Leningrad Sovnarkhoz – Back To Music

Examples of the sound of Soviet records at 78 turns. Pre-war "Separation" and "I am endlessly sorry" have the most full and clear sound, what wonderful melodies! Los Panchos at 78 can be compared to the LP of the same age: on 78s the top is cutted, but they sound musically better. Such impressive filigree playing and recording of guitar in “Mad Love”!

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Organ music, 1960th lp mono

Aprelevsky Zavod, Bach Johann, Boelman Leon, Braudo Issay, Classical, Clerambault Louis, Leningrad Sovnarkhoz, LP Remastering, Melodia, Reinberger Josef, Schweitzer Albert

Anton Stepichev03/04/202014/03/2021

Прелюдия B731

Прелюдия #1

Прелюдия Фа мажор кирие

For all its power, the organ is vulnerable to intangible distortions made by the sound recording even more than its smaller acoustic brothers – the organ’s soft notes is poorly discernible, and the loud chords desperately screams in all the registers, the higher the register, the more desperate it shout. In my opinion, the organ sounds quite comfortable only on some very old records, they, thanks to the LO-FI recordings of those years, can convey to the listener the sublime mood inherent in church music. The 1960s Soviet records presented here are not ideal technically, nevertheless you can feel the heavenly beauty of them, especially if you listen to the tracks using an old tube receiver as an amp.

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