[78-L] five favorite artists

Don Cox doncox at enterprise.net
Mon Dec 24 02:09:38 PST 2012


On 24/12/2012, S&R Pinsker wrote:

> Weingartner: I have a 1992 EMI References issue of the Brahms 
> Symphonies; no credit for the remastering. I get the impression
> that both EMI and RCA/BMG released  much of their 78 treasures
> on CD with only a single "press run" and then dropped them.
> Has Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music made it to CD?
> "No, its not a defective recording. That's the way the French play
> French Horns."
> Also, 2 Handel Concerti Grossi, Haydn's Toy Symphony and the
> Liszt Piano Concertos which were on a VOX LP.
> 
The Liszt concertos, played by von Sauer, are on the Opus Kura label.
Also on the Pearl CD "Emil von Sauer plays Liszt".

I see no sign of the others except that there was a Japanese series
called "Weingartner Complete Edition" in a couple of dozen CDs, now
apparently out of print. 

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox at enterprise.net



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