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- From: gustavo@dent.uchicago.edu (Gustavo Comezana)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: EMI deletions (was Re: Ockeghem)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.220357.9023@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:03:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.063407.25773@Princeton.EDU> <y1p2b+b@rpi.edu> <1992Dec20.064010.22971@Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <1992Dec20.064010.22971@Princeton.EDU> roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig) writes:
- >In article <y1p2b+b@rpi.edu> mccomt@aix.rpi.edu (Todd Michel McComb) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec19.063407.25773@Princeton.EDU> Roger Lustig writes:
- (stuff deleted)
-
- >>...if the set of chansons finally appears here (and Steve Apter mentioned a
- >>while ago that it has appeared in Japan), I might not feel so short-changed
- >>-- particularly if I find a recording of the Missa Mi Mi.
- >
- >There is one, I think. PErhaps on Reflexe? As for the chansons, why not
- >learn them? Find a few friends who can play this or that, or who can
- >sing with you.
- >
- >Roger
-
-
- The Reflexe recording, sung by the Hilliard Ensemble, went the way of
- the dodo bird about three years ago, at least in the US (alas!).
- Another set which was deleted at the same time (Byrd Masses and
- Motets, also Hilliard, 2 discs), resurfaced last year on mid-price, on
- one disc, sans motets. So maybe not all is lost, and we shall some day
- see the Mi-Mi reappear in the bins for about 30 seconds, after which
- EMI, in its infinite wisdom, will withdraw it from circulation.
-
- By the way, the Byrd reissue is distributed in the USA by Allegro
- Imports (which means that you'll pay roughly the equivalent of local
- full-price EMI issues). This makes me wonder what criteria EMI uses to
- decide what to issue in America, if any. There are so many fine discs
- that never make it to these shores that one has to wonder if there is
- such a big difference between the record-buying public in Europe and
- that in the US. Take the Byrd disc, for example: the Hilliard Ensemble
- has a considerable following in this country and the Byrd Masses are
- far from esoteric repertoire; are the EMI accountants afraid the
- company is going to lose money? Nobody would expect it to be a
- blockbuster, but it is quite reasonable to think it would sell well.
- Is it possible that certain truly awful crossover material by the
- King's Singers (available in the US, of course) could possibly sell
- better? (Disclaimer: this is not meant as an insult to the King's
- Singers, who are wonderful when they are not in blatantly commercial
- mode).
-