AWESOME: Boult ELGAR - 2LP MoFi MFSL2-501 - TAS
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Sir Adrian Boult –
MUSIC OF ELGAR –
Mobile Fidelity of the EMI Recording –
2LP MFSL2-501 – ½ Speed –
TAS
One of the very finest Mobile Fidelity issues ever released, this is the definitive Elgar collection from Sir Adrian Boult, that, in effect, becomes a stunning EMI demonstration of how to capture an orchestra.
The pieces included are FALSTAFF Symphonic Study, FANTASIA AND FUGUE IN C MINOR, and Ballet THE SANGUINE FAN, all of it captured with such air and defined space, it is hard to listen without your jaw completely dropped.
Fact is, as was discovered in Canada and verified by audiophiles in Europe and the U.S., this is one of those utterly fine recordings that fares better, if you switch the phase in your system. (Just switch the speaker cables around, making plus minus and minus plus in both cases.)
Mastered by Stan Ricker, cut with the state-of-the-art Ortofon system, I dare say, it doesn’t get any better than this. Worthy of a top ten position in any audiophile library.
Cover of this copy is without major fault, records within will play near mint.
FINAL LISTENING NOTE:
I have never played this set of records for any audiophile anywhere, who didn’t do the very same thing upon hearing such realism in my listening room:
They laugh!
For other fine records, TAS picks and hard-to-finds, please see my complete list of offerings here on eBay.
Shipping and handling is $5 for up to 5 LPs shipped within the States. Internationally, $15 via airmail for the first LP, $3 each thereafter. (Canada is half that.) Boxes over 4 lbs., add another $6, because First Class is no longer available at that weight, just Priority Mail. Note, too, boxed sets of LPs require more postage.
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