Mercury Records Collection: SR-90285: FRANCK: Symphony in D minor

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SR-90285: FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
Detroit Symphony, Paray

Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR-90285A-RFR-1 P17 FF
	SIDE-B	SR-90285B-RFR-1 P17 FF

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50285 (mono).

RFR pressing: this earliest RFR-1 pressing delivers superb sound with gorgeous stereophonics and presence.

A bit later pressing (with RFR-2/1 copy) comes with Vendor label and black-back cover. The sound is inferior than RFR-1/1 copy.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Straightahead performance with rather fast tempo. However not boring at all. Great performance.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor		(34:08 in total)
A-1	First Movement: Lento - Allegro non troppo	16:04
SIDE-B
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor (cont'd)		(34:08 in total)
B-1	Second Movement: Allegretto	8:52
B-2	Third Movement: Allegto non troppo	9:12

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (cond).

Recorded at Cass Technical High School Auditorium, Detroit, MI on November 27, 1959.

Wilma Cozart, recording director.
Harold Lawrence, musical director.
C.R. Fine, chief engineer and technical supervisor.
Robert Eberenz, associate engineer.
Film-to-disc transfer for the stereophonic disc by George Piros.
Film-to-disc transfer for the monaural disc by John Johnson.