Some collectors may feel grateful that Sony keeps many of its classic Columbia recordings available in its Great Performances series, and they may wax nostalgic over reissues they once owned decades ago as LPs. But others may puzzle over the label's seemingly endless repackaging of albums that sounded fine enough when they were released initially, yet which are constantly being upgraded as audio technology changes. Take, for instance, this reissue of The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli, splendidly recorded in 1968 by the ...
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Some collectors may feel grateful that Sony keeps many of its classic Columbia recordings available in its Great Performances series, and they may wax nostalgic over reissues they once owned decades ago as LPs. But others may puzzle over the label's seemingly endless repackaging of albums that sounded fine enough when they were released initially, yet which are constantly being upgraded as audio technology changes. Take, for instance, this reissue of The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli, splendidly recorded in 1968 by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, the Cleveland Brass Ensemble, and the Chicago Brass Ensemble, and augmented with recordings of pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli and Girolamo Frescobaldi, performed in 1959 by the New England Brass Ensemble with organist E. Power Biggs. As we have it here, this is a remastered version of the original analog tapes, which appeared on CD in 1996 and afterwards as a hybrid SACD in 2000. Granted, even on yinyl, the combined brass ensembles' sound was astonishing in its...
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Add this copy of The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli to cart. $22.78, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Sony Classical.
