Thomas Mowrey Classical Recordings for Possible Quad Release

[ubertrout]

I decided to make a list of all the DG recordings Thomas Mowrey made - he's implied that there's quad mixes already made that are "big ambience" or "active surround" as he put it for all of these except perhaps the last one or two. I've left off the Arthur Fiedler pure pop recordings, which I seriously doubt Universal/DGG will rerelease (they weren't on the "yellow label" anyway). Part 1 is recordings made under his name, Part 2 recordings from the Boston Symphony and Boston Symphony Chamber Players that I believe he'd be involved in given his bio.

From Discography
[*]Krzysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi / John T. Williams* - Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger - Pittsburgh Overture / Music With Sculpture / Sinfonietta For Wind Ensemble (yes, that John Williams)
[*]Holst* - Steinberg* • Boston Symphony Orchestra - The Planets (just released)
[*]William Schuman / Walter Piston - Paul Zukofsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra • Michael Tilson Thomas - Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2
[*]Richard Strauss : Boston Symphony Orchestra . William Steinberg - Also Sprach Zarathustra (just released)
[*]Igor Stravinsky — Mens Chorus Of The New England Conservatory* - Boston Symphony Orchestra · Michael Tilson Thomas - Le Sacre Du Printemps • Le Roi Des Etoiles (out on Pentatone)
[*]Paul Hindemith • William Steinberg • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphony "Mathis Der Maler"; Concert Music For Strings And Brass, Op. 50
[*]Antonín Dvořák, Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Streichquintett G-Dur Op. 77 (Urspr. Op. 18)
[*]Various - Highlights From Metropolitan Opera Gala Honouring Sir Rudolph Bing
[*]Leonard Bernstein, William Russo*, Siegel-Schwall Band*, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* • Seiji Ozawa - Symphonic Dances From West Side Story / Three Pieces For Blues Band And Orchestra
[*]Georges Bizet / Marilyn Horne / James McCracken / Leonard Bernstein / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Children's Chorus* / The Manhattan Opera Chorus - Carmen (out on Pentatone)
[*]Berlioz* • Tchaikovsky* • Prokofiev* • San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* • Seiji Ozawa - Romeo And Juliet
[*]Maurice Ravel – Boston Symphony Orchestra · Seiji Ozawa - Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / La Valse
[*]Beethoven* - Christoph Eschenbach - Orchestre Symphonique De Boston* · Seiji Ozawa - Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 Es-dur - Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major (out on Pentatone)
[*]Igor Stravinsky - John Gielgud · Tom Courtenay · Ron Moody, Boston Symphony Chamber Players - L'Histoire Du Soldat
[*]Tchaikovsky* - Ravel* - Boston Pops Orchestra* / Arthur Fiedler - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Ravel: Bolero
[*]Igor Stravinsky - Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Chamber Music
[*]Maurice Ravel / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa - »Daphnis Et Chloé
[*]Maurice Ravel - Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa - Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales • Alborada Del Gracioso - Une Barque Sur L'Ocean • Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
[*]Various - Treemonisha (Opera In Three Acts, Words And Music By Scott Joplin) (out on Pentatone)
[*]Mussorgsky* / Saint-Saëns* / Khatchaturian* / Dukas* / Stravinsky* / Ginastera* - Boston Pops Orchestra* - Arthur Fiedler - Danse Infernale
[*]Maurice Ravel • Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa - Ma Mère L'Oye • Menuet Antique • Le Tombeau De Couperin (out on Pentatone)
[*]Arthur Fiedler and Boston Pops* - play Strauss
[*]Ives* / Boston Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Seiji Ozawa - Ives: Symphony No.4 - Central Park In The Dark
[*]Liszt*, Boito* / Kenneth Riegel, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein - Liszt: Faust-Symphonie / Boito: Mefistofele (Prologo)
[*]Gershwin* / Russo* - Corky Siegel · San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* · Seiji Ozawa - An American In Paris / Street Music
[*]Béla Bartók, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa - Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta • The Miraculous Mandarin (Music for Strings out on Pentatone)
[*]Mstislav Rostropovich / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa - ShostakovichCello Concerto No. 2 - Andante Cantabile - Chant Du Ménestre

