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messiaen/gillian weir/priory reissue or collins Posted by Mike H on June 20, 2024, 9:04 pm considering making a purchase: just wondering if someone could tell me a) how superior is the sound on the priory reissue ? b) how were the notes/booklets in the original collins classics? i've read several reviews about the extensive booklet with the priory reissue, but can't find any info as to the quality of the notes in the original collins box set. much thanks, Mike

Re: messiaen/gillian weir/priory reissue or collins Posted by Evan Blackmore on June 22, 2024, 1:24 am, in reply to "messiaen/gillian weir/priory reissue or collins" A December 1994 Gramophone review of the original Collins set stated: "Gratitude to Collins Classics (and BBC Radio 3)—not least for preserving the central repertoire of a major and ridiculously under-recorded artist—is a little tempered by the uninspired artwork and the quality of the booklet-notes, which are at best variable, and in the case of the later works, inadequate. Titles are not translated and Messiaen's supporting Scriptural quotations are not given." It would therefore seem that the Priory booklets are substantially different.

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