I've yet to find an answer as to what these black labels are for on these Deccas - as opposed to the orange... anyone?
Classical music on the top labels generally have the ability to blow you directly out of your shoes sonically, in a way that only a handful of other music genre pressings can... and along with the fact that classical music is, for the most part, music not from your own lifetime - which can be a blessed relief sometimes - there's two reasons to grab 'em when you see them.
Rare venture into Classical World for me, but as I played this twice, it's so very good, I thought I'd best add it. i'll do an LP World entry later,
Although my 50p copy is a little crackly, the aural quality of the pressing struck my cloth-ears .
As I was cleaning it I heard cracking noises and I see a hairline fracture, so was careful.The disc itself is not very flexible, could be mistaken for a 78.
Will file this with my 10" singles.
(tempted to test the limits of 12" Single World, 2 tracks, under 10 minutes each, but I won't).