...and they were very, very expensive. The only other electrostatic headphones at the time that I know of were made by Stax in Japan.
On the turntable: Haven't heard this in a long time. Having just recently listed to a lot of Brahms lieder, it's striking how much the slow movement of the Violin Sonata sounds like one of the songs.
I need to check my LP shelf as this LP jacket looks very familiar though it does not appear I have the CD version of this recording. Gyorgy Sebok was the partner in crime with Janos Starker and the two made many recordings together. I have the following Janos Starker Mercury box with a few of their recordings ... CD 1 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 1750) Complete Suites for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1007 1009 No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 No.3 in C major, BWV 1009 CD 2 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 1750) Complete Suites for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1010 1012 No.4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 No.6 in D major, BWV 1012 CD 3 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 1750) 3 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027 1029 Sonata No.1 in G major, 1027 Sonata No.2 in D major, 1028 Sonata No.3 in G minor, 1029 JÁNOS STARKER / GYÖRGY SEBOK CD 4 ITALIAN CELLO SONATAS LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Sonata No.4 in A major, G4 ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) Sonata for cello and continuo in E minor, RV 40 ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653 1713) Sonata in D minor, op.5 no.7 arr. August Lindner PIETRO LOCATELLI (1695 1764) Sonata in D major arr. Alfredo Piatti GIUSEPPE VALENTINI (1681 1753) Sonata in E major arr. Alfredo Piatti JÁNOS STARKER / STEPHEN SWEDISH CD 5 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 1847) Variations concertantes, op.17 7 BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890 1959) Variations on a Theme of Rossini FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810 1849) Polonaise brillante, op.3 CLAUDE DEBUSS CD 6 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 1897) Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.38 Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99 JÁNOS STARKER / GYÖRGY SEBOK CD 7 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 1847) Cello Sonata No.2 in D major, op.58 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810 1849) Cello Sonata in G minor, op.65 JÁNOS STARKER / GYÖRGY SEBOK piano CD 8 ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 MAX BRUCH (1838 1920) Kol Nidrei, op.47 9.56 JÁNOS STARKER / London Symphony Orchestra / ANTAL DORATI CD 9 ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 1856) Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 ÉDOUARD LALO (1823 1892) Cello Concerto in D minor JÁNOS STARKER / London Symphony Orchestra / STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI CD 10 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 1893) Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835 1921) Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33 JÁNOS STARKER / London Symphony Orchestra / ANTAL DORATI
BTW, Musikkollegium Winterthur was founded in 1629, almost 60 years before JS Bach was born. This has got to be the oldest ensemble in the world ...
My father was a big fan. As a result, I have a fair number of recordings by Björling, but I've never really listened to them....
You are correct, Swiss. I looked it up on Discogs and the company was established in 1895, producing records and, later, CDs. The young Swiss guitarist on the album cover is now 61 years old.
Just checked my LP shelf. Indeed, I have this Philips LP and still remember its LP jacket after close to 40 years ...
13 Strings - Sergey Malov (Pan Classics) "What the deuce may Sergey Malov have in mind with “13 stings” ? Quite simple: it’s the sum of individual strings on the three instruments he plays for this album – since one of them has not the usual four, but five strings. That instrument is none but the violoncello da spalla, to wit a shoulder cello which is, as the name implies, held against the shoulder, like a violin or a viola. " Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Johann Sebastian Bach) played on violoncello da spalla Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Johann Sebastian Bach) played on violin Viola Sonata (György Ligeti) played on viola, lots of "scraping" (if that is what it is called). Makes for an interesting and enjoyable program.
I'm watching Andras Schiff's lecture + performance of the Goldberg Variations from the Boulez Saal website. He has a great sense of humor with a very slow and dry delivery that had me laughing out loud. The lecture is totally illuminating about the style and content of the Goldbergs without ever really getting technical. Worth every minute and only available until 30 March 18:00 (time zone not specified): Intermission
I opened this sealed copy today. First issued in 1960, this reissue is from 1965. $1.98 then would equal $16.42 now. Interesting that mono & stereo were the same price. I was surprised at the white label, which I have only seen on promo LPs. Recorded in the Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna. Producer: Seymour Solomon. Engineer: Mario Mizzaro.
No, just the same name. "Jürg Jecklin - Swiss recording engineer, he invented a new type of headphones, the Jecklin Float, and a new recording device, the Jecklin Disc microphone." (Discogs) They sold for $300 in 1975 and may have been 'branded' by the Mark Levinson company (?).
Shouldn't a Mercury Starker box include his recordings as cellist of the Roth Quartet? They did the six Mozart quartets dedicated to Haydn, as well as the first quartets of Bloch and Kodaly. Then again the 1950s Mercury mono recordings of chamber music have been neglected in reissues generally.
