The BSO/Munch Suite Proven�ale has never been converted using original masters, only production parts. That might contribute to the attenuated sound quality you mention, whereas the original Lp made a cheerfully robust impact. DDR On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Carl Pultz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > One of my first classical records, though not in the Soria version. Still, > quite a nice package, IIRC, with a nice cover and booklet. You got good > perceived value back then for the equivalent of - what? - $30 US in today's > money. I was totally charmed by the music. I don't have a copy anymore, but > would like to hear it to study its production flaws. I suspect singers > mixed > too loudly and a garish orchestra pickup? It did emerge from the Admiral > console hifi with some grandiosity, as intended. > > Contrast that with one of my favorite recordings of anything, > Milhaud/Munch/BSO, a more modest Soria issue. All the sensitivity and > authenticity of style that the MSND performance lacks. Unfortunately, all > the issues of this session I've heard have a strange veiled sound, though > the ensemble balance is plausibly life-like. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Donald Tait > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 6:23 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Single LP box sets > > Yes, I also remember the Leinsdorf/BSO MSND music on Victor as being yet > another depressing example of Leinsdorf's suffocating musical style. All > very correct. And all very the last word in absolutely nothing. > > Don Tait > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> > To: ARSCLIST <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 4:56 pm > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Single LP box sets > > > I purchased the MSND music with the Boydell engravings of Fuseli when it > was released. I kept it in a heavy manilla envelope for decades until I > finally sold it on eBay several years ago, not enriched thereby, > unfortunately, but happy to pass on the ungainly package. I recall the > performance as disappointing, rather prosaic, and recorded with RCA > Victor's celebrated incompetence. > > DDR > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Donald Tait <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > The Don Quixote was in the Soria series and was packaged with a de > luxe, > > gorgeous heavy booklet containing tipped-in art reproductions. The > > Reiner/CSO Beethoven Pastoral was also in a slipcase sort of thing, at > > least at the beginning. Later issues were in standard cardboard sleeves. > > The de luxe Pastoral package doesn't turn up often in my experience. > > > > In a class by itself was the original RCA Victor packaging of > > Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream music with Leinsdorf/BSO. As James > > North writes in his BSO discography: > > "LSC/D-2673 is a limited edition, housed in a 13.5 x 17 inch hard-cover > > folder, which also contains reproductions of two eighteenth-century > > engravings of Henry Fuseli paintings basked on Shakespeare's play." > > > > The Victor LP package, bound in dark blue cloth, was so awkward at 17" > > high and 13.5 wide that it seemed to pose problems for dealers to > display. > > I remember that Rose Records on Wabash Avenue in Chicago had a few copies > > on the floor, leaning against a vertical pipe. They had nothing else to > do. > > > > Don Tait > > > -- 1006 Langer Way Delray Beach, FL 33483 212.874.9626