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From: gayde@iwu1b.UUCP (Peter Gayde)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Twentieth Century Classical Music Primer (more remarks)
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Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 16:19:27 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 16:19:27 1984
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I just recently purchased the complete Vaughan Williams symphonies
by the ONLY conductor to do him justice, Sir Adrian Boult.  The
set I bought is on HMV, directly imported from Europe by IBR, the
International Book and Record Distributors of Long Island City, New
York.  IBR and Andre Perreault (of Virginia Beach, VA) are FANTASTIC
sources for imported records at very good prices.
     IBR offers almost every label imaginable and will give substantial
discounts for large purchases.  I got the V. W. symphonies for about
$47 including postage (that's just over half of what you would have to
pay to get them on crummy Angel pressings).
     Andre Perreault is a virtual candy store for those interested in
VERY cheap recordings.   In a recent issue of their newsletter they
offered many HMV recordings for the incredible price of $5.99 per disc.
This included many very recently issued recordings such as Tennstedt's
Mahler, Boult's Vaughan Williams, Goodall's Ring Cycle, Martinon's
Debussy and others.  Needless to say, I sent in a large order.  The
one problem with this company is that they do not have a warehouse and
they do not back-order any items.  They have deadlines on which they
send HUGE orders overseas and, if there isn't enough of a particular
title to go around, you have to wait until they offer it again or try
another company (such as I had to do with IBR and the V. W. set).
     Now, back to the original subject of this article.  Boult has
an obvious affinity for V. W.'s music, he knew the composer very
well and premiered many of his works (as he did for Holst's "The
Planets").  The composer attended many of the sessions for Boult's
earlier recordings of his music (in the 40's and 50's).  This cycle
was recorded between 1968 and 1972.  All of the symphonies are
beautifully performed by people who have the music in their blood
(New Philharmonia and London Phil. Orchestras).  The sound is very good
and the pressings are silent.  Especially nice are symphonies #3, 4 and
7.  I highly recommend this recording.
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	Peter Gayde	ihnp4!{iwu1b,ihuxp}!gayde
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