{"product_id":"edgard-varese-los-angeles-philharmonic-orchestra-zubin-mehta-arcana-integrales-ionisation-377560","title":"Edgard Varèse, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta – Arcana \/ Intégrales \/ Ionisation (Decca Pure Analogue,)","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's \u003cem\u003eVarese: Arcana, Integrales, Ionisation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to a striking 1971 Decca recording that caught Mehta early in his international rise, in music built from Edgard Varese's hard-edged sense of sound, mass and rhythm. Recorded at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, this programme brings together three key Varese works: the huge orchestral surge of \u003cem\u003eArcana\u003c\/em\u003e, the machine-age bite of \u003cem\u003eIntegrales\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIonisation\u003c\/em\u003e, the pioneering percussion piece that helped define Varese's reputation as a composer obsessed with timbre as much as melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this album especially rewarding is the combination of scale and clarity. Contemporary praise singled out the Los Angeles players for their virtuoso execution and the recording for its demonstration quality, which matters in music this physical and spatial. Mehta's reading emphasises momentum and colour rather than academic severity, so these scores feel vivid and immediate instead of merely historical. For anyone curious about 20th-century orchestral modernism, this is a strong way into Varese's world: uncompromising, dramatic, and still startling in its sonic imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Decca Pure Analogue edition also explains why the record has become such an appealing vinyl proposition again. The release draws from the Decca and Philips archives and restores the original stereo source in an all-analogue mastering chain, pairing the period artwork with substantial archival material and newly commissioned notes on the recording's history and transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g, Stereo, Decca Pure Analogue, Numbered Limited Edition of 3,400\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAAA remaster from the original 1\/4-inch 2-track stereo master tapes by Rainer Maillard; lacquers cut by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Pallas in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGatefold sleeve with original artwork and liner notes, plus archival photos, facsimiles of tape boxes and session documentation, and a new essay on the recording and mastering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \u003c!-- Genres --\u003e\n    \n      \u003cp\u003eGenre: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classical\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/los-angeles-philharmonic-orchestra-vinyl-records\"\u003eLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zubin-mehta-vinyl-records\"\u003eZubin Mehta\u003c\/a\u003e, Edgard Varèse\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/decca-record-label\"\u003eDecca\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/vinyl-records-store-australia\/country_europe\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classical\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \n            \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary\"\u003eContemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\n          \n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eA1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Los+Angeles+Philharmonic+Orchestra,+Zubin+Mehta,+Edgard+Var%C3%A8se+Arcana\"\u003eArcana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Los+Angeles+Philharmonic+Orchestra,+Zubin+Mehta,+Edgard+Var%C3%A8se+Int%C3%A9grales\"\u003eIntégrales\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Los+Angeles+Philharmonic+Orchestra,+Zubin+Mehta,+Edgard+Var%C3%A8se+Ionisation\"\u003eIonisation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Decca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44287918309441,"sku":"7318961","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/ADEC_40866__198393__04302026043122-7211.jpg?v=1785735910","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/edgard-varese-los-angeles-philharmonic-orchestra-zubin-mehta-arcana-integrales-ionisation-377560","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}