Kar-MIng Chong wrote:

>I wanted to purchase this disc:
>Gieseking plays Debussy (Preludes Book 1) and Ravel (Gaspard de la Nuit)
>Pearl-Koch label
>
>Does anyone know if Pearl-Koch is associated with EMI? The reason is
>because I have the EMI version of the Preludes and I have no intention in
>duplicating my copy. Info is much appreciated.

Pearl is not associated with EMI; however the Pearl issue is of an EMI
recording. To be explicit:

The EMI Preludes Book 1 [Book 2 is also available in a 4-CD EMI set] is
of Gieseking 1950's recordings.  The Pearl is of 1930's recordings.

Regards,

Bill Karzas                     [log in to unmask]