To Friends of Furtwaengler: In November and December, United's classical channel featured the last part of the 1951 Bayreuth Beethoven Ninth, as part of their...
Lee Schipper
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Feb 5, 2005 3:37 pm
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Dear All, Orfeo have just released a July 1953 Don Giovanni. How is thisa performance different to the 1950 and 1954 performances? Is there any improvement...
David Harbin
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Feb 6, 2005 1:25 pm
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Hello All, Andante are about to release a 4 CD set of Fidelios by Bohm and FGurtwangler. Does anyone know further details? I would like to hear the live 1953...
David Harbin
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Feb 6, 2005 1:28 pm
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THe 1953 Don has been available for years, mostly from offshoots of Music and Arts. There maybe tapes of different performances. As far as I can tell the 1953...
Lee Schipper
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Feb 6, 2005 1:55 pm
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Thanks Lee! May I please ask if anyone knows how John Ardoin compared the 1950, 1953 and 1954 Dons? Thanks, David Harbin ... ...
David Harbin
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Feb 6, 2005 2:36 pm
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Yes - the 1944 Bohm Fidelio is apparently from the official Radio tape and in improved sound - the 1953 live Furtwangler from Vienna is the other performance -...
Richard Loeb
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Feb 6, 2005 5:00 pm
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Thanks Richard. May I please ask who the cast were for Bohm in '44? David Harbin ... ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW...
David Harbin
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Feb 6, 2005 6:28 pm
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Sure - it was originally on VOX LPs and has been on CD also - the cast is Fidelio - Hilde Konetzni Florestan - Torsten Ralf Pizzaro - Paul Schoffler Fernando -...
Richard Loeb
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Feb 6, 2005 6:37 pm
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http://www.andante.com/boutique/shop/index.cfm?action=displayProduct&iProductID=772#tracks Andante recordings are horribly expensive, but the website is nice...
Giacomo Ponzetto
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Feb 6, 2005 6:37 pm
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One can often pick up brand new Andante issues at greatly reduced price on eBay. Best regards, Ron Carlson ... Ronald C. Carlson SSAI/NASA Goddard Space Flight...
Ronald C. Carlson
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Feb 6, 2005 7:53 pm
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Deryk Barker
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Feb 6, 2005 8:47 pm
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Dear All, I wanted to buy a copy of the 1951 Hamburg #1 and wonder if the new transfre on EMI Germany (from the NDRSO archives) is the best? Also, what is the...
David Harbin
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Feb 8, 2005 3:25 pm
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Giacomo Ponzetto
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Feb 8, 2005 3:47 pm
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Dear David, I have that performance on Music&Arts and like the sound, but cannot make comparisons. I'd be interested in your opinion if you buy the new...
Giacomo Ponzetto
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Feb 8, 2005 4:01 pm
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I apologise if this subject has been 'trawled' before, but I'm trying to get a sense of what survived and been issued on CD from the 1937 and 1938 Rings. On...
Simon Trezise
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Feb 14, 2005 11:06 am
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Dear All, I am trying to track down the RAI Goterdammerung Act 3 with Flagstad as Brunnhilde. I was wondering if perhaps someone in the UK might please be...
David Harbin
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Feb 14, 2005 1:45 pm
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Thats all the Furtwangler material - thre is also similar Beecham material with Leider and Lorenz I think Richard ... From: "Simon Trezise" <strezise@...> ...
Richard Loeb
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Feb 14, 2005 2:00 pm
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Simon: Have you checked out the M&A catalog? Their 2 CD set 1035 is quite stupendous. Eric ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new...
Eric Kisch
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Feb 14, 2005 2:34 pm
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Gentlemen, This topic was discussed in some detail about 6 or 7 years ago. I think you've listed all the WF material that has shown up on LP or CD. However,...
ParsifalCSA@...
Feb 14, 2005 2:47 pm
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I didn't see M&A 1035 listed in the Music and Arts catalog, but BestPrices.com has it for $15.55. Regards, Daryl Nuccio ... * POSTED to furt-l - the...
Daryl Nuccio
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Feb 14, 2005 2:58 pm
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... I have tracked down a (legal) copy of these discs and agree that the issue is very satisfying, though I'm surprised at how satisfying the sound is on the...
Simon Trezise
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Feb 15, 2005 10:49 am
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Sorry folks. EMI say they have no further 1937 Furtwangler Ring excerpts (see below). Kind regards, David Harbin Nottingham, UK ... ...
David Harbin
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Feb 15, 2005 4:09 pm
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M&A 1035 is in the Music and Arts catalog. I looked under "opera"; it's listed under "Furtwangler" Daryl Nuccio ... From: "Simon Trezise" <strezise@...> To:...
Daryl Nuccio
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Feb 15, 2005 4:13 pm
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Well EMI may not have it but rumors persist that copies exist in private hands - everywhere from a warehouse in Brooklyn to some Sultan - one of the ...
Richard Loeb
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Feb 15, 2005 4:19 pm
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I suspect this is The Amber Room of recorded music. Long destroyed but rumours and speculation keep the mystery alive. I guess that we are lucky to have the ...
David Harbin
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Feb 15, 2005 4:43 pm
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Richard, I have contacted my sources on this topic, once again, who assure me that a complete RING from 1937 was taken down by HMV. They cannot verify that it...
ParsifalCSA@...
Feb 15, 2005 5:06 pm
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What makes the veracity of the complete Ring "ring" true to me is that the existing excerpts are cut too well to have been the only ones taped. Where as the...
Lee Schipper
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Feb 15, 2005 5:12 pm
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Hi there is no question that both Rings Beechams and Furtwanglers were recorded - I read somewhere that it was Beechams idea to get them recorded - these...
Richard Loeb
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Feb 15, 2005 5:13 pm
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Fred Maroth
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Feb 15, 2005 5:14 pm
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The M&A set of excerpts is excellent, by the way. I return to it often---it has never been equalled in my opinion. Thanks to M&A for this addition. boyd...