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KevinJS said:
True that. Sony, Philips, Warner etc are also on the instant grab list.


When I get home, I’ll dig out my warning post for fake classicals and repost it. For now, be aware that they exist and are not worth your time and money. In short, if you never heard of the orchestra, beware.
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Angel and Seraphim (which is a sub of Angel), Philips, and CBS Masterworks, too.
 

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KevinJS said:
True that. Sony, Philips, Warner etc are also on the instant grab list.


When I get home, I’ll dig out my warning post for fake classicals and repost it. For now, be aware that they exist and are not worth your time and money. In short, if you never heard of the orchestra, beware.
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KevinJS said:
I'll repeat the post here, since it may be of interest to others.

A while ago, I responded to an advertisement and bought a load of classical CDs for around 30 cents apiece. I thought they represented great value and, for the most part, they did. However, I was listening to one of them, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, and something seemed not quite right. Most people here will be aware that I have many recordings of this piece and know it quite well. The only way I could describe listening to that CD was that it appeared that certain sections of the orchestra were having trouble keeping up. In short, the recording was terrible and I couldn't understand how it had made it onto a retail CD.

Since I'd acquired several CDs in the same series, I started digging for information and discovered that:

The conductor does not exist
The orchestra does not exist
That around 200 recordings are doing the rounds, mostly on budget labels

Here is one of the CDs. I strongly advise against buying anything from this particular set:

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I can go a bit further with this advice. Stick to well-known labels, obviously, but don't automatically assume that just because you never heard of a label it might be one of these fakes. There are some very well respected labels that only cater to classical music and if your collecting has hitherto been of music in other genres, there's every possibility you will not have come across them. Instead, study the artwork, particularly the reverse. A lot of these fake recordings look as though the artwork could have been run off on a home printer. They look cheap.

There is plenty of additional information available concerning these recordings. Here's "Hymisher Greenberg" on Discogs. Notice all of the aliases, and steer clear of every one of them.

www.discogs.com/artist/1530885-Hymisher-Greenburg


See also the Discogs page for Alfred Scholz, who is likely the perpetrator of the scam.

www.discogs.com/artist/730304-Alfred-Scholz


This music blog seems to indicate that some of the recordings are actually not bad. The author seems quite impressed with Holst's The Planets, but check the last paragraph. There are at least two other versions of the same recording.

petersplanets.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/greenburg-1993/


Anyway, just wanted to put this out there. It's difficult enough sometimes to decide on which recording to buy when there are so many available. If in doubt, ask the classical posters here.
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Found it. I forgot the search function actually works here, unlike some forums.
 
KevinJS said:
True that. Sony, Philips, Warner etc are also on the instant grab list.


When I get home, I’ll dig out my warning post for fake classicals and repost it. For now, be aware that they exist and are not worth your time and money. In short, if you never heard of the orchestra, beware.
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Along with "Greatest Hits" compilations.
Beethoven's Greatest Hits...please.
(although I do own a couple or three)
 
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