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Le Chant Du Monde
chorus Choeurs de la R.T.F.
composed by Gaspare Spontini
conductor Jean-Paul Kreder
illustration Tina Mercié
libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne De Jouy
mezzo-soprano vocals [la grande vestale] Micheline Grancher
orchestra Orchestre Radio-Lyrique
soprano vocals [julia] René Mazella
tenor vocals [cinna] Joseph Peyron
tenor vocals [le grand pontife] André Vessières
tenor vocals [licinius] Jean Mollien
Distributed By Harmonia Mundi France
Manufactured By Sonopress
Published By Public Domain
40-page booklet.
DP = Public Domain

Enregistrement public - Paris 9 mars 1964
Archives de L'Institut National de la Communication

The booklet explains how the Long Playing Compact Disc works:

You are about to listen to a Compact disc from a new generation of CDs that makes it possible to double the listening time of mono recordings. At the present time, CD player have no automatic mono switch; therefore you should proceed manually as follow:
After putting your CD into the CD player, all you need to do is alter the balance control of your amplifier (first to the left, then, when you push the CD in again for the second part of the recording , to the right). You will thus only able to hear from one speaker at a time, first the left-hand one, then the right. However, it is now possible to get a mono adaptor (available commercially) which will anable you to listen to your long playing CD through both speakers at a time; you will thus have a reproduction of sound absolutely identical in quality to that of your other CDs on two speakers. With this new generation of CD, a single CD gives you more than 2.5 hours listening time.

Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS C-1234 / LDC 278920 A
Barcode: 3 149025 034557
Price Code: CM 251