BaL 22.10.22 - Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D "Paris" (K.297)

[french frank]

I don't know where they were recorded but I suspect St. John's Smith Square or Kingsway Hall, though the AAM recorded at various churches and halls in the London area..

Information received:"According to the back of the CD (410 197-20), recorded at the Kingsway Hall in February/March 1982."

[Lordgeous]

Information received:"According to the back of the CD (410 197-20), recorded at the Kingsway Hall in February/March 1982."

To audiophiles, in partucular, recording details are fascinating. Mercury were excellent in this respect but Decca sometimes even more so, The CD of the Maltings recording of Britten/ECO of English string music lists, from memory, even the microphones used and recorder employed, maybe even the tape stock! Can't find the CD at the moment to check.

[richardfinegold]

A revelation when I discovered this set of performances when living in Paris (at the time they were more or less unavailable here, and never talked about - and still don’t seem to be, e.g. in this BAL)

The Mackerras is one of those recordings I’ve tried a few times over the years but never understood why everyone got so enthusiastic about it - it’s fine but… …doesn’t float my boat.

Simon H knows how to do a BAL and this one was a cut above most of late. The selected recording sounded a bit of alright to me, will listen to the complete performance with interest

The Krips recordings were released as the HIPP movement was gaining ascendancy. I remember a critic here dismissing the Krips in a few sentences as something that dinosaurs might have enjoyed. I think in those times the world of critical opinion was more binary, with love for one approach having to be accompanied with disdain for the other. Or are we still in that mode?

I purchased the first set of Mozart symphonies from Mackerras because they were released on SACD. I agree, they certainly listenable, but I tend to defer to Walter, Abaddo, Pinnock and Hogwood

[Nick Armstrong]

The Krips recordings were released as the HIPP movement was gaining ascendancy. I remember a critic here dismissing the Krips in a few sentences as something that dinosaurs might have enjoyed.

Interesting historical perspective, Richard, which had never occurred to me

[MickyD]

I noticed that once Eloquence started reissuing vintage AAM recordings, full details of recording locations were given.