NATHAN MILSTEIN with Leon Pommers, Milstein Miniatures [Capitol] USA LP

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Nathan Milstein, Leon Pommers ?– Milstein Miniatures Label: Capitol Records ?– P8339 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono  Country: US Released:   Genre: Classical Style:   Tracklist Hide Credits A1 From My Homeland (No. 2) Composed By – Smetana* A2 Melodie Composed By – Gluck* Transcription By – Kreisler* A3 Mazurka In D Major, Op. 19, No. 2 Composed By – Wieniawski* A4 Siciliano Composed By – Vivaldi* A5 It Rains In The Village Composed By – Kodaly* Transcription By – Milstein* A6 Nocturne In C-Sharp Minor, Op. Post. Composed By – Chopin* Transcription By – Milstein* A7 Perpetuum Mobile Composed By – F. Ries* B1 Larghetto Composed By – Nardini* B2 Hungarian Dance No. 2 In D Minor Composed By – Brahms* B3 Meditation From Thais Composed By – Massenet* B4 Russian Maiden's Song Composed By – Stravinsky* Transcription By – Dushkin* B5 Sicilienne Composed By – Paradis* Transcription By – Dushkin* B6 Flight Of The Bumblebee Composed By – Rimsky-Korsakov* Credits Piano – Leon Pommers Violin – Nathan Milstein Notes Full Dimensional Sound  

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  REAR SPOTTING, CORNER BUMPS.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE A FEW PLAY SCUFFS AND A COUPLE OF FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

     
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