An interesting duplication of repertoire - the Masterworks Heritage series, which contained fewer than 50 items, did superb transfers on two Mahler 1sts - the Walter NY that you mentioned and the Mitropolous Minneapolis recording which is a marvellous revelation compared to the old 78s
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> From: Carl Pultz <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl?
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>Steve,
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>The Walter/NY/Mahler 1st was released in the Masterworks Heritage series
>(MHK 63328). Did that fall short? That's one I like. I'm excited to hear
>about this new stuff, as I found the huge series of ca. 1990 reissues to
>mostly be different rather than better. Equivocal enough, anyway, to hold on
>to the LPs.
>
>Carl
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>I'm still trying to figure that out myself. At a guess, they're multiple CD
>sets with a 2012 release dat. I'm going to order the Bruno Walter Mahler
>set to hear how the 2d came out. It's always sounded squished to me. I was
>at two of the sessions and recall a bit of what got retaken and why. At
>least one of the corrections was not used.
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>I hope they do the mono 1st which I far prefer to the tired-sounding LA one.
>And I much prefer Mitropoulos's performance of the 5th. We'll see. I'll
>check the date on that one as well.
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>I see the Perahia Mozart concerti are also available in a new box and may go
>for that one as well.
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>The date on the boxes will give us some scope of the span. Sort of a "do
>not buy if dated before" indicator.
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>Steve Smolian
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