Vanhal & Benda: Viola concertos
VS 2009·06·22|01 (Supraphon 1110 2674 G)
Notes from the audio engineer
My folks brought this LP back to the United States with them from Czechoslovakia in 1980 or 1981. It was played frequently, but with great care.
— Erik
Concerto for viola in C
Jan Křtítel Vaňhal (Johann Baptist Vanhal) (1739 – 1813)
- Allegro moderato
- Adagio
- Allegro molto
- Cadenzas by Jan Plichta
- Lubomír Malý, viola
- Pražský Komorní Orchestr (Prague Chamber Orchestra), without conductor
- Jan Vrána, music director
- Václav Zamazal, sound engineer
- Recorded in Prague on June 4th – 6th, 1979
Concerto for viola in F
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Benda) (1722 – 1795)
- Allegro
- Largo
- Rondeau
- Cadenzas by Walter Lebermann
- Lubomír Malý, viola
- Pražský Komorní Orchestr (Prague Chamber Orchestra), without conductor
- Jan Vrána, music director
- Václav Zamazal, sound engineer
- Recorded in Prague on June 4th – 6th, 1979
Disc preparation
- Washed with Disc Doctor record cleaner/distilled water solution
- Rinsed with distilled water
- Dried with never-used lint-free towel; then air dried
- Brushed with anti-static carbon-fiber brush
- Cleaned stylus with Disc Doctor stylus cleaner
Audio transfer
- Dubbed stereo LP to Amadeus Pro 1.4.1 at 24 bit/96 kHz
- Brushed (again) with anti-static carbon-fiber brush
- Inserted LP into new Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab sleeve
- Analyzed with Audio Leak 3.1
- Removed loudest pops (~7) by hand with Amadeus Pro
Audio restoration
- Removed vinyl “rumble” with DeNoiseLF 1.0.6
- Removed clicks and pops with ClickRepair 3.0.1
- Removed crackle with ClickRepair
- Removed remaining vinyl noise with DeNoise 1.1.5
- Checked for clipped samples with Amadeus Pro
- Analyzed with AudioLeak
Post-processing
- Marked each band with Amadeus Pro; created 0.5 second fade-in and 2.0 second fade-out for each.
- Imported tracks (as 24 bit/96 kHz AIF files) into iTunes
- Applied track name, artist, album name, composer, and other metadata where applicable to each track
- Converted each file to 16 bit/44.1 kHz AIF file.
- Burned new files to CD in accordance with “Orange Book” specifications onto a MAM-A Gold CD-R.
Analysis before restoration
Analysis after restoration
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