Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Ravel Available Now
UPDATE 2025
We just played a clean, early Shaded Dog pressing of LSC 2271, featuring Ravel’s Concerto in G.
Although it is a good sounding record, we do not believe it is very likely to be a great one.
If you own the record, play it and see if it still holds up. Our latest purchase didn’t.
There may be great sounding pressings of it, but at the price clean copies command these days, $100 and up, we have decided that pursuing this title is no longer in anyone’s interest.
Live and learn is our motto, and progress in audio is a feature, not a bug, of record collecting at the most advanced levels.
Our old review follows.
DEMO QUALITY SOUND!
Boy does this record ever sound good! It’s alive. Dynamic and immediate, like a good Mercury but with plenty of ambience and sweet strings — the best of both worlds.
This is one of the great RCAs. Classic Records did a passable job with this title, which is about the best they ever do. It’s a far cry from the sound heard here but for those of you who do not want to spend the money, or insist on quiet surfaces, check that one out.
The performance is excellent as well, and of course the Ravel Concerto is a piece of music that belongs in any serious collection.
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