EMI SACD releases

Got the Klemperer/Mozart set today. Sound is very good and lavish presentation but EMI have made serious errors in the documentation; they inexplicably credit the New Philharmonia with the 'Entfuhrung' overture despite producing pictures of the original LP sleeves confirming that all these recordings are by the original Philharmonia and pre-date the New Phil by a couple of years. They say that Symphony 40 is Klemperer's second recording from1962 whereas the timings correspond exactly with his 1956 version which I already have and to which Richard Osborne solely refers in his sleeve notes. The recording date for Symphony 39 is out by exactly 6 years (OK made an earlier version of that also in '56 but not until later in that year- I assume the recording is the later one but who knows by now!) and the Linz is said to be first published in 1976; clearly nonsense. In a set relies heavily on meticulous restoration of classic recordings with photos of original tapes and documentation this is shoddy and undermines faith in the whole project.

Just ordered the Schuricht's Bruckner's 8th & 9th: praised by many brucknerians and I suppose this is one of the best of the lot. Been waiting long for those recordings to get back to the catalogue. SACD sound will be a bonus (gonna rip them anyway).

Hi Parla. Would you say that it's worth the added cost to purchase these Hybrid SACDs? I'm assuming here that you already owned the ones that you've mentioned on CD.

Best wishes,

Petra

I think so, Petra. My previous searches were all in vain. Those recordings are from the early 60s and, if I mistake not, the last EMI edition was from early 90s (CZS 767 279 2). It seems they were available at ArkivMusic, but then.....

Talking about Schuricht's recordings, there's another, now deleted, that I am looking for (or waiting for): Brahms' 4th Symphony w/ BRSO, originally on Adès.

Another odd aspect of the Klemperer/ Mozart reissues is the mysterious case of the missing 'Turkish' percussion in the Entfuhrung Overture! I don't remember this being a problem on the original LP (it would be surprising for a Legge supervised recording) but it remains virtually inaudible. This was first commented on in Gramophone in the August 76 issue when the Klemperer/Mozart recordings were gathered in a box set for the first time. Subsequent CD issues failed to resolve the problem but one would have thought that the new exhaustive re-mastering process from original sources described in the Signature presentation book would have done the trick.