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Suggestion Box / Re: Suggestions
« on: January 15, 2009, 12:35:07 PM »
Hmmm - guess I am a little bit confused here. First, NONE of the selections I mentioned (with the exception of Heart Like a Wheel) have been, to by knowledge, reissued in audiophile LP pressings. Yeah, there is Walter Beethoven out on a 200 gram pressing, but it is the Eroica and not the much more famous recording of the Pastorale. It has always surprised me that no one has attempted to go after that one, as the ebay prices for the original LP's are stunning.
OTOH, several of the Series I selections for jazz have been done to death with reissues - both Waltz for Debby and Saxophone Colossus are staples of the reissue market. I'll bet that any serious jazz fan has multiple copies of both. I haven't heard the latter TP release, but I have heard the former and it blows away my earlier versions. So - I'm happy - but we can't pretend that there aren't jazz warhorses being released.
I thought the fundamental guiding principle of the Project was to demonstrate how good a master tape can be for a broader audience - and then there would be some interesting music. I have a zillion versions (actually, let's see, Walter, Szell, 2 by Karajan, Harnoncourt, Masur, Vanksa, Reiner and probably a few others I can't recall at the moment) of the Pastorale, but yeah, I think the Walter version would be a great release, and since not every subscriber is likely a classics maven, they might find the odd warhorse release to be, on the margin, more interesting long term than the Bruch Scottish Fantasy.
OK - last night I also thought about Stravinsky and the Tape Project. The Firebird (I would plump for the 1945 Suite) would be a terrific release, as would The Rite of Spring.
But - if we need music that is more esoteric, how about the Symphony of Psalms, one of the great choral works of the 20th Century?
OTOH, several of the Series I selections for jazz have been done to death with reissues - both Waltz for Debby and Saxophone Colossus are staples of the reissue market. I'll bet that any serious jazz fan has multiple copies of both. I haven't heard the latter TP release, but I have heard the former and it blows away my earlier versions. So - I'm happy - but we can't pretend that there aren't jazz warhorses being released.
I thought the fundamental guiding principle of the Project was to demonstrate how good a master tape can be for a broader audience - and then there would be some interesting music. I have a zillion versions (actually, let's see, Walter, Szell, 2 by Karajan, Harnoncourt, Masur, Vanksa, Reiner and probably a few others I can't recall at the moment) of the Pastorale, but yeah, I think the Walter version would be a great release, and since not every subscriber is likely a classics maven, they might find the odd warhorse release to be, on the margin, more interesting long term than the Bruch Scottish Fantasy.
OK - last night I also thought about Stravinsky and the Tape Project. The Firebird (I would plump for the 1945 Suite) would be a terrific release, as would The Rite of Spring.
But - if we need music that is more esoteric, how about the Symphony of Psalms, one of the great choral works of the 20th Century?