Re-recordings: If at first......?

[Boilk]

I think that you've slightly misunderstood the main thrust of the thread, Bolik (though I grant that in the original post 'different' might well have been added or replaced 'better or worse'): Colin Davis only recorded Tippett 2 and 3 once. It would certainly have been interesting to see how different any subsequent recordings he made of them would have been, and whether or not they would have 'bettered' his first thoughts.

Thanks Pulcinella, have only just seen your post. I think I got the thread's thrust, but was thinking that sometimes to have 'modern day' digital recordings of works with the same forces could be revelatory in some cases, sometimes putting them in as much of a new light as a more mature conductor's 'rethink'.

[Pulcinella]

Thanks Pulcinella, have only just seen your post. I think I got the thread's thrust, but was thinking that sometimes to have 'modern day' digital recordings of works with the same forces could be revelatory in some cases, sometimes putting them in as much of a new light as a more mature conductor's 'rethink'.

I wonder, in Building a Library terms, at what point a recording would enter the 'Historic(al)' category, whether or not the same forces had recorded the work again. Davis's Tippett 2 and 3 would certainly qualify for 'Classic' status.

[cloughie]

I wonder, in Building a Library terms, at what point a recording would enter the 'Historic(al)' category, whether or not the same forces had recorded the work again. Davis's Tippett 2 and 3 would certainly qualify for 'Classic' status.

The historical category at one time was for recordings pre LP but I suppose 60 or so years on then the definition has been or needs to be revised and probably means different things to people now, possibly determined by their age!

[BBMmk2]

It’s a bit like referenda, if you don’t like the result of the first one, can we do another?

[Bryn]

It’s a bit like referenda, if you don’t like the result of the first one, can we do another?

Or if you are an MP, as many votes on the same topic a May likes.

By the way:

The Oxford English Dictionary states that "Referendums is logically preferable as a plural form meaning ballots on one issue (as a Latin gerund, referendum has no plural). The Latin plural gerundive referenda, meaning things to be referred, necessarily connotes a plurality of issues."

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It’s a bit like referenda, if you don’t like the result of the first one, can we do another?

Rather like having another General Election after a few years.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It’s a bit like referenda, if you don’t like the result of the first one, can we do another?

Ooooooooooohhh! Political satire, Bbm! Sexy!

[Barbirollians]

Rather like having another General Election after a few years.

Indeed, and what if the score of the music on the first recording turned out to be corrupted ?

[BBMmk2]

Ooooooooooohhh! Political satire, Bbm! Sexy!