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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 >>> >> > > >