MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
Gordan Nicolic - violin
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi - conducting
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937)
la valse - poème chorégraphique pour orchestre - 12:16
boléro - ballet pour orchestre - 16:33
There are hundreds of pieces of music that can be played backwards – so-called palindromes
But nobody has ever seen a long-playing record that plays backwards
Until now that is!
The present LP is Tacet’s latest production – a company that is always good for surprises regarding recording techniques
Unlike a 'normal' LP the needle is put down at the lead-out groove and moves outwards
Behind this apparent gag is nothing other than the wish to achieve the very best sound possible
With the general awareness that music often begins softly and ends loudly
A great pity that this phenomenon is not taken into account when employing the usual cutting technique
For the further the pick-up arm moves towards the centre, the more information has to be stored per groove centimetre with a constant revolution speed
The result:
With an increasing level of sound the high notes tend to suffer from distortion
In order to demonstrate that this undesirable effect can be compensated, the director of Tacet, Andreas Spreer, chose to put Ravel’s Boléro
One of the direst examples of dynamics – to the test
The result is 16 minutes of excitement and brilliant sound
Which escalates with every millimetre that the needle progresses along the groove to its final climax
RECORDING March and April 2012 at Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam
ENGINEERING Andreas Spreer, Roland Kistner
LABEL Tacet
RE MASTERING Andreas Spreer
RELEASED February 2013
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Classic / Orchestral Music
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
