![]() ![]() Not all titles are available at the present time as all Amazon Disc-on-Demand releases. No one else has ever really achieved the same results in over 50 years. Without the need to resort to extraneous tactics or techniques. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the recording engineers at Everest had discovered how to make music recordings sound as close to the real thing as possible, The original recording began withĪ commentary about the composer's death by Sir Adrian Boult himself. Planned to attend the Everest recording sessions, but passed away just a few hours earlier that morning on August 26, 1958. 9, I believe the first symphony to utilize saxophones as part of the orchestral fabric, and to great effect. This was the world première recording of Ralph With Sir Adrian Boult, the Respighi Roman Festivals conducted by Eugene Goossens, and Copland's Billy the Kid. 6 conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (I believe that was my initial exposure to that composer), the Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 9 (I played that one until the needle poked through to the other side), the Shostakovich Symphony No. That will stop you in your tracks (pun intended), the Dvorak Symphony No. Some of my personal favorites include the Villa-Lobos, (reviewed here) with sound The albums will be published with the original cover artwork, in many cases created by the “inventor” of the Vinyl Cover, Alex Steinweiss, plus a digital bookletĬontaining comprehensive additional information on the recordings and the technical background." The middle of the century, including Leopold Stokowski, Sir Malcom Sargent and Sir Adrian Boult, were responsible for these ground-breaking recordings onģ5mm video tape (also a landmark accomplishment which would hearken the arrival a decade later of the usage of 2” master tape for studio recording). Some of the famed conductors active during ![]() (arguably the first, with the historic Mercury Living Presence to follow) to record in 3-channel stereo, mostly with the London Symphony, London Philharmonic,Īnd New York Philharmonic (in the guise of the 'Stadium Symphony Orchestra' due to contractual obligations). Everest created a number of historical sonic and music benchmarks during its early history in the 1950’s and 60’s. Rippe himself wrote about Everest: "The Everest catalog is one of the truly historic and ground-breaking music catalogs of the past halfĬentury. Thanks in great part to the efforts of Lutz Rippeįrom Countdown Media based in Germany, they are now readily available through the Amazon Disc-on-Demand service, at an unbelievable price. With the advent of the CD back aroundġ982, they all but disappeared on vinyl and have always been very difficult to find on CD. Other labels like Vanguard, Pye Golden Guinea, and Turnabout also had interesting repertoire to offer, allĪt the time when "stereo" was the only thing audio buffs talked about, but to me it seemed Everest had the best sound. Labels like Columbia, Angel (EMI), Decca, Mercury and so on, were very active at the time, Everest's sound quality, presentation, cover art and adventurousĬhoice of music, never failed to capture my interest. I grew up with that label, and I'm convinced that many of my vinyl acquisitions back then were strongly influenced by that label. Produce a comprehensive or in depth catalog, their reputation for top quality stereo analogue recordings still stands today. Despite the fact that they didn't last long enough as a business to One of the best classical music labels during the 1960s. ![]() Unless you're from my generation, and/or a classical music collector, you could be excused for not knowing that Everest was Mention Everest Records to anyone today and they will automatically assume that you are talkingĪbout mountain climbing stats. ![]()
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