Other Candidates
[*]Charles Ives / Carl Ruggles - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas - Three Places In New England / Sun-treader
[*]Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel — Boston Symphony Orchestra — Claudio Abbado - Nocturnes (Nuages · Fêtes · Sirènes) / Daphnis Et Chloé II · Pavane
[*]Tchaikovsky* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas - Winter Dreams (Symphony No. 1)
[*]Claude Debussy - Michael Tilson Thomas, Orchestre Symphonique De Boston* - Images, Prélude À L'Après-midi D'un Faune
[*]Smetana*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik - Má Vlast
[*]Skrjabin* / Tschaikowsky* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado - Le Poème De L'Extase / Romeo Und Julia
[*]Hector Berlioz - Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 - Episode De La Vie D'un Artiste (out on Pentatone)
[*]Béla Bartók, Boston Symphony Orchestra ∙ Rafael Kubelik - Konzert Für Orchester ∙ Concerto For Orchestra (out on Pentatone)
[*]Hector Berlioz, Edith Mathis, Stuart Burrows, Donald McIntyre, Thomas Paul*, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa - La Damnation De Faust (out on Pentatone)
[*]Maurice Ravel - Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa - Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales • Alborada Del Gracioso - Une Barque Sur L'Ocean • Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
[*]Manuel De Falla, Teresa Berganza, Orquesta Sinfónica De Boston*, Seiji Ozawa - Ell Sombrero De Tres Picos - Der Dreispitz, The Three-Cornered Hat
[*]Debussy, Sonate Pour Violon Et Piano ∙ Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano ∙ Sonata Pour Flûte, Alto Et Harpe ∙ Syrinx Pour Flûte Solo (out on Pentatone)

 

[ubertrout]

To give a little context, I suspect Universal Classics (who own Deutsche Grammophon , Decca, Philips, and a number of smaller catalogs like Westminster and Command) might be willing to release more titles on blu-ray audio. They've quietly been releasing more and more box sets in the configuration of one or more CDs, plus the content of those CDs on a blu-ray audio disc. You can see a lot of them here: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/search?search_query=cd+++blu-ray+audio. And I think they're selling well - a number of these sets seem to have already sold out, like the Kertesz set of Dvorak Orchestral Works (https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4830744).

So far the Steinberg Planets is the first time they've issued a quad mix in such a setup, although they did include a surround mix in the Kleiber Orchestral Recordings box as well (previously issued, but still), and made a new surround mix for the blu-ray audio of the Bernstein Beethoven Symphonies box. I suspect they're seeing how it sells and if it does well, they'll do more. They've been working with Polyhymnia on these transfers, who also did all the Pentatone quad transfers, so they're very familiar with the process.

One suggestion, then, would be a box of Seiji Ozawa's Ravel recordings with the BSO. Pentatone already issued a 1 LP on SACD, but he recorded all of them, and they could re-use those transfers along with new ones of the other works. I'd be fine with using 24/96 instead of 192 if it meant we could get them all on one blu-ray/box.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

To give a little context, I suspect Universal Classics (who own Deutsche Grammophon , Decca, Philips, and a number of smaller catalogs like Westminster and Command) might be willing to release more titles on blu-ray audio. They've quietly been releasing more and more box sets in the configuration of one or more CDs, plus the content of those CDs on a blu-ray audio disc. You can see a lot of them here: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/search?search_query=cd+++blu-ray+audio. And I think they're selling well - a number of these sets seem to have already sold out, like the Kertesz set of Dvorak Orchestral Works (Decca Classics - Label for Classical Music since 1929).

So far the Steinberg Planets is the first time they've issued a quad mix in such a setup, although they did include a surround mix in the Kleiber Orchestral Recordings box as well (previously issued, but still), and made a new surround mix for the blu-ray audio of the Bernstein Beethoven Symphonies box. I suspect they're seeing how it sells and if it does well, they'll do more. They've been working with Polyhymnia on these transfers, who also did all the Pentatone quad transfers, so they're very familiar with the process.

One suggestion, then, would be a box of Seiji Ozawa's Ravel recordings with the BSO. Pentatone already issued a 1 LP on SACD, but he recorded all of them, and they could re-use those transfers along with new ones of the other works. I'd be fine with using 24/96 instead of 192 if it meant we could get them all on one blu-ray/box.

I see the prestoclassical.co.uk site has a lot of these as a download now; personally I always go for a physical disc if that's an option, and rip it myself (old fashioned that way I guess!)

 

[humprof]

I see the prestoclassical.co.uk site has a lot of these as a download now; personally I always go for a physical disc if that's an option, and rip it myself (old fashioned that way I guess!)

Pretty sure the downloads are stereo only, anyway.