Ida Haendel Decca Box

[pastoralguy]

How does the Sibelius and Elgar compare with the studio recordings - same conductor of course for each as in the studio ?

Is the remastering a noticeable improvement on the BBC MM disc?

To be honest, I’ve not heard the actual discs yet, only the PRESTO download that I listen to on my ‘phone. The Sibelius is roughly the same as the studio performance but the Elgar has more urgency and direction than the slightly notorious Boult studio performance.

[Barbirollians]

My copy has arrived today - a rather punchy note by Tully Potter dismissing her suggestion she was born in 1928 . Unfortunately, however, no discussion of any of the performances except the Elgar ‘s timings being briefly mentioned.

[pastoralguy]

My copy has arrived today - a rather punchy note by Tully Potter dismissing her suggestion she was born in 1928 . Unfortunately, however, no discussion of any of the performances except the Elgar ‘s timings being briefly mentioned.

Fantastic! Please let us know your opinions. My copies arrived on Saturday, (one is a Christmas present), but I’m doing overtime at work so it’s going to be a couple of weeks until I can hear them properly.

[smittims]

I've had an on-off relationship with Tully Potter's wrings. He's immensely knowledgeable , it seems , but I feel uncomfortable about some of his opinions. For instance, I can't decide if he admires Yehudi Menuhin or has a chip on his shoulder about him.

[Barbirollians]

He wrote a dreadful note for the Anja Thauer reissue of her DG recordings on Eloquence blithering about comparisons with du Pre rather than concentrating on the music and performances.

[pastoralguy]

I've had an on-off relationship with Tully Potter's wrings. He's immensely knowledgeable , it seems , but I feel uncomfortable about some of his opinions. For instance, I can't decide if he admires Yehudi Menuhin or has a chip on his shoulder about him.

He wrote many scathing reviews in The Strad magazine back in the 1980’s & 90’s. Yes, he is extremely knowledgeable but there’s an edge of unpleasantness about some of his writing.

[Barbirollians]

I've had an on-off relationship with Tully Potter's wrings. He's immensely knowledgeable , it seems , but I feel uncomfortable about some of his opinions. For instance, I can't decide if he admires Yehudi Menuhin or has a chip on his shoulder about him.

He takes the unuusal view that his later recordings were much better than those when he was a child prodigy . Skirting round the intonation issues rather,

I don't agree with him but I see his frustration with reviewers who seem to treat Menuhin as if he was finished after the war .

[Barbirollians]

Fantastic! Please let us know your opinions. My copies arrived on Saturday, (one is a Christmas present), but I’m doing overtime at work so it’s going to be a couple of weeks until I can hear them properly.

I must get round to listening to these recordings - rave review from Rob Cowan today about the Elgar and Britten and good about the Sibelius and Brahms

He went so far as to say this live Haendel/Boult Elgar would now be his top recommendation for a stereo version .