*** 2x 180g Vinyl LP ***

The Original Source is a new series of celebrated albums reissued on vinyl. The renowned Berlin-based Emil Berliner Studios are remastering 4-track recordings from the 1970s, using their own cutting-edge and 100% pure analogue techniques (AAA) to create versions of the highest possible audio quality. Compared to the original releases, the advantages in sound are outstanding: More clarity, more details and a better frequency response, less noise, less distortion, less compression – the highest possible audiophile quality which gives listeners the chance to enjoy this repertoire like never before.

Produced on 180g virgin vinyl by Optimal, these limited and numbered releases will be issued in deluxe gatefold editions featuring the original artwork and liner notes, with additional photos and facsimiles of the recording documentation on the inner sleeve. Furthermore, each release includes a note by Rainer Maillard/EBS detailing the technical background and procedure of the Original Source Series, and an additional insert with a photo of the original tape box. Each LP comes in a protective cellophane jacket with a sticker highlighting the USPs of the series:

- Pure analogue mixed & cut from the original four-track ½-inch master tapes (instead of the ¼-inch stereo copies)

- Mixed by Rainer Maillard & cut by Sidney C. Meyer directly from original analogue source at Emil Berliner Studios

- Manufactured at optimal media on 180-gram virgin vinyl

The third installment of this series includes four more iconic recordings:

- Emil Gilels’s interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas are legendary, and such is this recording of Sonatas nos. 25, 26 “Les Adieux” & 27.

- Friedrich Gulda playing Mozart’s Piano Concertos nos. 25 & 27 with Claudio Abbado and the Wiener Philharmoniker is equally celebrated: “the work of an artist entirely sure of his vision” (Gramophone).

- The Boston Symphony Orchestra can be heard twice: Under Seiji Ozawa’s baton they give a “light and mercurial” performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (New York Times).

- And with Rafael Kubelík they perform Smetana’s Má vlast, in one of the most famous recordings of this work which ranged among the Maestro’s signature pieces.