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RCO live  RCO 05002

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)


This release (RCO 05002) contains the live-registration of Ludwig van Beethoven's as well as Johannes Brahms' Symphony no. 2, recorded on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 2004.

All

Recording

DSD recording

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 27 and 28 October 2004

Producer, recording engineer & editor: Everett Porter (Polyhymnia International B.V.)

Assistant engineers: Carl Schuurbiers, Daan van Aalst, Mario Nozza

Recording facility: Polyhymnia International B.V. / Eurosound Mobile

Microphones: DPA4006 with Polyhymnia custom electronics; DSD recording with EMM Labs AD and DA converters

DSD Editing and mixing: Merging Technologies Pyramix, monitored on B&W Nautilus speakers

Works (2)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73