Recording of Raff's Samson

[Alan Howe]

half a million Swiss francs

By my calculation, that's almost £450,000. Wow!

It's still a very fine achievement, Fred. You are rightly proud of the result.

[JanOscar]

When is this production launched digitally?

[Alan Howe]

No mention so far.

[JanOscar]

It seems that the marketing strategy is to avoid exposure at all costs.
A pity for this very interesting release...

[Alan Howe]

I'm sure it's not deliberate. It's just the problem of how to break into a tough and niche international market.

[Justin]

It's still a very fine achievement, Fred. You are rightly proud of the result.

For a partly crowd-funded premiere recording of a 3-hour grand opera with a wonderful chorus and orchestra, we should be grateful for it. Chances of this ever getting recorded let alone performed again are probably slim to none.