Weismann VC1 from cpo

[Alan Howe]

Quite so, Ilja. Speaking personally, I'm not all that fond of Weismann's later music - too much 'chromatic sludge', to quote a phrase. This Violin Concerto is something else, though: a really memorable late-romantic work that would adorn any recording project or concert programme - and it's superbly done on this recording. Come on cpo: let's be having you!

[eschiss1]

My one thought on that topic would have been is if their presentation, including liner notes, were uniformly far superior to that of other labels, I'd understand. And there are times that there is evidence of enough care having been put in, enough information being gathered for liner notes that are informative and fascinating among other things that make the final product (of the CD release, when that was more often the thing) just right, that that would have been my answer. Though there are other labels, like Brilliant Classics, Toccata, and several others that just might. (I have certain standards for the things between recording and release that I agree it's offtopic to discuss here, though they might be worth a thread if it's not a boring topic to others... not cpo-specific, I mean. Was thinking about it yesterday*)

*when reading notes by someone I think highly of- a very deservedly well-regarded note-writer for various labels- but noticed that in a specific case his notes to a quartet 2-disc set I bought years back, were only good-as-far-as-they-went. Not a cpo recording (also not one inside our remit- music of a Swiss composer)- and the immediate impulse for my thinking about this today, actually...

[Alan Howe]

It would be nice if there were liner notes to peruse, but...

[britishcomposer]

It would be nice if there were liner notes to peruse, but...

I remember someone telling at this forum that the long delay of releases is partly the fault of the writer of the lining notes procrastinating...

[Maury]

I remember someone telling at this forum that the long delay of releases is partly the fault of the writer of the lining notes procrastinating...

Have they checked for a pulse lately? Why don't they ask one of us to do it in half the time?