LP Remastering

Flexible Records of Krugozor magazine, 1970s LP Rip

Krugozor, LP Remastering, Mondrus Larisa, Pop, Soviet estrada, Vedishcheva Aida
Anton Stepichev


Krugozor's records were made on relatively simple, monophonic equipment, so among them there were unusually pure in the musical sense variety recordings, reminiscent of the sound of tape recorders of the 1970s. For example, the “Pesenka o medvediah” of Vedishcheva recorded technically worse, but palpably more musical than on the hard vinyl disc of Melodia. This is a common situation – in a modern studio with lots of sophisticated equipment music always loses more than it finds, there are mass of examples of it.

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Anna Herman, 1975 Melody LP Rip

Herman Anna, LP Remastering, Melodia, Pop, Soviet estrada
Anton Stepichev

Anna Herman is a pop singer from God with amazing purity of voice and charisma, a rare case. Her voice breaks through the transistors of the 1970s when listening to LP, but unfortunately loses a lot after digitization.

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Prokofiev – f-ing concert No.3, Gilels – Kondrashin, 1953 LP Rip

Aprelevsky Zavod, Classical, Kondrashin Kirill, LP Remastering, Piano, Prokofiev Sergey, TU-1kl-33
Anton Stepichev


The TU-1kl 33 album, Gilels sounds much more interesting than its later editions on Melody. The orchestra looks weaker in the background of the piano.

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Prokofiev Violin Concerto №2 – Szering, 1966 vinyl Rip

Classical, LP Remastering, Melodia, Prokofiev Sergey, Rojdestvensky Gennay, Schering Henrick
Anton Stepichev

Excellent for 1966 solid, musically balanced record. The impression of Henryk Szeryng with Rojdestvenskiy is very good. For some reason the LP recorded a tone above the key and the pitch had to be re-tuned with a tuning fork. Quite strange.

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Prokofiev Violin Sonatas – J. Szigeti, 1950 LP Rip

Classical, Columbia, LP Remastering, Prokofiev Sergey, Szigeti Joseph, Violin
Anton Stepichev

Audiophile Lo-Fi! Szigeti differs from his colleagues by unusual, harsh sound production and broken, accented phrasing, and it is always interesting to listen to him. The sonatas are recorded with surprising musicality, the first one is better balanced, the second sounds more clear and sharp. The andante of the second sonata stands out with its melodic sound, it seems that you can look directly into the soul of Szigeti, or maybe Prokofiev, who knows…

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Sofronitsky performs Prokofiev, 1959 LP Rip

Accord, Classical, LP Remastering, Piano, Prokofiev Sergey, Sofronitsky Vladimir
Anton Stepichev

Sofronitsky plays a little softer than Prokofiev, but his charisma is not inferior.

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Plays S. Prokofiev, 1959 Lp Rip

Classical, LP Remastering, Mosoblsovnarhoz RSFSR, Piano, Prokofiev Sergey
Anton Stepichev

Prokofiev's game is impressive – convincing and, oddly enough, melodic.

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A. Machavariani – Violin Concerto, 1952 LP Rip

Aprelevsky Zavod, Classical, LP Remastering, Machavariani Alexey, TU-1kl-33, Vaiman Mikhail, Violin
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The concert is full of southern temperament and harmonies, Wyman performs it just magnificently, it is a pity that it was recorded so little. The label is TU-1kl 33: the orchestra is dynamic though distorted and harsh, the solo violin tells amazing stories! The recording was originally made in pieces of 3.5 minutes – the beginning of the first part, the entire second part except the last 3.5 minutes and the end of the final part recorded noticeably worse.

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N. Metner – Concert No.3, 1978 Melody LP Rip

Classical, Dobroven Issay, LP Remastering, Medtner Nikolai, Melodia, Piano
Anton Stepichev


The LP remastered from shellac records of the 1940s on the Russian Melodia in 1978 by Nikolai Morozov. Medtner paid little care for external effects in his music, which is partly why he was not as popular as Rachmaninoff or Prokofiev. All this, of course, does not detract from the importance of the maestro, on the contrary, only adds respect.

Nikolai Medtner – Concerto No. 3 (Ballad) For Piano And Orchestra, In E Minor, Op. 60 performed by the author, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Isai Dobrovein.

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A. Glazunov – Slavic quartet, 1953 LP Rip

Aprelevsky Zavod, Classical, Glazunov Aleksandr, Glazunova quartet, LP Remastering, TU-1kl-33
Anton Stepichev


The recording is magical, the instruments sing cleanly, merge into unusual-sounding chords, and create a touching, lyrical atmosphere. Unfortunately, it is these subtle-sounding recordings that suffer the most when digitized and uploaded to the site, and it is almost impossible to fully assess the characteristic features of the sound of such tracks on the Internet.

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