Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Also, as of late, I made a transfer, from a taped copy, of Koussevitzky's
>recording of the St. Matthew Passion.  It is unlike anything I have
>heard...and, being a true believer when it comes to Koussevitzky, I love
>it...is it historically correct...beats me, as I don't really know how
>Bach wanted it to be performed.

   http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Articles/SMP-TNT.htm

Dear Karl and All, First I am fascinated and allured by the Handel and
Bach recordings you mention.  Concerning outrageously great Bach singing,
I do wonder whether you can shed some light on the recording of the 1951
Perpignan Festival and what was recorded and what was released and what
is attainable,etc.

I am very confused as I now see (I am a slow reader) that the "Erbarme
dich, mein Gott" as noted in Teri Noel Towe's magisterial article, when
one follows the link, was indeed released on a Columbia LP (or so appears
to have been).

   "Although it is not of 78 RPM origin, one of the most transcendent
   accounts of this heavenly aria was recorded by the mezzo-soprano
   Jennie Tourel at the 1951 Perpignan Festival, with Pablo Casals
   conducting [M-16]."

Yet TNT says "not of 78RPM origin".  I hope to have some light shed on
this matter.

Best,
Yoel