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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Budget Recordings
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Date: Thu, 17-May-84 09:01:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 17 09:01:30 1984
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<munch, munch, munch>

One way to save money and not get totally burned is to buy reissues from major
record companies (e.g. London's Stereo Treasury & Richmond, EMI/Angel's
Seraphim, and CBS's Odessey).  Generally these are older recordings that
were made for the full price label by "big-name" performers but which have
(in the record companies' infinite wisdom :-) ) been "surpassed" by newer
recordings.   The recording quality *may* not be as good, some may be in mono,
but the performance quality is on par with (and in some cases, superior to
the newer recordings).
Another budget label that generally provides a good product (although with
lesser-known orchestras) is Nonesuch (although many of their new releases are
full price digital recordings).
Bill Mitchell
Bell Communications Research, Inc.
(whuxj!wjm)