5.0 out of 5 stars
A fine recording no longer available, February 26, 2011
This review is from: Music for the Sun King (Audio CD)
This disc is interesting on two levels. It is a marvelous recording of LaLande's masterpiece, the Te Deum, as well as another fine work, Venite adoremus, and two brief pieces (one vocal and the other instrumental). Jeffrey Skidmore had made an earlier Lalande program for the Gaudeamus label and had worked with the editor of Lalande's music, Lionel Sawkins, for many years. But in making this disc, Hyperion asserted that the copyright of the edition did not require Hyperion to pay for performance rights because Sawkins had added nothing substantial to the source material. The record was made and issued, Sawkins and his publisher sued Hyperion for copyright infringement, and the record was quickly withdrawn. Hyperion lost and paid an enormous amount of damages. Any copy that comes on the market should command a dear price, but I am not parting with mine.
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