MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE SR90134 FIESTA IN HI-FI Color Back TAS Superdisc FR1/FR1
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Description
HOWARD HANSON Fiesta In Hi-Fi
Howard Hanson Conducts The Eastman Rochester Orchestra
EX/EX Used Vinyl Record
Record Label: Mercury SR90134
Matrix (Stampers): SR90134A FR1 / SR90134B FR1
Collectable 1956 title from the legendary Mercury Stereo "Living Presence" line. Mercury revolutionized stereo with these groundbreaking recordings. Original Color-Back sleeve, Deep Groove Maroon Label Stereo. On the TAS (The Absolute Sound) List of exceptional recordings.
Condition: Laminated color back sleeve shows very little wear. Two songs on the back are circled and a name is written in pencil on the back. The two corners opposite the spine (record opening) are dull, others are sharp. Spine, top and bottom are solid with no chipping or splits. Original color Mercury inner sleeve is unbent and like new. Side one is clean and near mint. Side two has two scuffs that causes a light surface noise in spots in tracks 1 and 2.
Side One
1. McBride: Mexican Rhapsody
2. Nelson: Savannah River Holiday
Side 2
Mitchell: Kentucky Mountain Portraits
1. Cindy
2. Ballad
3. Shivaree
4. Vardell: Joe Clark Steps Out
Review: It's always a pleasure to listen to favorite music again and to nibble a little of that proverbial "ear candy." The same goes for composers who, at any and all times, collected folk songs and dances on the streets, as it were, in order to incorporate them into their own works. The Americans are no exception and they have always dug busily for musical roots in their territories, as one can see from the numbers "Mexican Rhapsody," "Kentucky Mountains" and "Savannah River Holiday." Muted sounds are not to be found here, for the Hi-Fi Fiesta is celebrated with orchestral fireworks, which stress their close relationship with film music.
A powerful string sound, paired with salvos from the blaring brass and thunderous drum rolls are just as characteristic of these spirited, effervescent works as are the lyrical, cantabile passages which reach ethereal heights with violin harmonics ("Mexican Rhapsody"). The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, which here honors two former pupils of the Eastman School of Music – Robert McBride and Ron Nelson – performs the present collection with great spirit and a maximum of glorious sound.
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