Sublabel of Sony Classical founded by Wolf Erichson as series on the Philips label. "My founding of the SEON label (1970-1980) came about from my desire to begin recording emerging stars of the early music movement. After several years of experimentation and pioneering work during the infancy of Das Alte Werk, I felt the time was ripe to create a record label for period music, which, with the benefit of the most advanced recording techniques then available, would ensure that the extraordinary performances of Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma, the Kuijkens, Gustav Leonhardt andKonrad Ruhland would be preserved, and, beyond that, take their rightful place beside the acclaimed greats of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." —Wolf Erichson
As mentioned in Wolf Erichson`s statement these recordings from the 70`s mirror the infancy of early music`s rediscovery, are sometimes quite adventurous but nevertheless (or hence ?) worthwile....do own a number of these individually....
Well, that's what concerns me - that these are older HIP recordings. I am not too familiar with Bylsma, but Lenhardt, for example, I find very stiff. I have a lot of stuff by him from the Sony Baroque Masterpieces box, and hated most of it.
ok, than you`ve made your decision already and should not bother furthermore.......still wondering about the ongoing discussion and the "right" or "wrong" approach....each interpretation stands for a personal view, the listener can like it...or not.....
P.S In the mid 90`s a well known Record Store in Vienna sold off individually CD`s from the EMI Early Music "Reflexe" Series - a bought a number of these (for some 50 Schillings a piece, baby...) and we are talking here about VERY early Savall, Hilliard Ensemble etc - for sure I don`t listen to these nowadays a lot (or even at all), but they stand for the view on Early Music in the 70`s and early 80`s...no more - no less......and some collectors are (still) offering serious money for some of these CD`s........the beauty (or even luxury) of having a choice.....