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Bach Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas-Johanna Martzy

Both TAS and Stereophile have published articles about the vinyl reissue of these recordings by The Electric Recording Company at the staggering price of $470 per disc (yes, you read that correctly). Is anyone aware of CD reissues of these recordings in high quality sound? If so, could you please reply with the details (label, album number)? Also, a comparison of the original vinyl to CD reissues (if such reissues do in fact exist in good sound) would be most helpful. Thanks.
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ella4ever
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Briefly ( at a work computer) , Testment has reissued some of these on CD.Can't recall CD number at the moment but I'll check when I get home tonight.The quality is of Testament usual standards , i.e very very good.
I have both the Coup d'archet reissues and the ERC re-issues as well.I prefer both of these to the CD but that tends to be my preference anyway.I could be very satisfied with the CD though.
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kmccarty OP
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Thanks. The Testament releases were all I could find as well. Ella4ever, any comments on sonic differences between the CDs and vinyl would be appreciated.
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pbnaudio
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This guy does great with Bach's Cello Suites, highly recommended.

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chayro
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I just purchased the Testament reissues and they are quite nice, although it's a bit difficult for me to listen to an hour of solo violin. The Electric Recording Co. and Coup D'Archet offerings look beautiful, but I'm not sure I would spend that kind of money for them. But I do appreciate the efforts of anyone trying to turn out a no-compromise product.

It's interesting that all this attention is now focused on a somewhat (very?) obscure player, but it's nice that she gets to live again. I hope there is a heaven and that she is there and happy that people are listening to her music.
chayro
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Just bumping this back up. When I first purchased the Testament CDs, I found it a bit difficult to adjust to listening to solo violin on an extended basis, but once I got my mind wrapped around the concept, I am really enjoying these recordings.

If you like classical music and wish to expand your horizons a bit, I definitely recommend purchasing these CDs. Whether you want to spend $600 on the records is up to you. In any case, the music is good.
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