Re: [ARSCLIST] Preservation media WAS: Cataloguing still :-)

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want a higher caliber of performance, all of the major labels have put together 
deep-discounted reissues of older and usually excellent recordings. Classical, especially back 
catalog, has become pretty commoditized -- when it's still in print! I can't see why any label would 
pay to record the Beethoven symphonies again in today's economic climate, but then you look and the 
same material that's been done 50 ways to Sunday keeps getting released again. It seems to be an ego 
thing with any present-day conductor who is lucky enough to have a steady recording gig.

Speaking of classical, someone else mentioned the good quality of the 1970's London recordings.One 
of my favorites was their 4-LP box set of Solti/Chicago doing the Brahms symphonies. Really nice, 
lush sound. I bought the CD reissue (now out of print) and was very underwhelmed by the quality. The 
reissue engineer tweaked EQ or something so the result is harsh and overly bright compared to the 
LPs, which have a deep, darker quality, like a lot of wood and velvet seat covers.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Cox" <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Preservation media WAS: Cataloguing still :-)


> On 06/09/06, Karl Miller wrote:
>
> > I am reminded of an article I just read the other day...It was about
> > the label Brilliant Classics...you can buy a set of recordings which
> > feature just about everything Mozart wrote...cost, as I recall...about
> > $150. I am waiting for it to come out on a single holographic disc,
> > with the complete works of Bach, Haydn, Schubert...but I wonder they
> > would have to charge for that disc.
>
> I have several of the box sets from Brilliant Classics. They are
> surprisingly good, either new recordings (especially of Early Music), or
> properly licensed reissues. They save money and space by putting the
> discs in card sleeves rather than jewel cases.
>
> I don't have the "All of Mozart" set, but I do have some of the CDs that
> are in that set, and they are fine.
>
> It is a Dutch company.
>
> Their sets should be ideal for colleges or libraries.
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx