Listening now to Regine Crespin (with Ansermet & Suisse Romande) singing Berlioz "Les Nuits d'etre" on 475 7712 - recorded 1963. Goose bump material. Takes me back to my early LP collecting days which featured a lot of Ansermet on Decca. But the sound I'm now hearing from these CDs far outclasses what I heard previously on LP (and much more conveniemnt + no clicks and plops!) My wife is not wrapped in soprano singing but is most impressed with Crespin's singing on this CD. You can see what else is on this release on the link below. Thoroughly recommended.Some excellent releases in their "Originals" catalog. I also have Britten's "War Requiem" and it is similarly excellent. Looks like more "Originals" will be be soon on the shelf.
MDT list quite a few on "special" at
http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/search/Special Offers/SO_Decca_PhilipsOriginals/DPO 0506/
Not the cheapest (nor the most expensive) CDs around, but if the two I have are any guide, they would make excellent additions to any library.
John
Do not criticise the idiots in this world - we need them as they make the rest of us look so much better :-)
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Topic - Decca "The Originals" classics remastered 96khz/24 bit - brilliant - John C. - Aussie 15:37:05 12/11/06 (11)
- unfortunately, John C., you might have had lots of LP's, but bad ones - docw 10:01:13 12/12/06 (6)
- A rather odd claim when ..... - John C. - Aussie 11:48:25 12/12/06 (5)
- no, not odd--comment is a bit in jest and comes from your posts. - docw 12:08:21 12/12/06 (4)
- Clicks and pops are extremely rare on my some-10,000 LPs. It's a myth! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:01:57 12/14/06 (1)
- agree, but - docw 12:18:43 12/14/06 (0)
- Yes, you have touched on the main problem - John C. - Aussie 13:22:13 12/12/06 (1)
- I apologize... - docw 17:04:41 12/12/06 (0)
- Re: Decca "The Originals" classics remastered 96khz/24 bit - brilliant - Todd Krieger 23:45:53 12/11/06 (3)
- Not sure I understand ....... - John C. - Aussie 13:47:22 12/12/06 (1)
- maybe their common Universal Music origin... - docw 21:29:57 12/12/06 (0)
- Clarification.... - Todd Krieger 11:21:46 12/12/06 (0)