Handel Messiah,complete,1742 Dublin,Scherchen,Vienna Orch.&Chorus,Reel to ReelEX
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I have been collecting reel to reel tapes for 57 years and have recently purchased a collection from an estate of a member of Philadelphia orchestra. A true patron of the arts and members of the family played in orchestras around the world. All tapes have been tested and rated. They were played on Teac a4010 sl or Revox 77 tape decks using Macintosh power amp and JBL monitor speakers of the late 60’s and early 70’s. As you know analog ¼” tape is very close to pure sound unless you have a ½” tape system.
Please feel free to ask any questions. Also take a look at my other listings. If you buy more than one tape I will adjust the shipping charges to actual cost(only in USA) and ship the tapes together. Thank you
Westminster Hi-Fi 1959 WTW-134 4 track 7.5 Ips 3 Hours+ Complete Dublin 1742 Delineation of sound clear and excellent. Booklet enclosed
notes by Tatnall Canby
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Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conducted by Hermann Scherchen and the Vienna Academy Chorus Soloist Soprano- Pierrelle Alarie Alto- Nan Merriman,Tenor- Leopold Simoneau Bass- Richcar Standen
Collectors an Student of music:
Don't expect orthodox interpretations from Hermann Scherchen. Do expect to see old standards through new lenses, as in this 1959 Messiah that for all its seemingly perverse moments has for decades been one of the most interesting, insightful, and enjoyable of the innumerable versions that have come down the pike. In Scherchen's hands, Messiah is an overwhelmingly dramatic, even operatic work, concerned above all with expressive narrative drive, its lumbering portions setting up the full-charge-ahead ones or drawing you into deep introspection. In other words, this isn't ye olde comfortable, plush Messiah of yore. It's a modernist Messiah for our times, with the trappings of historical accuracy replaced by deep emotional expression.
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