Orchestral Concert CDs

Orchestral Concert CDs is a label devoted to performances recorded "live" in the Royal Festival Hall, London and other UK venues, some 40 years ago, by orchestras and chamber groups from Eastern Europe.  They are not broadcasts, but carefully restored recordings taken from original master tapes.  None of the performances on these CDs have been issued before in any audio format.  

Geoffrey Terry, a professional recording engineer made these recordings.  His involvement stemmed from meeting with an impresario keen on bringing the best musicians from Eastern Europe to the UK.  His recordings were made simply as a "record" of a concert with no thought of publication.  Forty plus years later they are of great historical interest, and he created the Orchestral Concert CDs label.    

The dynamic range and depth of sound achieved by Geoffrey Terry make these stereo recordings amongst the finest ever made in the Royal Festival Hall.  They employ a two microphone technique he devised, going against then current trends of using multi-microphone set-ups.  Listen HERE as Geoffrey Terry explains how he formulated his recording technique and installed it into the Royal Festival Hall.  
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Orchestras and chamber groups to be featured on Orchestral Concert CDs include the Prague Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Trio, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra.

British pianist Peter Katin is the soloist in Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Kosler.  Listen HERE as he recalls what it felt like to encounter a performance he had given such a long time ago.
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View HERE and buy a "live" concert from the Orchestral Concert CDs catalogue.

Our grateful thanks to Peter Katin for permission to use his photograph.
Interviews with Geoffrey Terry and Peter Katin © Czech Music Direct 2009.