Pachmann plays Chopin Etude op.10,5 | Prelude op.28,6 | Mazurka op.67,1 (1937)

English 78 rpm record.
HMV, recorded 3 November 1927 (Etude) at London Small Queen's Hall "C" studio and 26 June 1925 (Prelude, Mazurka) at Hayes "B" studio on Pachmann's own Baldwin piano.
Vladimir de Pachmann.

00:00 Etude in G flat major, op. 10 no. 5
02:07 Prelude in B minor, op. 28 no. 6
03:39 Mazurka in G major, op. 67 no. 1

D.A. 1302 | 30-10221/2

-ultrasonic cleaning of disc

-transferred from the original 78 rpm record at 78 rpm with a standard USB turntable (Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB with Shure M 75 Type D system) equipped with special needle (95 µm, spherical). Turntable speed adjusted to correct pitch.
-analogue RIAA pre-compensation (high frequencies) using Behringer FBQ800 equalizer
-additional RIAA compensation (low frequencies) using Behringer FBQ3102HD Ultragraph Pro equalizer
-analogue equalization by ear to obtain more natural sound using Behringer FBQ3102HD Ultragraph Pro equalizer
-analogue mono conversion

-A/D conversion using Zoom H2 recorder as interface

-declicking/decrackling with ClickRepair (Wavelet, 100%, 100%, all)
-Audacity:
-check/correct pitch again
-normalisation to 0 dB
-merging disc matrices
Spatial enhancement (for unprocessed mono, please listen to left channel only):
-prepare 3 copies of the monaural track (1, 2, 3)
-1, 2, 3: normalise to -4 dB
-2: switch to left channel
-3: switch to right channel, add 10 ms silence to the beginning
-2,3 join as stereo track
-mix 1 (-9 dB) with (2,3) (+2 dB)
-adjust balance (15 % right)
-normalise result to 0 dB

-rendering of video using KDEnlive