Post by phyeo September 28, 2004 (1 of 6)
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Never gonna believe this until I saw it on Towers Records Japan Web page. Furtwangler's SACDs
http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfCardMain.jsp?GOODS_NO=773190&GOODS_SORT_CD=102
Under the label Dream Life. There are 6 discs.
1. 1942 Beethoven Symphony No9
2. 1943 Beethoven Symphony No4,5
3. 1943 Beethoven Symphony No7, Piano Concerto No4
4. 1943 Brahms Symphony No4, Haydn Variations
5. 1944 Beethoven Symphony No6
6. 1943 Schubert Symphony No 9
all are hybrid and cost 2940yen.
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Post by zeus September 28, 2004 (2 of 6)
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phyeo said:
Never gonna believe this until I saw it on Towers Records Japan Web page. Furtwangler's SACDs
I just added the Beethoven then found your post.
More details here (in Japanese):
http://www.dreamlife.co.jp/news/sacdnews.html
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Post by nickc September 29, 2004 (3 of 6)
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phyeo said:
Never gonna believe this until I saw it on Towers Records Japan Web page. Furtwangler's SACDs
http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfCardMain.jsp?GOODS_NO=773190&GOODS_SORT_CD=102
Under the label Dream Life. There are 6 discs.
1. 1942 Beethoven Symphony No9
2. 1943 Beethoven Symphony No4,5
3. 1943 Beethoven Symphony No7, Piano Concerto No4
4. 1943 Brahms Symphony No4, Haydn Variations
5. 1944 Beethoven Symphony No6
6. 1943 Schubert Symphony No 9
all are hybrid and cost 2940yen.
High fidelity review is showing Fricsay's DG "Magic Flute" as an upcoming release. I believe that is a 1951 mono recording, and, after your news, it is possible companies are starting to go back all the way to classic mono performances for release!
cheers
nick
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That Beethoven 9th is mine. Man is November-December going to be expensive. The Japanese SACDs, Return of the King Extended Edition, and Star Trek TOS all three seasons.
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Post by tream September 29, 2004 (5 of 6)
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after your news, it is possible companies are starting to go back all the way to classic mono performances for release!
Some of the classic jazz SACD releases are mono, and sound great, so there's not reason not to release mono classical recordings as well (unless it won't sell, or course). Maybe we'll get some of the Mercury's recorded in the early 50's with Kubelik and the Chicago Symphony-to my ears, there never was a better recording of Bloch's Concerto Grosso #1, as an example.
In the late, great days of the American publication "High Fidelity" (which did fantastic in depth survey reviews-they once had a 3 issue comparative review of all of the recordings of the Wagner operas)-they reviewed the Mercury monos when newly released in the early 70's in a box LP set with the heading "When Mono Reached Its Sonic Best". These recordings, for those involved in the thread on recording techniques, were made with a single omni directional microphone suspended over the orchestra. But, I think there are many roads to Rome in terms of making great recordings, so this is a point of interest only.
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Post by Claude September 30, 2004 (6 of 6)
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Courageous move, given that these recordings are in the public domain in many countries (including Europe) and can be reissued by anyone on very cheap CDs. There are box sets with these recordings, selling at $1-2 per disc.
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