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Member	Item		Review/Comment
LaurenceD SUBS 23rd Jun 2018		Classical Item Tamás Vásáry - Chopin: Nocturnes Nr. 11-20 (1966)	Note that on the DG releases from around this period, the accents on Tamás name are 'a-grave' instead of 'a-acute'.
LaurenceD SUBS 28th May 2018		Classical Item Jan Adamus, Palais Camerata - Schwarzenberg'sche Hausmusik aus den fürstlichen Archiven: Oboenkonzerte von Carlo Besozzi	Unable to date this one, except that based on the booklet notes it has to be 1997 or later. It also has no barcode. I wonder if this disc was offered to guests at the Hotel im Palais Schwarzenburg; the last part of the booklet describes the amenities of the hotel.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th May 2018		Classical Item Radu Lupu, Szymon Goldberg - Mozart: Sonatas For Piano And Violin Volume Two (1977)	These recordings first appeared on a UK Decca 6-lp set (Decca 13 BB 207-212), ca. 1975-76. Released in the U.S. as three volumes, 2 discs each, they maintained the side numbers of the larger set, hence the sides 5-8 in this volume.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th Apr 2018		Classical Item Prof. Kraus - Bach: Toccata Und Fuge, Dorische Toccata, Fantasie	I think that the organist may be Eberhard Kraus.
LaurenceD SUBS 20th Mar 2018		Classical Item Protschka, Kohler, Chamber Orchestra Of Dusseldorf - Kurt Weill's Der Jasager (1955)	Early pressings have yellow labels and full color sleeve with liner notes on the back. On my later pressing, the same liner notes are on the front of the sleeve, and the back is blank.
LaurenceD SUBS 14th Mar 2018		Classical Item Lotte Lenya, Lewis Ruth Band, Theo Mackeben - Weill: Three Penny Opera And Mahagonny (1963)	There were some spelling variations of the singers' names between the cover and label. I used the ones that I determined as the more 'correct' for the soloist and track listings. The variant forms: Erike Helmke, Eric Ponto, Willy Trenck-Trebitsch
LaurenceD SUBS 28th Feb 2018		Classical Item The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, Gary Bertini - Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (1968)	The first released recordings of these works.
LaurenceD SUBS 24th Feb 2018		Classical Item Lóránt Kovács, Győr Philharmonic, János Sándor - Joseph Haydn (Leopold Hoffmann), Michael Haydn Flute Concertos	The Hob. VII F. D 1 flute concerto was originally attributed to Joseph Haydn in the Breitkopf "Supplemento VI" of 1771. However the 1781 Breitkopf catalogue changed the attribution to Leopold Hoffmann. The New Grove Dictionary for F.J. Haydn ©1982 lists the VII D major concerto under "spurious and doubtful", also attributing it to L. Hoffmann.
LaurenceD SUBS 6th Feb 2018		Classical Item Alfred Brendel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos; Choral Fantasy (1977)	The text for the Choral fantasy is credited to (Christoph) Kuffner on this release. There has been some debate about that, various musicologists suggesting that the author may have been Georg Friedrich Treitschke. In any event the text and the music were written in haste in order to be premiered at the benefit concert of Dec 22, 1808.
LaurenceD SUBS 23rd Jan 2018		Classical Item Basler Kammerorchester - J. S. Bach	Looks excellent to me. Any clue as to the release date?
LaurenceD SUBS 23rd Jan 2018		Classical Item San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart - John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Other Works (1987)	Much of the blue parts of the design (such as the Nonesuch logo) on my disc seems to be missing, apparently from a printing defect.
LaurenceD SUBS 17th Jan 2018		Classical Item Karl Richter - Bach: Goldberg-Variationen (1979)	I was unsure how to regard the "aspekte" name; as a series, a sub-label or as the main label. I see that the 6.41337 cat number had been used prior to the aspekte release, though. This 1956 recording was the first of five Goldbergs issued by Richter.
LaurenceD SUBS 30th Dec 2017		Classical Item Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein - Beethoven: Symphonie No. 5 (1982)	These single disc releases were issued to coincide with the PBS TV airing of performances starting Jan 25, 1982. The scheduled release dates were: - symphonies 1-4: Jan 1982 - symphony 5: Jan or Feb, not sure - symphonies 6-9: Feb 1982
LaurenceD SUBS 18th Dec 2017		Classical Item Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado - Brahms: 21 Ungarische Tänze (1983)	My copy is from RCA music Service: R 115408 Released as part of the Brahms Edition (orchestral works) box set, and also released separately.
