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Title: Avoid the Myto edition of the Kubelik Meistersinger
Review: The Kubelik Meistersinger is an outstanding performance, perhaps the best ever recorded in stereo. But, the Myto edition is from a bootleg copy, in inferior sound, and pitched slightly flat. The recording was once available in a fine transfer from the original Bavarian Radio stereo tapes on the Calig label, but Calig is now defunct. The German label Arts Music has now re-mastered this recording 96kHz/24-bit, also from the original stereo tapes. The catalog number is 43020 - this is now the preferred edition of this recording, and the price is far less than the Myto. Arts Music has also issued a Bavarian Radio Parsifal with Kubelik from 1980, an equally fine performance, cat. number 43027. Let's hope that Amazon.com carries both of these recordings soon. In the mean time, avoid the Myto Meistersinger at all costs!
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