Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] RCA pressings of English Decca recordings

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes! About the Mehta "Sacre."

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Right, same series. The pressings in Canada were done by Sony. I remember them 
> well. Mehta (for whom I usually have less than no use) had a great Sacre on 
> that label.
>
> dl
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
> > Hi David:
> >
> > The records I'm speaking of are the Decca Jubilee series, just to be clear.
> >
> > I wouldn't call that Karajan Planets recording under-rated. It's well 
> > liked by most critics. I think it's a very good interpretation but my 
> > favorite of them all is the last one that Boult did, circa early 1970's. 
> > The recording and the performance are incredible. I also like 
> > Dutoit/Montreal from the 1980's, again for both recording and 
> > performance. The critics also seem to like Mehta/L.A. but I found it 
> > pretty generic. Planets is a bit like Pictures at an Exhibition -- too 
> > many recorded versions out there and very few of them are very good.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] RCA pressings of English Decca 
> > recordings
> >
> >
> > > Correct, the Karajan Planets is great on CD. Those late LPs done in 
> > > Canada were very nicely pressed, by the Sony plant..that was the best 
> > > one up here for a few years. Karajan's Vienna Planets is an underrated 
> > > recording (and you couldn't pay me to take his DG version).
> > >
> > > dl
> > >
> > > Tom Fine wrote:
> > > > London also reissued a bunch of the early 60's records in the early 
> > > > 80's budget-priced and pressed in Canada. They are actually not 
> > > > terrible by a long shot. But, and this might be plain heresy to some, 
> > > > I much prefer the recent "Decca Legends" CD's of almost any of this 
> > > > stuff I have in any edition LP. The Karajan/Vienna "Planets" sounds 
> > > > fantastic on the CD, for instance, as does the Karajan Strauss 
> > > > tone-poems.
> > > >
> > > > -- Tom Fine