I have a similar record, but instead of the Morton Gould piece, it has Bela Bartok’s “Contrasts” (with Bartok on piano). Also, my dad (Boomie Richman) plays tenor sax on the Bernstein number.
CD 7. Alan Bush. BUSH Symphonies 1&2 CLASSICO CLASSCD 484 [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- July 2004 MusicWeb(UK)
This must be an early day recording for Koopman and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra as just about all my Koopman recordings are on Erato, though he has recorded for HM and Alia Vox more recently ...
It's from 1981. On the cover there is a small box saying a Harlekyn recording so I don't know if this was licensed to Philips or if they were a subsidiary. The Harlekyns have excellent sonics in my limited experience. I have seen this inscription on the cover of several Philips LPs issued in the late 70s/early 80s. Maybe @J.A.W. knows?
I believe Harlekijn was an independent Dutch label which was bought up by Philips in the late 1970s. My first pressing of Reinbert de Leeuw playing Satie is on Harlekijn (circa 1974), while the later pressings are on Philips (1980 and onwards). EDIT: According to Wiki, the label still exists. So either they were bought but were able to keep their name, or they only made a distribution deal. In which case it’s strange that Philips got to put their logo on it. I don’t know.
Harlekijn (Harlequin in English) was founded by Dutch performer/actor/author/singer/songwriter Herman van Veen and is still (more or less) active. The label released a few albums by Reinbert de Leeuw and other classical musicians, but classical music is not its core businnes.
Thanks. So it appears that Philips merely licensed from Harlekijn reissues of classical recordings that that label didn't care about much, with the stipulation that Philips mention Harlekijn on the cover.
A couple of quick things: Does anyone know who owns the Turnabout label recordings now? Some of them have turned up in Brilliant Classics sets, but I'm assuming they are licensed rather than own by them? I always thought a Turnabout megabox would be rather nice to have as they tended to record pieces that were a little bit more obscure and would come up with less duplication. Also, it's Offenbach's 200th birthday on Thursday, and I put pen to paper yesterday (or fingers to keyboard) and wrote a little something that might be of interest, and can be found here: Offenbach at 200
Turnabout is a sublabel of Vox Records. The Vox label is now owned by the Moss Music Group. This turned up in a search I did: https://www.discogs.com/label/5319-Turnabout https://www.discogs.com/label/296641-The-Moss-Music-Group-Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Records
To be honest I couldn't care less... The Vox/Turnabout output never really has interested me. Some people prefer the Beethoven Piano Sonatas cycle Alfred Brendel recorded for Vox/Turnabout to his two later cycles for Philips, but I'm not one of them.
I bought a number of Sine Qua Non records when I was in grad school, they were inexpensive and fitted the bill at the time. I actually have a Mozart box with Karl Bohm conducting some of the works ... Sine Qua Non
Listening to "1515 - The Sacred Works Of Jean Mouton" performed by Ensembles Diabolus In Musica & Clement Janequin on Bayard Musique.
It's owned by Naxos now: Classical Music | Listen to Legendary Classical Music Artists on Vox Classics
First listen to CD 4 from "Ravel - The Complete Edition" on Decca. Chantal Juillet, Pascal Rogé: Tzigane, M.76 10:21 Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 51 3:29 Sonate Posthume For Violin And Piano 15:57 Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré 2:54 Chantal Juillet, Truls Mörk: Sonata For Violin & Cello, M.73 Chantal Juillet, Pascal Rogé: Kaddish 5:31 Violin Sonata in G Major, M 77
