Friday, January 26, 2018

Sibelius: Four Legends from 'the Kalevala' [Nonesuch H-71203] an LP recorded in 1968

Here we have a lovely LP from the Nonesuch label, featuring really glorious wrap-around psychedelic artwork by Gene Szafran.

 It is one of a pair of titles of 20th century music recorded by the Buffalo (NY) Philharmonic conducted by Lukas Foss, who later on went to become the artistic director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Foss, a close friend of Leonard Bernstein, had a composing career which is reasonably well represented on LPs. 





24bit, 96kHz FLAC file (841 MB)

16 bit, 44.1kHz FLAC file (217 MB)

320 kbps mp3 file (118 MB)

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14 comments:

  1. alfred venisonJanuary 30, 2018 at 5:29 AM

    thank you again. -a.v.

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  2. alfred venisonJanuary 30, 2018 at 5:30 AM

    thank you. -a.v.

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  3. Cristian BorelloFebruary 4, 2018 at 8:29 AM

    thanks

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  4. EverlyneFebruary 13, 2018 at 11:06 PM

    It seems that the lossless files are corrupt. At least I am unable to play them or to convert them to FLAC. Please use proper FLAC files in the future instead of the files you use right now. Thanks in advance.

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    1. RichardFebruary 14, 2018 at 2:21 PM

      I have downloaded both FLAC files (24/96 and 16/44) and they play fine as FLAC files and also play perfectly after conversion to WAV files.

      I have made many errors in three years of having a music blog but uploading damaged or corrupt files has never happened.

      I suggest you re-download the file and try again.

      If anyone else has some trouble, please let me know about it detail.

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  5. ScoredaddyMarch 13, 2018 at 12:35 AM

    the files are NOT corrupt. plays fine as FLAC on Foobar. thanks for posting this!

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  6. AnonymousMarch 19, 2018 at 2:21 PM

    Hello. Thank you very much for this rare LP. Sound is very fine, natural. It seems to me that you don't filter sound. It is very good. Please don't filter the sound, give us the real sound of your vinyls. Thank you very much for your work and time spent to preper content of your blog. Thank you.

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  7. BeckusMarch 23, 2018 at 9:03 PM

    Many thanks for this. I have the original LP, obtained second-hand. Sadly the cover is in a very poor state, to which state the LPs (even more sadly) cannot hope to aspire. Maybe at long last I'll be able to hear how good it really sounds!

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  8. OozlumApril 10, 2020 at 6:49 AM

    Hello and thank you for providing high resolution file format of the recordings. Unfortunately '24bit, 96kHz FLAC file (841 MB)' version of this download is not publicly available anymore. Can you please fix it ? Thank you in advance.

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    1. RichardApril 10, 2020 at 9:36 AM

      Hi Oozium -- thank you for your kind words.

      Please try again -- all of the files for this post are downloading for me perfectly and I double-checked to make sure that the file is marked as "shared" and "public.

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    2. OozlumApril 10, 2020 at 1:46 PM

      Hello and thank you for your reply. It's working! Thank you very much! I look forward coming back to see/hear if there's anything new. Already listened to all of your classics posted so far. :)

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  9. Jean1938June 16, 2020 at 1:01 PM

    I have this LP in my collection.
    I foud your web by searching for SZAFRAN . . .
    A great artist !

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  10. billinrioJanuary 8, 2021 at 1:15 PM

    Thanks very much for making this fine recording available. I purchased it soon after it was issued. It was my introduction to Sibelius, and I still think that it's one of his best compositions.

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  11. Francisco Ortiz ArchilaSeptember 3, 2022 at 6:57 PM

    Muchas gracias por este bello álbum, saludos.

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