Ravel: Bolero / Debussy: Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune

Featuring

Yakov Kreizberg
Leon Berendse
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Maurice Ravel
Gabriel Fauré
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

Yakov Kreizberg, the conductor, was born in St. Petersburg, studied conducting with Ilya Musin, and later emigrated to the United States in 1976.

Recording & Production

This recording used Schoeps MK 2, DPA 4006 & DPA 4011 microphones with Polyhymnia's custom microphone buffer electronics, and was recorded in DSD format.

Performer Biography

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam was founded in 1986 as a merger of the Amsterdam Philharmonic, the Utrecht Symphony, and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.

Performer Biography

Yakov Kreizberg received conducting fellowships at Tanglewood with famous conductors like Bernstein, Ozawa, and Leinsdorf, and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Michael Tilson Thomas.

Recording & Production

Polyhymnia International, the recording facility, was founded in 1998 as a management buy-out by key personnel of the former Philips Classics Recording Center.

Performer Biography

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam is the largest orchestral organization in the Netherlands, with 130 musicians.

Recording & Production

Most of Polyhymnia's recording equipment, including microphone preamplifiers and internal microphone electronics, is custom-built or substantially modified in-house, with a focus on analog signal quality.