Superb sounding Decca British Import LP!
This live recording has very natural sound. I normally do not care for Ashkenazy’s playing, but here he plays with a conviction that is usually lacking. Check out the 2nd movement on the sonata.
This album includes Chopin’s Sonata No. 2, Two Nocturnes, Mazurka in A and Grande Valse Brillante.
This is the earlier pressing of LSC 2068, which stretches the Rachmaninoff piece over both sides of the record, resulting in a more dynamic pressing.
The sound is tonally right on the money with the superb, rich, sweetly textured strings we have come to expect from RCA in this period.
The piano has exquisite tone as well.
This is a lovely, lyrical piece of music and the natural sound conveys the qualities of the work perfectly.