Igor Strawinsky, London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado Le Sacre Du Printemps (LP, Deutsche Grammophon)

Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra presented a highly acclaimed interpretation of Stravinsky’s Sacre du printemps in 1976. They take into account the complexity of the rhythmically demanding work as well as the loving elaboration of numerous details. Among Sacre’s numerous recordings, this is certainly a great moment. For its 125th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing legendary recordings with the highest sound quality: The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a completely new sound quality. To achieve this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios remastered and edited the original four-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically for the production of the series. The sonic differences compared to the original releases are considerable: Greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, as well as less background noise, distortion and compression enable an audiophile listening experience like never before. On 180g vinyl records and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and texts, the copies in this series are accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording protocols and tape boxes, and a text explains the exact technical background. Due to popular demand, an unnumbered reprint is now being made.