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[Sergeant Rock]

Since I buy almost anything the Cleveland records, this will eventually be in my collection. But the presence of Christian Gerhaher makes this attractive for anyone who loves great singing. A friend of mine attended the performance at Severance in February. He thought the eventual release of a CD would be worth getting. Here's a review of the concert:

http://www.wclv.com/page.php?pageID=764


Sarge

[Que]

I have and like Planès's Debussy Preludes very much and can recommend that disc enthusiastically.  I am also considering the box set even though I already have all of Debussy's wonderful music for piano on record.  This is some of the loveliest music in the repertoire and well worth knowing.

It's fascinating to see how lately performances on period instruments are claiming their place in late Classical and Romantic piano music!

Small prediction: in a few years time it will seem quite odd if a new recording is not performed on a period piano. I think it will be the unique selling point that will justify a new recording next to the zillion recordings by legendary pianists from the past of the "Iron Repertoire".

Q

[DavidRoss]

Since I buy almost anything the Cleveland records, this will eventually be in my collection. But the presence of Christian Gerhaher makes this attractive for anyone who loves great singing.

And since I've been acquiring all of Boulez's Mahler, it will end up on my shelf as well.  Gerhaher is terrific, but Kožená's Mahler may be interesting, too, judging from this youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11mfvRIKgUA

[prémont]

Excuse me, I just need to use the bathroom for a few minutes...  0:)

So do I.

I need to throw up.

[DavidRoss]

So do I.

I need to throw up.

Something you ate?

[Antoine Marchand]

So do I.

I need to throw up.

Ooops... I never imagined that pictures of Mrs. Anita Eckberg, Sofia Loren, Marylin (just Marylin), Julie Newmar and Ava Gardner would produce so disgusting and unpredictable effects. 

[George]

OK, I'm back from the bathroom, what'd I miss?

[Antoine Marchand]

OK, I'm back from the bathroom, what'd I miss?

Well, you took your time after all. 

[prémont]

Ooops... I never imagined that pictures of Mrs. Anita Eckberg, Sofia Loren, Marylin (just Marylin), Julie Newmar and Ava Gardner would produce so disgusting and unpredictable effects. 

It is certainly not these beautiful women I find disgusting - not at all, it is the way they are photographed, it seems so unnatural.

[prémont]

OK, I'm back from the bathroom, what'd I miss?

Depends upon what you were doing in the bathroom.

[Antoine Marchand]

It is certainly not these beautiful women I find disgusting - not at all, it is the way they are photographed, it seems so unnatural.

I think this time you will probably be in minority my Calvinistic Premont. 

[SonicMan46]

Depends upon what you were doing in the bathroom.

Well, if he took his computer into the bathroom, then... 

[Clever Hans]

It is certainly not these beautiful women I find disgusting - not at all, it is the way they are photographed, it seems so unnatural.

I prefer my women to look like this:

[kishnevi]

Returning this thread to its putative topic:
Data:
1) EMI has reissued another slew of budget opera sets,  a rather large number of them featuring Callas.
2) I am not fanatic about Callas,  I have a few of her recordings (Carmen, Puritani, Norma, Tosca in 2 versions) and enjoy them.  But I don't specifically go looking for Callas recordings.
Question:
So I'm wondering if I ought to splurge on them, especially considering most of them (possibly all of them) are mono. 
The recordings in question are Rigoletto,  Barber of Seville, Turandot, Madama Butterfly.  I have all four already, three of them in 1960s recordings for which I want to find more recent alternatives.  (Not the Turandot: I have the Pavarotti/Sutherland/Caballe/Mehta recording, which needeth no alternative.)
Are any of these Callas versions worth pulling the trigger on?

[George]

Returning this thread to its putative topic:
Data:
1) EMI has reissued another slew of budget opera sets,  a rather large number of them featuring Callas.
2) I am not fanatic about Callas,  I have a few of her recordings (Carmen, Puritani, Norma, Tosca in 2 versions) and enjoy them.  But I don't specifically go looking for Callas recordings.
Question:
So I'm wondering if I ought to splurge on them, especially considering most of them (possibly all of them) are mono. 

Sure, you can only catch mono through physical contact. 

[Bogey]

Sure, you can only catch mono through physical contact. 

Man does it sting when Diet-Pepsi shoots out the nose.

[George]

Man does it sting when Diet-Pepsi shoots out the nose.

[Bogey]

Returning this thread to its putative topic:
Data:
1) EMI has reissued another slew of budget opera sets,  a rather large number of them featuring Callas.
2) I am not fanatic about Callas,  I have a few of her recordings (Carmen, Puritani, Norma, Tosca in 2 versions) and enjoy them.  But I don't specifically go looking for Callas recordings.
Question:
So I'm wondering if I ought to splurge on them, especially considering most of them (possibly all of them) are mono. 
The recordings in question are Rigoletto,  Barber of Seville, Turandot, Madama Butterfly.  I have all four already, three of them in 1960s recordings for which I want to find more recent alternatives.  (Not the Turandot: I have the Pavarotti/Sutherland/Caballe/Mehta recording, which needeth no alternative.)
Are any of these Callas versions worth pulling the trigger on?

Some of my best performances are in mono.  Do not, I repeat, do not, let this detract you.  I do believe that in many cases it is nice to have a stereo set to compliment the historical set, but great performances are just that.

[Coopmv]

Some of my best performances are in mono.  Do not, I repeat, do not, let this detract you.  I do believe that in many cases it is nice to have a stereo set to compliment the historical set, but great performances are just that.

Like this set I bought a few months ago ...

[Bogey]

Like this set I bought a few months ago ...

That is because you are a man of high taste, Stuart.