[Jenn]

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"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

On Mar 11, 3:29 pm, Jenn wrote:
In article om,
"Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:





On Mar 11, 1:33 pm, Jenn wrote:
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Jenn wrote:

My Bach Cantata project took several steps forward yesterday when I
received in the mail 8 LPs, covering 16 cantatas, including 13 that
I
didn't have. I now only have about 18 to go to have a full set. I
sure
love these works. The present LPs are from the
Harnoncourt/Concentus
Musicus complete edition on Telefunken. Telefunken LPs have never
appeared much on the "Super Recordings" lists, but I find their
sound
(in general) to be very, very, natural. Highly recommended.

It's almost 80 degrees here today, but I think that I might stay
inside
and listen to these fabulous recordings while doing my taxes ;-)

There's so much to learn from those. Cantatas, that is. I wouldn't
wish
a musician's taxes on anyone. I like the clips of Gardiner's groups
from
St Thomas that show up on that satellite arts channel.

Besides the Harnoncourt set, I'm also bit by bit collecting the
Gardiner
CDs on SDG where he is doing them in historically relevant places.
VERY
nice, IMHO.

My Half Price Bach find this week is a Capriccio sampler of arias
from
various works. It will be interesting to hear the contrast of voices
and
accompaniments.

Half-Price is one of my favorite stores.

Interesting! Please report when ready.

Say, Jenn, I recently found some Philips Golden Imports LPs that are
obviously Dutch Mercury reissues (Fennell, etc.).

I don't however, have the original Mercury LPs to compare them to. Do
you have any experience with the Golden Imports? What are your
thoughts about them, compared to the Mercury issues?

It varies widely by issue. Some are REALLY good, others are quite
ordinary. None are, in my opinion, the equal of the originals or the
Classic Records and Speakers Corner current issues. But many of them
only suffer by comparison. Without access to the originals, they stand
up quite well. Especially Gould: West Point Symphony, Hovhaness: Sym.
4, Piston: Incredible Flutist. In general, the MGIs suffer most in the
area of bass, as compared to the originals.- Hide quoted text -

Thanks. I'd love to find some of the originals to compare them too.

Are the Classic Records and Speakers Corner issues pretty close to the
originals (or are they better, for that matter)?

Better, in my experience (n = 5)