"John Ogdon, Laureate, International Competition in Honor of P.I. Tchaikovsky"
Melodiya SM-02497-98 (Stereo) (1971)
Sides
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Matrix: 33CM2497/3-1
A1 - F. Liszt: First Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
John Ogdon, Piano, with Victor Dubrovsky conducting the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR
Matrix: 33CM2498/3-1
B1 - M. Ravel: "Ondine" from "Gaspard de la nuit"
B2 - F. Busoni: "Turandot's Frauengemach (Intermezzo)" from Elegien, BV 249
B3 - F. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S.514
B4 - F. Liszt: Valse oubliée No.1, S.215/1
B5 - F. Liszt arr. F. Busoni: Étude No. 3 in G-sharp minor (La campanella) (Allegretto) – After the final movement of Paganini's Violin Concerto #2 in B minor, S.140/3
John Ogdon, Piano
Recorded 1962
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
NOTES:
There are intermittent dropouts in both channels throughout side A. These are present in the source not a product of the transfer process.
Equipment
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Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable
KAB TD-1200 tonearm fluid damper
KAB Cardas tonearm rewire
KAB PS-1200GX external power supply
KAB SX-1200 strobe disabler
KAB RC-1200 record clamp
Dynavector 17d3 Karat (low output moving coil cartridge)
Sumiko HS12 Headshell
Pro-Ject Tube Box II SE preamp
2x JJ Electronic ECC803 S Gold Pin 12AX7
ART Jazz Mogami interconnects
ZOOM H4N recorder
Procedure
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Cleaned on KAB EV-1
Fluid:
Distilled water
.0625% Tergitol 15 S-3 oil soluble surfactant
.0625% Tergitol 15 S-9 water soluble surfactant
Phono output recorded to 24-bit/96kHz WAV using Zoom H4N (neutral gain)
One file per side (CUE sheet provided)
Manually Declicked in Izotope RX Advanced
FLAC encoded using XLD
Additional Notes:
My approach is based on keeping the transfer process simple as well as preserving the presentation of the original LP playback as closely as possible. Unless otherwise noted, the preamp output has not been resampled or otherwise altered.
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A gift from Randall Trowbridge from the U.S.