An extensive booklet is included with the liner notes from each original album. Living stereo series page 1 of 12 presto classical. Apr 06, 2020 mercury living presence 59 musik in deutschland 19502000 14 naxos 25th anniversary 9 naxos great pianists 1 naxos historical 4 naxos immortal performances 1 original album classics 1 original masters philips duo 1 philips solo 1 pierre boulez edition 2 quattro live 1 rca complete collections 6 rca gold seal 3 rca. Each album comes complete with its original lp artwork. There were literally a couple hundred titles the first year of the stereo lp 1958.
As for the recording technology, many were set down in three. The third and final mercury living presence cd collection was recently released. At the dawn of the stereo era, rca was pushing the boundaries of stateoftheart sound, making the first commercial stereophonic recording in 1954 and launching the living stereo series. In my younger years i bought my first mechanics tool box and decided i wanted to put a car stereo in it. Dec 08, 2012 after living with the new beatles stereo vinyl box set for a month or so i thought i would trow out my fy feelings about it.
Various artistsliving stereo collection vol 1cd box setsacoustic. Several of the early releases were deluxe presentations with bookstyle covers containing boundin record sleeves and extensive notes with numerous illustrations. Regarding the living stereo box set, which contains 60 titles. Rca living stereo collection vol 2 a thrilling document of a golden age in classical music recording. Alac downloads alac 176khz24bit download alac 192khz24bit download alac 44khz24bit download dsd. By focusing on the audiophile community, doubling up the content two full lps worth and selling them for 12 bucks, bmg hit all the right notes, and apparently these are.
Published july 22, 2018 this 60 disc box set contains 60 original living stereo recordings. Apr 26, 2018 living stereo the living stereo tapes duration. It is a car stereo, cd player, with a jack to play music from your ipod. Romantic, classical, opera, modern, impressionist, baroque. Jan 03, 2018 the leonard bernstein collection volume two 64 cd box set the leonard bernstein collection volume two 64 cd box set download all. Another 60 cd box of rca living stereo recordings is on the way. Va living stereo 60 cd collection box set 2010 self. This box set contains 60 original living stereo recordings.
This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created. Unlike the other two living stereo box set collections where the discs come in the thin, older style mini lp sleeves that make cd removal difficult, these are the much superior newer style that allow the discs to slide in and out of the jackets with ease and they have the catalog numbertitle on the spines, like a real minilp sleeve. Categories opera met opera productions vocal recital box sets compilations classical childrens ballet holiday view all featured sale cds athome gala artist collection bestselling cds recommended for you the inaugural season. Supposedly, 48 of these 60 have never been previously issued in digital format. Mar 12, 2018 through the decade following 1953, rca victor made a wondrous and substantial body of recordings which have come to be identified with their early stereo release label, living stereo. Overall, the mercury set may have slightly better sound, but the living stereo set provides a better starting library of core classical repetoire albeit both are sorely lacking in music from before 1800. Alac downloads alac 176khz24bit download alac 192khz24bit download alac 44khz24bit download dsd downloads dsd double rate 5. The beatles stereo vinyl box set 2012 topics the beatles. Alac downloads alac 176khz24bit download alac 192khz24bit download alac 44khz24bit download. Mercury living presence, matchup from the same 195562 period, one will notice mercury engineers utilized closer miking techniques indeed a photo from the mercury box set exhibits the famous three mics suspended stagefront, overhead, whereas rca engineering appears to have incorporated a. I would pick the living stereo set if i could only have 1 of them.
So i bought a stereo, a set of speakers and a 12 volt converter. At the beginning of the widespread adoption of stereo audio in the home, living stereo offered a widely available range of quality music and performances in high. This is another set of 60 cds, remastered in 24bit192 khz, each one a minireplica of the original lp with no additional tracks. Mercury living presence mono albums consisting of more than one lp were cataloged in the olx100 series, where x indicates the number of discs in the set. Mar 03, 2005 this famous 1957 living stereo threetrack recording originally lsc2201, issued in 1958 was among the first series of bargainpriced bmg sacds issued last year. Volume 1 various artists on 60 x cd box set in the 1950s, rca victor made a substantial body of recordings which have come to be identified with their first stereo label, living stereo. See individual album cover art, both front and back, here. I didnt buy the first one because most of it i own on hybrid sacd. Various artists living stereo 60 box 20042007 sacd. Ludwig van beethoven, johannes brahms, pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky, wolfgang amadeus mozart, johann sebastian bach, franz schubert, nikolai. Analogue productions rca living stereo lps sacdsacoustic.
Various living stereo the remastered collectors edition. A collection of clearly keen intellects deconstructing hitherto tacitly accepted truths about stereo production and consumption, in a manner that usually causes. Apr 28, 2018 in a definite sign of the times, sony classical is poised to bring the 60year old classic rca victor living stereo series to streaming, hirez download, and social media platforms. Various artists living stereo 60 box 20042007 sacd iso. At the end of october of this year, sony classical released a third boxed set. Rca living stereo 60cd collection download all covers hd covers sd covers. That includes nearly every recording made under the mercury living presence label. Through the decade following 1953, rca victor made a wondrous and substantial body of recordings which have come to be identified with their early stereo release label, living stereo. Rca red seal 88843003502,sony music 88843003502 series. Victor living stereo series to streaming, hirez download, and social media. While one might rightly consider the classical titles the true living stereo, a great many nonclassical living stereo titles did feature superb sound quality and would work well reissued in a similar approach as the current sonybmg living stereo sacd series. Jun 05, 20 jackets of classical music box sets wednesday, june 5, 20. Possibly the sound quality is a little clearer on the mercury living presence set but the performers are usually better on this rca set. With the addition of the 53 cds in this album, all of the remastered recordings supervised by wilma cozart fine in the 1990s are included in the three mercury box sets.
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This 60 disc box set contains 60 original living stereo recordings. Feb 12, 2006 the fourth round of rca red seal living stereo hybrid sacdcds hit the literal and virtual shelves on february 7. This is a homemade camping radio that i made from a piece of wood, a car stereo,speakers and a power converter. Remastered from the original two and threechannel master tapes using the dsd process, these 10 new sacds present the material exactly as it was recorded, without. Living stereo the remastered collectors edition box set. Beginning on friday april 27, and lasting for two months, living stereo playlists living stereo spectaculars, living stereo top 50, and living stereo deep cuts. Some folks have had problems with the sound and or pressing of there. Living stereo 60 cd collection or living stereo 60 cd collection vol. Rca living stereo collection vol 1 this box contains 45 legendary living stereo recordings on 60 standard cds packaged in minisleeves with the original artwork, plus a 252page perfectbound book with track listings and original liner notes. Best living stereo sacds to start a collection page 2. Living stereo 2 sacd bundle schubert symphony in c major and. Mar 08, 2012 i would lean toward the living stereo box. All albums from the living stereo label available for download and streaming in high.
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