29 November 2006The Bringers are brungFrom earlier this month, regarding Gustav Holst's suite The Planets:
[S]hould EMI choose to reissue the 1967 Boult, the decision is made.
Trini poked around the Web for a while, then pointed me to a vendor offering a discontinued 1998 EMI disc (66934) which contained Holst's Egdon Heath and his ballet from The Perfect Fool, conducted by Previn and a complete Boult Planets. The 1967 Boult Planets. Link was sent, Visa was proffered, disc was shipped. When I opened up the bag yesterday, I stared at it in disbelief: it's not the Holy Grail, exactly, but what do you say when what you've always wanted suddenly shows up out of the blue? Besides that, I mean. Posted at 10:17 AM to Tongue and Groove |