Newsletter - February 1, 2025
As of January 31st the Discography Database and the Bruckner Archive Database have been updated. The underlined headlines below will take you to the various sections of the website where the bullet points below are featured. Please use these as guides to the new information offered since the last newsletter. Newsletter - February 1, 2025 Careful readers of this website may have noticed that the total number of recordings in the Bruckner Archive is actually going down. That is because I am going through the process of deaccession and selling off duplicate copies within the archive to help fund the eventual shipment of the remaining recordings to the Austian Media Library in Vienna. It is my plan for this transfer to be completed in about one year. It has taken years and tens of thousands of dollars to amass this collection and while it would be lucrative to sell it off to the highest bidder, I am more concerned that the collection remains intact and in a place where it will be available as needed. I am also focusing much of my work on digitizing the collection. Anything that I digitize does not need to be physically mailed. Just this past week over thirty gigabytes of recordings were transferred via Internet. These included complete symphony sets and Bruckner recordings that were part of larger conductor or orchestra anthologies. Earlier, over 4,000 recordings, digitized in the past, were sent on an external 4 terrabyte hard drive. There is still much work to be done. While spending so much time in the archive, I occasionally come across recordings that I have not examined for years. One funny example is the “Fate Chorus” (Translated from Japanese) CD set of Asahina Bruckner performances. I had assumed that it was just some pirate CDs of commercially Asahina recordings, but I pulled it out and examined it and you can now read about it here as part of my “Discographic Horrors.” You will find the above mentioned duplicate items that are being sold in the Collectables section of my webstore. Those who frequent the site regularly have already scooped up some bargains and since most are “one copy only,” when they are gone, they are gone… Items are being added regularly as I comb through the collection. I hope you find something of interest to add to your collection while helping to ensure that the Bruckner Archive is kept intact and accessible. As of this writing, the Lu Jia / NCPA Bruckner cycle is being released in China. It appears that this will be the last Bruckner cycle to be released as part of the 200th anniversary event. There are presently no plans for US distribution, but I will be accepting special orders through the 15th of February. More information about the set is available here. I have not heard from Myrios Recordings about their planned Roth / Guerzenich Orchestra cycle, but given that the conductor and orchestra have now parted ways, it appears that it might not be completed. Please join the Bruckner Society of America. The Society is now celebrating its 94th year. Annual membership is just $30.00 and it provides access to special essays and recordings and a subscription to The Bruckner Journal which is published three times per year. CASH REWARD FOR WANTED RECORDINGS. Click here for details. LATEST NEWS AND POSTINGS
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