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From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer)
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Subject: Re: EMI records.
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Date: 8 Jan 91 14:50:35 GMT
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>>>>> On 7 Jan 91, sgg5e@krebs.acc.Virginia.EDU (Stephen G. Graber) said:

Stephen> IMHO EMI records are some of the best ever made.

Agreed. Several of the gems of my collection are on EMI. They had a
lot of skill/luck in the mid to late 60s. A number of very good Elgar
recording, plus a large number of recording of Britten, with the man
himself on the podium, comes to mind. Also recordings of Perlman,
Karjan, and others. Decca (London) and EMI seems to have been
neck-to-neck at the time, with EMI often getting a bit softer, more
full and homogeneous sound, while Decca often had better dynamics,
while being a bit rough a times. Both achieved lots of presence.

Stephen> but many of the Boult Elgars are wonderful, the Elgar cello
Stephen> concerto with Fournier on cello is truly remarkable- one of
Stephen> the best records I've ever heard.

There's a box of cello concerts with Jacqueline du Pre (Elgar, Hayden,
etc). Truly fantastic. It's out on CD, too. Truly ruined. 

Stephen> If you can buy them new I'd say snap them up if you're even
Stephen> remotely interested in the music.

Definitely. One or two years ago there was lots of them in the shops
around here. My bank didn't like it at all :-). They are getting rare
now.

/Lars

PS: Anyone have a high-end spell checker? ispell never heard of Elgar
    or Karjan. It even claims there's no such thing as a cello :-).
--
Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.auc.dk   | Q: How does a project get to be one 
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late?     A: One day at a time.