Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie
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BaL 4.05.13 - Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat
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Going through some vinyl records that are destined for Oxfam I see that I have/had two recording not mentioned above - one by the Nash Ensemble cond. by Elgar Howarth (coupled with Dumbarton Oaks & the Octet for Wind, and the other by an ensemble without a name conducted by Stokowski (issued by 'The World Record Club Limited'). I haven't listened to them for over 17 years, so I can't say what they are like. Perhaps someone else knows them?
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostGoing through some vinyl records that are destined for Oxfam I see that I have/had two recording not mentioned above - one by the Nash Ensemble cond. by Elgar Howarth (coupled with Dumbarton Oaks & the Octet for Wind, and the other by an ensemble without a name conducted by Stokowski (issued by 'The World Record Club Limited'). I haven't listened to them for over 17 years, so I can't say what they are like. Perhaps someone else knows them?
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostYes to both questions.
Hmm - do I see if I can flog it on Amazon for vast sums, or try & transfer it to CD?
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The Nash Ensemble/Howarth on CfP was the only recording of the three works that for a long time I ever owned. The Penguins were very sniffy about them I seem to remember (only two stars, or even one/bracket two, if memory serves) so you probably won't get loads of offers on e-bay - but I loved the record and I wouldn't mind hearing the performances again (are they on the Nash Ensemble ICON box?).
This, and the one star they gave for Handley's excellent Tchaikovsky Francesca & Hamlet coupling, was what made me realise (aged 17) that the reviewers for Penguin Guide were very fallible creatures. A couple of years later, when they declared that the Stereo Karajan La Mer omitted the trumpet fanfares near the end of the Third Movement, I realized that they weren't exactly to be relied upon to have even listened to the records they purported to review.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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