tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post6638619306668949762..comments2024-03-19T07:26:41.137-04:00Comments on The Shellackophile: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Munch, New York Philharmonic)Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-37260680310634334302015-09-27T10:59:31.086-04:002015-09-27T10:59:31.086-04:00I'm a bit confused: isn't the piano part f...I'm a bit confused: isn't the piano part for four hands?dgrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669092166616448237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-61121135487579923042015-09-26T13:18:02.343-04:002015-09-26T13:18:02.343-04:00I'm a bit confused: isn't the piano part f...I'm a bit confused: isn't the piano part for four hands?dgrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669092166616448237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-24112760349330669222015-09-25T18:36:57.275-04:002015-09-25T18:36:57.275-04:00Dear Anon, is there a password for the file at El ...Dear Anon, is there a password for the file at El baul del coleccionista?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-12616781026627120602015-09-25T14:52:34.749-04:002015-09-25T14:52:34.749-04:00You might like to compare your transfer with this ...You might like to compare your transfer with this one from the LP version (ML 4120), which was posted earlier this month at El baúl del coleccionista:<br /><br />http://elbaulcoleccionista.blogspot.com/2015/09/charles-munch-dirige-saint-saens.html<br /><br />These postwar Columbia sets were pressed on such crappy laminated shellac that the LPs almost always sound better. (On the other hand, the extra speed of the 78s does give the sound a little more wallop!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-25886142710892905942015-09-24T16:40:55.652-04:002015-09-24T16:40:55.652-04:00Thanks Bryan, always a pleasure to discover a new ...Thanks Bryan, always a pleasure to discover a new record release on your blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-22893324060422964182015-09-24T12:39:09.124-04:002015-09-24T12:39:09.124-04:00Thanks for making this available. I've always...Thanks for making this available. I've always preferred it to Munch's Boston stereo remake, even though critics still cite that as the best version ever recorded. I've also never quite understood why the organ soloists are given such prominence in the credits, since their solo parts are spare and simple. (I rail about both a bit in my article on the Organ Symphony at: http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics4/saintsaens.html .) Peter Gutmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06782272764374474712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-80189509030170848282015-09-24T11:14:11.133-04:002015-09-24T11:14:11.133-04:00Thanks, Bryan. Do you happen to have the first (mo...Thanks, Bryan. Do you happen to have the first (mono) Ormandy Columbia LP recording with Biggs, recorded (I believe) in Boston?<br />Ray <br />DrRay3DrRay3https://www.blogger.com/profile/07508401333524187818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-35012013262206557372015-09-23T19:58:14.448-04:002015-09-23T19:58:14.448-04:00Alternate links:
FLAC:
http://www.mediafire.com/d...Alternate links:<br /><br />FLAC:<br />http://www.mediafire.com/download/1vtadqknibkhs30/Munch_-_Saint-Saens_3_FLACs.zip<br /><br />MP3:<br />http://www.mediafire.com/download/f8pu7azjog25715/Munch_-_Saint-Saens_3_MP3s.zipBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.com