
This set of Badura-Skoda's complete DGG recordings is being released soon, and I wondered what the forum thinks of his artistry. My own experience is limited to rumor and gossip......
I have no idea at all what that means.jserraglio wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:42 pmDG, current owner of the Westminster catalog, has a lot of skin in the game.
John F wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:26 amI have no idea at all what that means.jserraglio wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:42 pmDG, current owner of the Westminster catalog, has a lot of skin in the game.
John F wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:00 pmAlmost certainly they picked up the enormous Westminster backlist for next to nothing from whoever was selling it. Whatever, they didn't put a dime into actually producing any of these recordings. Billing them as DG recordings takes some nerve and banks on the ignorance of the public.
jserraglio wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:49 pmI have several Westminster recordings by Scherchen and Rodzinski reissued earlier by DG with the Westminster name or logo displayed prominently on the packaging. There is also DG's 40-disc compilation of Westminster recordings with crystal-clear attributions to the source material.
Not all outfits are that upfront, cf. Naxos's Collins or Delos reissues, and maybe DG did drop the ball with their new PBS 90th Birthday Tribute mega box. But if this set's acquisition, remastering, design, production and marketing have suddenly become cost-free, that would indeed be cause for celebration, 'cuz it ain't gonna sell that many copies.
jserraglio wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:49 pmNot all outfits are that upfront, cf. Naxos's Collins or Delos reissues, and maybe DG did drop the ball with their new PBS 90th Birthday Tribute mega box. But if this set's acquisition, remastering, design, production and marketing have suddenly become cost-free, that would indeed be cause for celebration, 'cuz it ain't gonna sell that many copies.
maestrob wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:56 amIIRC, Westminster was "absorbed" by DGG back in the late 1990's, partly because there was such widespread demand for the Beverly Sills recordings of the Donizatti "3 Queens" operas. Though they sold well, I never thought that Sills's voice was suited to those roles, and indeed, she went into vocal decline after performing them, much as Renata Scotto did after recording Verdi's Nabucco (Abigaille) with Muti.
Thus, I'm glad to see Badura-Skoda finally available, at any rate.
Lance wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:10 pmI was never all that enamoured of Sill's voice, though I certainly recognized her impeccable musicianship. I have collected her recordings with interest, nonetheless. And me, too, glad to see the Badura-Skoda issue. I am getting impatient to get my copy, in fact.maestrob wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:56 amIIRC, Westminster was "absorbed" by DGG back in the late 1990's, partly because there was such widespread demand for the Beverly Sills recordings of the Donizatti "3 Queens" operas. Though they sold well, I never thought that Sills's voice was suited to those roles, and indeed, she went into vocal decline after performing them, much as Renata Scotto did after recording Verdi's Nabucco (Abigaille) with Muti.
Thus, I'm glad to see Badura-Skoda finally available, at any rate.
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