MILES DAVIS Sketches Of Spain (Original Master
Recording limited edition 5-track LP mastered by Krieg
Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on the Gain 2 Ultra
Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram
High Definition Vinyl. Originally released in 1960, arranged &
conducted by Gil Evans, the album weds Spanish themes, lush
orchestrations, romantic timbres, and Davis' increasingly
lyrical methods in a tender ceremony that continues to
resonate more than five decades after its original release.
Picture sleeve individually gold-foil numbered & factory
sealed. Recommended).
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Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain - Original Master Recording - Sealed US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
DAVIS' FINAL AND MOST IMPRESSIVE PAIRING WITH ARRANGER GIL EVANS YIELDS WATERSHED INNOVATIONS
1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe
Miles Davis and Gil Evans bridged styles and collaborated on high-concept projects a total of three times during their celebrated career. For their final act, they created Sketches of Spain, a peak moment in each luminary's career and a transformative album that weds Spanish themes, lush orchestrations, romantic timbres, and Davis' increasingly lyrical methods in a tender ceremony that continues to resonate more than five decades after its original release.
Side I
Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)
Will O' the Wisp
Side II
The Pan Piper
Saeta
Solea
Part of Mobile Fidelity's Miles Davis catalog restoration series, the genre-defying 1960 classic has been given the ultimate white-gloves treatment. Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, this exquisite 180g LP significantly expands the soundstage that frames the orchestra and digs deep to eradicate a dryness that many critics have found as an anathema to its overall enjoyment. Here, at last, is the full-figured perspective long deserved by the woodwinds, strings, and percussion, all of which come alive with previously unheard definition and detail.
With both Evans and Davis attracted to the blues undercurrents permanently entrenched in the Spanish flamenco strains, listeners can finally wholly detect the myriad microdynamic tonalities, brooding ostinato devices, and minor pedal points that stamp the compositions with divine sensibility and goffered effect.
Multi-note motifs, brief improvisational solos, fanfare sweeps, and contrapuntal exchanges inform the flamenco-spiced pieces, but so do unconventionally voiced instruments that come into full relief on this reissue. Davis' Harmon-muted trumpet is abetted by an assortment of bassoons and French horns that create pleasing contrasts and sounds (pp, mf, ppp) that get to the heart of Sketches of Spain: splashes of color. Seldom, if ever, did Davis ever so expressively and liberally paint with color. And in Evans, he has a likewise-minded partner to help draw out variegated shades, adamantine layers, and striated distinctions.
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 23rd December
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| Year of Release: |
2012 |
| Artist: |
Miles Davis (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Sketches Of Spain (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 59.99, US$ 75.59
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MFSL1-375 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
MDALPSK600608 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
821797137515 |
| Genres: |
Jazz, Male Solo, Progressive
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| Related Artists: |
Al Foster, Dave Holland, George Coleman, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Teo Macero, The Brass Ensemble |
| Complete Stock List: |
Miles Davis |
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| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number MDALPSK600608 |
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