Re: Beethoven's violin sonatas

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"Norman M. Schwartz" <nmsz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Steve!

"Steve Emerson" <emersn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <QFB7i.587$Tu4.353@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Norman M. Schwartz" <nmsz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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If you could find them and if your friend didn't suffer from the
crippling disease of audiophilia, I'd recommend Francescatti and
Casadesus or Suk and Panenka. (Nobody but me seems to like Robert
Mann and Stephen Hough, so I would have to listen again before
plugging them.)


IMO a musician who spends 2 million dollars for a fiddle offereing a
particular sound suffers from "audiophilia" far more than any typical
audiophile. Where is anyone to find a copy of the Suk/Panenka? (If you
see
one available, put me down for it.)

See my post elsewhere in the thread. (Amazon and Musicabona.)


In the past I had a huge problem with someone at Musicabona and would rather
go without than buy from them. I saw Suk/Panenka at Amazon, bought it
(Caiman!), but don't know what to expect. The picture clearly shows the
Supraphon release:
http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Violin-Sonatas-Josef-Suk/dp/B0007VLVWI/ref=sr_
1_3/105-0285223-4810059?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1180628560&sr=1-3,
but the description indicates Sony. Is this a mistake or some type of
re-mastering?

That is not the packaging that was used for the actual Supraphon
release. I suspect the set shown at Amazon is in fact a Japanese
release. The Japanese "Supraphon Vintage Collection" issues also purport
to be limited editions, and if you read closely you see the Columbia
Music Entertainment logo on them (Sony?). Maybe this is part of that
series -- which does seem to feature new transfers.

SE.
.