Solid Double Plus (A++) sound or close to it brings Ansermet and the Suisse Romande’s performance to life on this original Decca Stereo pressing
It’s also fairly quiet at Mint Minus Minus, and for recordings of Debussy, that is quiet indeed
We often run into condition issues with this title – the two copies with the highest grades had problems in the vinyl that make them unsuitable for audiophiles (especially at these prices)
If you want to go digging for your own copy, we tell you how to do that on the blog, and we wish you good luck, you’re going to need it
This copy is remarkably lively and dynamic, particularly on side two – the RCA with Munch is also excellent, but you will find very little to fault in the sound of this record if you don’t have precisely the right stampers for that one
It’s worth noting that only the London pressings ever win the shootout, which is something that we run into on a regular basis but for some reason surprises audiophile record lovers to this very day
Why the disparity, we have no idea – they are all mastered by Decca in England from the same tapes, and by the same engineers!
