Hi Dr. House,
Telarc jazz update and corrections: the Philips CD is called "Jacques Loussier: The Best of Play Bach" (Philips CD 824 664-2). And the other Loussier CD is not on Philips--it's on Telarc Jazz CD-83474, called "The Bach Book; 40th Anniversary Album Jacques Loussier Trio".
Of the two discs, the Philips CD has more spaciousness in the sound and it's technically a better recording than the Telarc, which is certainly good, but the Philips is truly superb. Musically they're both really fine.
The other Telarc jazz disc is a sampler called "Telarc Jazz: Celebrating 25 years", issued in 2002. It has a variety of different tracks and artists, with some variation in recording quality (interesting in itself) plus some vocals.
Finally, a very early classical Telarc digital recording (1981) that still stands up in sound quality and musical values--a rich mix of Russian, Spanish and French works by Rimsky-Korsakov (Capriccio Espagnol); Turina (Orgia) and Debussy (Iberia) the latter with lots of dramatic Spanish musical flourishes and a good Telarc bass drum. It is Telarc CD-80055 and is wonderfully melodic. I can't imagine anyone not liking it. It features the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with Eduardo Mata, conductor.
Alan
