of stiff cardboard and the disc is removed from the sleeve. I always use specifically designed LP mailers and the package is always marked DO NOT BEND!
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