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RCA Living Stereo classical LPs the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!

Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 33 1/3 RPM by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Lacquers plated by Gary Salstrom and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings!

These records are definitive. Michael Fremer, editor,

Winner of a Gruvy Award, chosen by AnalogPlanets editor, Michael Fremer, for vinyl records that are musically and sonically outstanding and are also well mastered and pressed. .content/gruvy-awards

These are the best vinyl releases of RCA LPs Ive yet heard. Jonathan Valin, executive editor, The Absolute Sound

The legendary 1954 Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance of a Strauss war horse. Recorded directly to 2-track analog by Jack Pfeiffer, the original session tapes were used in mastering for LPs and SACDS. Among the very first Living Stereo recordings ever made, these landmark performances document the start of the legendary partnership of Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Musicians:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor