Not only that, but there's a bonus: It's a fine and rapt performance. clark On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:09 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Indeed, here is an extensive article about the St. Matthew recording, the > Philips-Miller system, everything. It was indeed Mengelberg. > > http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/phmil.html > > UD > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:27 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > There was an early CD release of St. Matthew Passion with Mengelberg and > > the Concertgebouw which, I believe, was recorded in the '30s. Might this > > be the one you're thinking of? > > > > db > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > From: David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:45:36 PM > > >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Philips-Miller stereophony > > > > > >Tom, > > > > > >I didn't reply before as I wanted to fully remember my source, but I > > don't. > > >For a time in the 1990s Gramphone published three or four numbers of a > > >small format > > >magazine which was like a paperback book called the "international > record > > >collectors -- something." In issue No. 2 there was a complete account of > > >the weird > > >Philips-Miller system. It was used in 1939 to make a recording of Bach's > > >St. Matthew Passion with a relatively reputable conductor; I have no > idea > > >who. The recording > > >was issued, but only in mono. Only a couple of recordings made with > system > > >survive, and I think they are mono mixes all, but they are remarkable in > > >their clarity and > > >resolution, even in mono. And of course I am summarizing because I have > > >never heard them, and the magazine was something I read off the rack at > > >work, so I haven't > > >seen the article in nearly 20 years. > > > > > >Uncle Dave Lewis > > >Lebanon, OH > > > > > >On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> No one ever replied to this one. Anyone know any details? Guys in > > Europe?? > > >> Concertgebouw fans? > > >> > > >> -- Tom Fine > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" < > > [log in to unmask] > > >> > > > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > > >> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:02 AM > > >> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Philips-Miller stereophony > > >> > > >> > > >> According to old issues of the Philips Technical Journal, in the > 1940s > > >>> the company adapted at least one of their Philips-Miller > film-inscriber > > >>> recorders to make "binaural" 2-channel recordings. Have any of these > > been > > >>> reissued on CD? > > >>> > > >>> -- Tom Fine > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >