Hmmm.  Lebrecht's prose is a little over the top.  I can understand any
Brit having a soft-spot for EMI, and even calling it the "heart of English
music," but for me, Chandos and Hyperion, Lyrita and Argo did much more
for my appreciation of English music than EMI.  In any case, what more
could they do, having recorded the Greatest Works of Everyone--three
times over.

There is one semi nostalgic and poignant post script, the Testament
company has secured rights to the vast EMI Classical catalog and is
beginning to re-release high-quality Lp pressings.  I'm looking forward
to the Elgar Sea Pictures and Cello Concerto with Baker and du Pre, for
starters.

John Smyth
Sacramento, CA

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