Post by Naun March 20, 2012 (181 of 535)
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old-dog-newtricks said:
Just had a look at a UK mail order suppliers 'pre-order chart' and good to see all these titles feature [...] Incidentally the same supplier was showing 7 SACDs out of 20 titles in his top twenty sales chart last week.
I was looking at such a list also, probably the same one, and I see that right now 11 out of their top 14 pre-orders are SACDs, 8 of them being EMI Signature titles. As you say, not very scientific maybe but still quite encouraging.
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Post by MacClaus March 20, 2012 (182 of 535)
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Which are the most essential EMI Signature Collection SACDs from the first batch?
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MacClaus said:
Which are the most essential EMI Signature Collection SACDs from the first batch?
Oistrakh/Szell's Brahms and du Pré/Baker/Barbirolli's Elgar.
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MacClaus said:
Which are the most essential EMI Signature Collection SACDs from the first batch?
* Seconding the Oistrakh Brahms disc, or BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto BRAHMS Double Concerto, Violin Concerto. David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan, Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell.
along with:
* SCHUBERT Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore, Karl Engel.
* DVORAK / GRIEG / SCHUMANN Piano Concertos. Sviatoslav Richter, Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo / Lovro von Matacic, Bayerisches Staatsorchester Munchen /Carlos Kleiber
None of these represents the best work by these artists (or even the best sound they've been accorded in recordings), but by universal standards (and not their own) they are all quite Olympian. And if you don't mind listening to more historical (in the chronological sense, but in part also in terms of performance practice) performances, definitely including these as well:
* MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer.
* MOZART The Last Six Symphonies. Nos. 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41 Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer. (Really quite impressive stuff that very much grows on you, if you come to them open-minded.)
* DEBUSSY Complete Piano Works. Walter Gieseking. (Whatever you think of him, it's just stupendous playing and one of the greatest Debussy discs anywhere, anytime.)
Everyone else will add the Elgar/Delius set but they're not my cup of tea (the one concession to subjectivism in this minilist).
Although I guess that's about the same as saying that basically all of them are more or less essential.
-PT
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Post by MacClaus March 20, 2012 (185 of 535)
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Post by nucaleena March 20, 2012 (188 of 535)
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MacClaus said:
I can't see the Brahms...
Its the very first item on the list at the link you posted (naughty, naughty posting a link to a vendor who doesnt support this site) under Beethoven...Brahms.
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Depending on the copyright laws governing phonorecords in the country in question, (P) 2002 may just mean that EMI does not seek or claim copyright on this new reissue in addition to whatever they were granted in 2002. In the US at least some forms of remastering are not granted new copyrights.
Bottomline is there is still a chance for these to be brand new transfers. Too hopeful, maybe.
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petrushka1975 said:
Depending on the copyright laws governing phonorecords in the country in question, (P) 2002 may just mean that EMI does not seek or claim copyright on this new reissue in addition to whatever they were granted in 2002. In the US at least some forms of remastering are not granted new copyrights.
Bottomline is there is still a chance for these to be brand new transfers. Too hopeful, maybe.
I'm referring to the Masters series RBCDs
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