Friday, March 4, 2011

Haydn/Schneider Quartet links removed

CD's now available: http://vinylfatigue.blogspot.com/2014/12/schneider-quartet-haydn-now-available.html

To all the visitors to Vinyl Fatigue who found your way here through a web search for the Schneider Quartet Haydn recordings: Thank you. Thank you, too, to all who have supported my Haydn project and have left such encouraging comments. I owe you all an explanation of why I have removed the links to my restorations.

Very recently, after a couple of months of preliminaries, I have begun a project that will see the Haydn Society/Schneider Quartet recordings issued complete, by the current owner of the original tapes, in a commercial CD edition. The result should be superior to what I have been able to achieve here, and it has long been my desire to see such an edition brought forth. I never in my life imagined I would be involved in such a venture, and I feel privileged to be so.

I was not asked to remove the links to my previous work. I felt, however, that leaving them up would be a serious conflict of interest, not to mention a breach of simple etiquette. My primary goal in starting the series on Vinyl Fatigue was to make these fine performances digitally available. It was my hope from the start that a show of interest would encourage making a CD edition. I am deeply gratified that hope will shortly be realized. For me it is a dream come true.

I thank you for your understanding and for your many kindnesses.

16 comments:

  1. That sounds exciting, Larry. Please let us know when the CDs are released. I for one would certainly like to obtain them.

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  2. Thanks: I'll definitely post an update when the time comes.

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  3. Thank you so much for pursuing this! The performances are so full of life!

    Best regards from over here,
    David Mendes

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  4. Larry - How wonderful for you (and for Haydn!). This is great news.

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  5. Thanks Buster and David. Needless to say, I'm very excited and pleased.

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  6. Dear Larry,

    thank you for the Schneider Quartet series. I'll be glad to buy the CDs when they are available.

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  7. Thanks Anton. Hope you are doing well.

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  8. That's exciting news! I look forward to 'retiring' my beat-up LPs and completing my collection!

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  9. Maready:
    I just completed my own LP set, getting the four quartets I lacked and finding a replacement in better condition for my poor, abused Op. 1 boxed set.

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  10. That is wonderful news. Many years ago I contacted the widow of the last owner of Haydn Society and was able to buy some of the last LPs of the Schneider Quartet that she had. When I asked if they'd be issued on CD, she told me that Alexander Schneider took the master tapes from her husband and (if I remember correctly) refused to allow them to be transferred to CD. Clearly, there is a story here, though you may not be at liberty to share it yet.

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  11. Addison: I don't know the whole story, but it sounds like it will make a wonderful entry in the annuls of musical intrigue.

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  12. Honorable decision.
    Honorable action.

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  13. Boom: Thank you for your supportive comments.

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  14. Larry, are you out there? It concerns me that there has been no activity on either of your blogs that I am aware of, and I worry that you may be unwell.

    Fred Maroth of Music and Arts unfortunately passed away in 2013, but the company saw the release of the Schneider Quartet recordings through (huzzah!!) so I'm appending this comment here so that those who come here via a Google search will be aware of that fact. The Schneider Quartet recordings may be ordered from Amazon or direct from Music and Arts, nicely packaged and annotated, and they're a must!

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  15. Thank you Jonathan! I've finally figured out what Google has done with Blogger and can answer comments. I have the set now, and can enthusiastically recommend it to anyone who loves these recordings. Happy New Year!

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