Ernest Ansermet – The Royal Ballet Gala Performances (2 LP + Book) – Analogue Productions 180g Vinyl
Analogue Productions is proud and excited to be bringing back such a classic. Not just for the music, which is superb, but also for the detailed packaging, which in this case takes the form of a 22-page lavishly illustrated book that's integrated into the tip-on gatefold jacket. If you're new to ballet, this pictorial history will introduce you to some of its most famous productions — old favorites such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, for example — but also less familiar tales such as Carnaval, Les Sylphides and Coppélia. You'll also make the aquaintance of famous ballerinas of the Royal company, such as Margot Fonteyn, Nadia Nerina and Beryl Grey. as well as choreographers such as Jules Perrot and male dancers Alexis Rassine and Michael Somes.
Erroll Garner – The Unreleased Berlin Studio Recording 1967 – The Lost Recordings 45rpm 180g Vinyl
Erroll Garner – A heavenly sense of magic
Erroll Garner was revered by both his peers, who ranked him among the foremost of the purest, most spontaneous geniuses that jazz has ever given us, and the general public, who intuitively recognized him as one of the magicians of the golden age, along with Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald, whose gifts could transform the suffering and humiliation of Afro-American life into the rhythm and outpouring of joy rather than anger and resentment. Forty-five years after his death, Garner, with his dazzling style that made such a radical break from existing trends, remains an enigma in the history of twentieth-century popular music. He is still unique and cannot be pinned down.
Everclear – So Much For The Afterglow – Intervention Records 180g Vinyl
Everclear – Sparkle and Fade – Intervention Records 180g Vinyl
Ex-Dem Clearaudio Nano MM/MC Phono Stage V2
The Nano Phonostage isn't ruffled by anything. External interferences are no longer an issue with this fine piece of engineering. Its meticulously selected SMD components are assembled by hand in Erlangen and tested several times. The reward of these efforts is a signal to noise ratio of up to 84 decibels.
The input impedance is set using plug-in links, so there is no loss of quality when using different moving magnet and moving coil cartridges.
The Nano Phono Headphone additionally contains a powerful headphone amplifier within the solid aluminium housing for private listening at the highest fidelity.
Fone Classical Sampler – Trip XRCD24
This classical music sampler includes music by composers Beethoven, Haydn, Paganini, Schubert & more! Artists include Salvatore Accardo, Uto Ughi, Vox Esperio, Rocco Filippini and is sure to satisfy music lovers on Super XRCD24.
This album was directly recorded in half-inch analog tape and mastered utilizing JVC’s 24-Bit AD Converter with Digital K2 and Rubidium Clock.