LaurenceD SUBS 26th Nov 2017		Classical Item Geza Anda, Camerata Academica Des Salzburger Mozarteums - Mozart: Die 4 Letzten Klavierkonzerte (1984)	The cover for this 2-LP set is a little unusual, as it's a box-shaped container with a foam-rubber insert separating the two discs. I promptly removed that insert before it began to disintegrate.
LaurenceD SUBS 26th Nov 2017		Classical Item Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Cembalokonzerte BWV 1055, 1056, 1053	Not sure about dating this one. I see that there are other, presumably earlier releases as SAWT 9538-B (no 6.41099), and "Royal Sound Stereo" on back, no Leonhardt or Edison on front.
LaurenceD SUBS 25th Nov 2017		Classical Item English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary - J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 1-6, Complete) (1975)	My copy of this release was acquired from Book of the Month Club around 1981.
LaurenceD SUBS 15th Oct 2017		Classical Item Gustav Leonhardt, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, David Willcocks - Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Kantatenwerk Folge 4 (1972)	In case you're wondering what happened to BWV 15, "Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen" was initially attributed to J.S. Bach, but scholars later determined it to be the work of his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach and reassigned it to the latter as JLB 21.
LaurenceD SUBS 11th Oct 2017		Classical Item Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Hammerklavier" Sonata And Sonata Op. 78 (1972)	I'm fine with this as a Netherlands release. I have another Philips LP forthcoming from the same time period, with the same layout, so I'll designate it as NL as well :-)
LaurenceD SUBS 9th Oct 2017		Classical Item Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Hammerklavier" Sonata And Sonata Op. 78 (1972)	Definitely pressed and printed in the Netherlands, but I suppose you could go either way with this one. The reason that I selected UK was based on the back cover text near the bottom (admittedly hard to read in the scanned image), just above "Printed in Holland": (excerpted) WARNING: Copyright subsists ... Licenses for the use of recordings for public performance may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd., Evelyn House, 62 Oxford Street, London W. 1.
LaurenceD SUBS 17th Sep 2017		Classical Item Various Artists - Beethoven: Complete Overtures / Minuets, German Dances, Contredanses	Originally released in LP format, ca. 1975 (Masur) and 1978-79 (Marriner), then compiled and released in CD format ca. 1994. My copy, presumably released some time thereafter: Manufactured and distributed by Musical Heritage Society under license from Universal Classics Group
LaurenceD SUBS 12th Sep 2017		Classical Item Emerson String Quartet - Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets (1990)	Thanks PhilMH, duly noted and changed.
LaurenceD SUBS 12th Sep 2017		Classical Item Emerson String Quartet - Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets (1990)	From the Emerson Quartet web site: - Released: Sep 19, 1990 - "Originally released by Book-of-the-Month Club in 1984 it was then rereleased by Deutsche Grammophon in 1990."
LaurenceD SUBS 9th Sep 2017		Classical Item Hampson, Te Kanawa, Upshaw, Furlanetto, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Levine - Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (1991)	Looking at the track listings, scans of which I have included, it appears that the tracks on these discs have sub-track indices. But I cannot be sure as none of my current CD players display those sub-track numbers. My first (Sony) CD player did display them, but that one was put out to pasture long ago.
LaurenceD SUBS 5th Jan 2017		Classical Item Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19 (1984)	Birthday greetings to Maurizio Pollini, who turns 75 today.
LaurenceD SUBS 24th Feb 2016		Classical Item Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi - Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (1987)	Thanks PhilMH, changed accordingly.
LaurenceD SUBS 17th Feb 2016		Classical Item Sumi Jo, Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon - Prayers (2000)	The Korean release seems to have the same contents as the international one (Erato 8573 82772-2), but with a different running order.
LaurenceD SUBS 6th Dec 2015		Classical Item San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi - Gliere: Symphony No. 3 (1991)	A salute to maestro Yoav Talmi, who led the San Diego Symphony through times of considerable financial difficulty.
LaurenceD SUBS 27th Dec 2014		Classical Item Professor Peter Schickele - P.D.Q. Bach On The Air (1988)	I wasn't sure whether this one belonged in the classical department, but here it is ...
LaurenceD SUBS 27th Nov 2014		Classical Item Academy And Chorus Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Neville Marriner - Mozart: Mass In C Minor "Grosse Messe" (1980)	Musicologist and author Howard Chandler Robbins Landon, who reconstructed parts of the Credo and Sanctus used in this recording, was largely responsible for chronicling the complete works of Joseph Haydn and bringing them to the public's attention.

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