30 November 2014

Bach. Four Orchestral Suites - Busch Chamber Players - HMV 1936

Johann Sebastian Bach:
The Four Orchestral Suites    
Suite no.1 in C major, BWV.1066       /        Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV.1067
Suite no.3 in D major, BWV.1068       /        Suite no.4 in D major, BWV.1069
4 files zip FLAC   Mega Download  
(folder includes 300dpi scans of SHB68 sleeve + HMV Analytical Notes for the 78 albums, including full performer details)
The Busch Chamber Players directed by  Adolf Busch   
EMI World Records  SHB 68   1980 2LP set/matrices: 2XEA 7017-7020 -1/-1/-1/-1.  Transfers by Keith Hardwick  
Recorded: 27/28 October 1936 - EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road.  All 78 matrices are 'First Takes'.  Wonderful performances - near silent-surfaces.    
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14 comments:

  1. David Newyear30 November, 2014

    Thank you for this and all your other posts!

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    1. Tin Ear30 November, 2014

      Hello David,
      Ta!
      I didn't upload this before as it was on CD - but, apparently, not now.
      Nothing 'archaic' about these performances!

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  2. ipromesisposi03 December, 2014

    Thank you very much indeed for the wonderful analytical notes.
    Sadly, today would be unthinkable.

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  3. Pablo Varela04 December, 2014

    Thank you for editing and sharing this with much better sound than the EMI 90s transfers made by Charles Lewin.

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    1. Tin Ear04 December, 2014

      Hello Pablo ( and Ipromesisposi...I have some more scans - but sometimes the leaflets are missing from albums - and earlier they were pasted onto the album covers!).

      These didn't need too much editing (I left the LP's 'unwashed' as any noise was minimal) - though there were some glitches to remove...but the sound is quite decent for listening-to - but, as I don't buy CD's, I've never a comparison with these analog transfers/LP's to check if they've later been messed-up - but am certain some filtering ('Packburn') has removed a degree of clarity compared to my 78's (which I've never played) - but am fed up trying to please myself/others in terms of 'intervention' to remove much of the surface ''hiss' from shellac - and someone sent a link of my Decca/Bliss 78 transfers - which had been 'noise-reduced' - and the hiss was less - but nearly an octave of my transfer had also gone - with a 'filtered' effect then evident....

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  4. Lawrence Austin28 December, 2014

    Wonderful. Thank you. I have them on record, but you have saved me a digital transfer! And no, indeed, nothing archaic at all, just wonderfully musical.

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    1. Tin Ear28 December, 2014

      There's a market for their Brandenburg's (from LP: a recent request hereabouts) - if you have them..

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    2. Lawrence Austin30 December, 2014

      Thanks for the information, but I can't, just can't part with my LP's. I still think of digital versions of the things I have on record as ways of "saving" the vinyl from wear and tear. I still love my records too much to part with them.

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    3. Tin Ear30 December, 2014

      EMI UK didn't issue them after the 1957 COLC's (don't have/want: nor have the (presumably) c.1980 French EMI 'References' LP's - but do the excellent F.Busch 'Don Giovanni' in that series).

      I presume from your aghast astonishment they won't appear on >>your<< blog ?? - but only mentioned this due to a comment, last month, on the Busch/Beethoven Qts post that EMI's CD's are not too good ....so was asked to transfer them..

      Anyway..made me laugh!!

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  5. tevanbuskirk11 January, 2015

    Thank you for this wonderful blog, so full of treasure and information!

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    1. Tin Ear11 January, 2015

      There may be a bit more to come; though this constitutes a good percentage of what I have on LP in this category - as reliable/usable 78>LP transfers really only started from the early '70s.

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  6. guiller19 January, 2015

    Many thanks!

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  7. 2ndviolinist26 March, 2015

    I have enjoyed listening to these suites. The playing is very good and '33 is early for such literature. I was a violinist until an accident left me a quadriplegic in 2000. For the last number of years I have maintained a YouTube channel, 2dviolinist (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZWyW8drU9JE_mQzYBZet5A). I have uploaded selections from out of print CDs, L P's, and tapes. I have also "rebroadcast" posts from blogs such as Rolf's Satyr78kl, Bryan's Shellackophile, Neal's Nealshistorical, etc., with their permission. I was wondering if you allow me to upload some of your fine transfers. I give acknowledgment and links to my sources. Please leave a message on my channel either way. I appreciate the work that goes into these transfers. You and the others who do this, especially freely given, are heroes to many of us..

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    1. Tin Ear26 March, 2015

      Golly Gosh..it's Deja Vu again....
      Couldn't instantly recall the date of your last (very similar!) 'request'...
      ...anyway, it was..9/1/2014 Sibelius Symphonies....though did remember the first occasion: Elgar Cello Concerto, Enigma Squire/Harty..24&28/11/2011
      .....to which posts I refer you back to see my comment/s >>> :~))

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