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[MickyD]

Heavens, yes, that Brosse transformation is very alarming, much more so than Rousset! I never got his Duphly LP set - but Vints, was it ever re-released on CD? What do you mean about it not being the same?

We were treated to a wonderful 2 CD set of Duphly pieces with Rousset a short while ago - such a pity he didn't do the whole lot.

[vinteuil]

Hi Micky - there is a set of CDs of Duphly performed by Brosse which came out about 2003, on the arion/pierre verany label, recorded at the Comminges Festival. To my ears it's much less fine than my memory of the Brosse Duphly which I had in a sumptuous box set of vinyl records, perhaps from the 1980s? - but sadly it's only "my memory" of that, because I no longer have those (or any other) vinyls. I cannot find any trace of those records - they may have been EMI? - and I just nourish a faint hope they might be reissued in CD form...


EDIT - the amazon.fr reviewer's comment is perhaps useful -

http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0001BVVZ6

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Heavens, yes, that Brosse transformation is very alarming, much more so than Rousset!

Steady on! Rousset is eleven years younger than Brosse - it's hardly a "like-for-like" comparison.

[MickyD]

Hi Micky - there is a set of CDs of Duphly performed by Brosse which came out about 2003, on the arion/pierre verany label, recorded at the Comminges Festival. To my ears it's much less fine than my memory of the Brosse Duphly which I had in a sumptuous box set of vinyl records, perhaps from the 1980s? - but sadly it's only "my memory" of that, because I no longer have those (or any other) vinyls. I cannot find any trace of those records - they may have been EMI? - and I just nourish a faint hope they might be reissued in CD form...



EDIT - the amazon.fr reviewer's comment is perhaps useful -

http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0001BVVZ6

Thanks, Vints...I had a listen to the Verany disc and thought the recorded sound rather close for my taste. I am sure you are right about the earlier discs being superior. They were indeed on EMI, and I remember in my youth lingering in Templar Records, wondering if I should spend so much of my limited budget on acquiring them - prudence got the better of me and I didn't! The funny thing is that the 2 CD Rousset recital is played on the same Kroll harpsichord that Brosse used in that first set. As you say, let's hope that someone reissues them in the future, but I doubt it. Have you ever heard the newish Belder set on Brilliant? Any thoughts?

[MickyD]

Steady on! Rousset is eleven years younger than Brosse - it's hardly a "like-for-like" comparison.

Oops, my apologies to Mr Brosse!

[MickyD]

All Philip Glass symphonies to be released in a box soon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Symphonies-Nos-1-10-Philip-Glass/dp/B01BKO4WL2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1459851296&sr=1-1&keywords=philip+glass+symphonies

I am tempted.

[EnemyoftheStoat]

All Philip Glass symphonies to be released in a box soon:

What will they do with the other half of the box?

[Beef Oven!]

What will they do with the other half of the box?

Maybe they'll fill the other half with some music.

[MickyD]

Now now, don't be like that, folks!

[cloughie]

Maybe they'll fill the other half with some music.

How transparent!

[Parry1912]

Maybe they'll fill the other half with some music.

[Beef Oven!]

Here's some good news .........

Available for pre-order on Amazon, released date May 20th. Details.

Richard Barrett - Music for Cello and Electronics

[martin_opera]

This looks exciting. Decca Vocal Recitals.

Up until the 1980s it's pretty much a repeat of the recent Decca Most Wanted Recitals collection that was released recently and I am thankful that I didn't invest too heavily in that and where I did it was mainly on the Philips discs (Deutekom and Carreras). Some real pickings in this box though and it looks like they have filled up the CDs with material which is good.

[vinteuil]

... new to me -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016DADX9K

Any of our ramellians yet takers?

[Richard Barrett]

... new to me -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016DADX9K

Any of our ramellians yet takers?

No but I will be soon.