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"Peter J. Schledorn" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:37:29 -0400
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Walter Meyer wrote:

>(About the Missa Solemnis) Generally a poor evaluator of performances (I'm
>too easy to please and find it hard to fault performances), I'll leave it
>to other to name their favorites except the one I heard first, which I
>suspect may otherwise be overlooked.  It's Klemperer's with the Vienna
>Symphony which came out on lp in the early 50s and has been reissued on CD,
>but I can't find the label now.

My copy is on a two-CD Vox Legends box, coupled with performances of the
Fifth and Sixth.  The label says that all three works were recorded in
1950.  I also like this Missa very much.

Best,
Peter

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