Bertini's Mahler
Alan Cooper
+ the Adadio of #10 and Das Lied on 11CDs. The set cost about $60
with shipping. The new compact package takes up less space than the
French EMI issue of Symphonies 1-5 alone. Also, this issue has a
proper booklet, including texts and translations. Symphony #4 is
still annoyingly split between two CDs, as it was in the French issue.
Otherwise, the only works that are split up are the ones that are too
long for a single disc anyway, namely ##2, 3, 6, and 9; the others
(##1, 5, 7, 8, 10, and Das Lied) fit onto a single disc apiece, with
or without portions of other symphonies.
The copyright information indicates that this set is a European issue
of the recent Japanese transfers. I have not yet had an opportunity
to compare them with the previous issue, but I recall that Simon
Roberts made the comparison when the Japanese set appeared, and he
declared them to be superior to the French EMI transfers.
These are splendid performances, and it is great to have them all
readily available again!
AC
Simon Roberts
>
>The copyright information indicates that this set is a European issue
>of the recent Japanese transfers. I have not yet had an opportunity
>to compare them with the previous issue, but I recall that Simon
>Roberts made the comparison when the Japanese set appeared, and he
>declared them to be superior to the French EMI transfers.
Must have been someone else - I haven't heard the French EMI release, only the
EMI imports (from Germany or wherever it was) that preceded it.
Simon
Alan Cooper
Here are a couple of postings from August 7, 2005. I don't think it
was unreasonable to infer that you were comparing the Japanese issue
with the French EMIs :-)
"Alan Cooper" <amcoo...@nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
news:hajcf1huj25h3dv9k...@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 09:15:25 -0700, law...@webtv.net (Lawrence
> Chalmers) wrote:
>>A continuation of the Bertin/Mahler box in a 24 bit remastering from
>>Japan, as a 'cycle' one of my favorites along with Chailly, Gielen
>>and Kubelik (dg and audite)
> Thanks for the heads-up about the availability of the complete Bertini
> cycle. Of course, having purchased the French EMI reissue of ##1-5, I
> find it more than a bit annoying that the only way to get the rest of
> the symphonies is to duplicate the ones that I already have!
Yes, but you'll appreciate the extra bloom above the stave occasioned
by that 24 bit remastering....
Simon
Marc Perman
"Alan Cooper" <amco...@nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
news:9ij7s1hv8j5rmjdhp...@4ax.com...
When I heard that this set was being reissued, I went back to my French EMI
box and listened again to ## 4 and 5. Beautifully played and recorded (I
can't imagine that the new transfers could be better), but ever-so-slightly
on the dull side, IMO.
Marc Perman
Matthew Silverstein
> The copyright information indicates that this set is a European issue of
> the recent Japanese transfers.
That's good to know. At least I don't have to replace the set I imported
from Japan earlier this year. (Then again, it would be nice to have notes
and what not in English . . .)
Matty