Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, op.48
Hugo Wolf: Four lieder
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Gérard Souzay, Baritone -&- Jacqueline Bonneau, piano
Decca LXT 2734 1952 LP/matrices: ARL1095 -2B / ARL1096 -1B. Recorded: c.August/September 1951 - Paris.
Very Quickly deleted LP (replaced with 1953 recording of Dichterliebe: LXT2875) NOT ON CD Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>
Souzay - 1956 French Opera arias ( Fabulous performances + immaculate 1986 Dutch vinyl ! )
Grand merci pour le partage de cette belle interprétation. Votre transfert est bien fait.
ReplyDeleteL’effort nécessaire m’a presque épuisé !
DeleteThank you for this rarity!
ReplyDeleteIt's near-bonkers to try editing to acceptability such early Decca vinyl - but I've not compromised the sound.
DeleteOther early Decca that might tempt: 10-inch LX's - Magaloff: Liszt sonata (1951) & Griller Qt: Haydn/Mozart (1952) both not on CD - nor a Schubert song (D300) in a Souzay LX (1957: by that date pressings had improved 'somewhat').
Thanks for these records. Your collecton comprises a lot of valuable treasures and your transfers are (mostly) splendid. Thanks again.
ReplyDeletePresumably this is one that sounds less than splendid: in which case I can blame the LP!
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