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Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis Posted by Ron Cerabona on August 18, 2025, 12:54 am I enjoyed Christopher Howell's review but there is one factual error. He wrote, " am quite sure it was not recorded in the Concertgebouw" but on the official Leonard Bernstein discography it says the performance was indeed recorded there. https://leonardbernstein.com/discography?page=3

Re: Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis Posted by Ralph Moore on August 18, 2025, 9:42 am, in reply to "Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis" Thanks for that, Ron; it's an old review but we'll make a change to reflect your observation. Previous Message I enjoyed Christopher Howell's review but there is one factual error. He wrote, " am quite sure it was not recorded in the Concertgebouw" but on the official Leonard Bernstein discography it says the performance was indeed recorded there. https://leonardbernstein.com/discography?page=3

Re: Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis Posted by Chris Howell on August 19, 2025, 7:30 am, in reply to "Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis" So old that I had no memory of having heard this performance and would have happily sworn I had not. This in itself is interesting since I have clear memories of many other recordings I reviewed at about the same time, whether or not I have listened to them since. As for the recording quality, since the Bernstein site (presumably not consultable online back in those days) seems unimpeachable, the question must be why a performance recorded in a famously good acoustic sounds so poor Previous Message I enjoyed Christopher Howell's review but there is one factual error. He wrote, " am quite sure it was not recorded in the Concertgebouw" but on the official Leonard Bernstein discography it says the performance was indeed recorded there. https://leonardbernstein.com/discography?page=3

Re: Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis Posted by Ralph Moore on August 19, 2025, 8:01 am, in reply to "Bernstein's DG Missa Solemnis" I included this is my survey of the work and while not quite as exercised as CH about the poor quality of sound, I, too, certainly complained about its "muddiness" and "fuzziness", so clearly something went wrong. Nor would I consider it a top recommendation; there are better performed and recorded. Finally, I can relate to Chris having no memory of having heard and reviewed it; I have been caught out by forgetting much more recent of my own reviews... Previous Message I enjoyed Christopher Howell's review but there is one factual error. He wrote, " am quite sure it was not recorded in the Concertgebouw" but on the official Leonard Bernstein discography it says the performance was indeed recorded there. https://leonardbernstein.com/discography?page=3

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