Deryk Barker wrote:

>Satoshi Akima ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>The first big surprise came in the form of his mono 1950 recording with
>>the Vienna Symphony of J.S.  Bach's Mass in B Minor.  It is remarkable
>>in that he uses a chamber choir with what appears to be a scaled down
>>orchestral accompaniment.
>
>In his mid-30s Paris set of the Brandenburgs he used a harpsichord.  The
>only other complete 1930s set I know was the Busch Ensemble, which still
>used a piano.

Did the trumpeter in the 30s Scherchen Second Brandenburg play in tune?

Walter Meyer