Alfred Dubois & Marcel Maas - Bach excerpts

More of Dubois and Maas. First is the 3rd movement of Bach's Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano. Then Maas alone playing the Toccata from Bach's Toccata and Fugue in E Minor. Recorded for Columbia in 1933. According to W.E.R.M., only these excerpts were issued. They're the filler sides in some Bach sets. I'll post some more Maas Bach on Sunday.

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[78Maniac]

It is a beautiful record which lacks in my collection. But I keep saying: why do you play it on that old phonograph with that heavy sound-captor? Play it on your modern Newmark as you do for "Lotte Lehmann das Zauberlied"... and as I do on the same machine with my 78's. Even this is an electric record.

[merrihew]

@78Maniac Regarding record wear, look at my posting "In Defense of an Orthophonic".

[NEWbobofhollywood]

It's on an orthophonic victrola, but it's actually a Viva-Tonal recording. The laminated surfaces of the Viva-Tonal records was actually superior to that of the Orthophonic shellacs. Originally the Viva-Tonal records were called the 'records without scratch'.

It's very nicely presented, indeed. Amazing in fact. Very impressive.

[merrihew]

@NEWbobofhollywood Indeed, the Viva-Tonal (Columbia) pressings are usually superior to Victor discs of the time. 

[RCALennon]

Very nice post. Did you clean up the sound quality at all? It's outstandingly clear!

[merrihew]

@RCALennon No. Its picked up directly into a separate decent microphone. The sound is due to the quality of the records and the quality of the phonograph.

[TuboEspectador]

@merrihew The reason is that it is an orthophonic! :)

[TuboEspectador]

@merrihew And that's because it's an orthophonic! :)

[WatchBlueSkies]

a very very very good record ! Thank you so much !

[paulostroff99]

Superb