Yeah yeah tostado, Kirkpatrick and Kipnis are fantastic players and interpreters. Kipnis even did some audiophile label recordings. I have more of these two players on CD though, which I assume will be okay with the OP, assuming he is interested in the music. Scarlatti is very difficult to play, and equally as exciting to listen to. Keyboard works is my single favorite and most listened to genre.
When will there be decent classical music recordings?
With "pop" music the recordings are such that you can hear the rasp of the guitar string, the echo of the piano, the tingle of the percussion ... and so on .... and in surround sound.
Surround sound is brilliant in picking out different instruments that would otherwise have been "lost" or merged with the other sounds.
Someone will say well that is not how you listen at a concert, but that is just archaic. As a friend said many years ago to me ... whats wrong with mono?!
I am sure Beethoven or whomever would have been excited if they could have presented their music in effectively another dimension.
I have yet to come across any classical recording that grabs me in the way it should, or could. Do they operate in a parallel universe musicwise?
I used to play in an orchestra so I am always looking out for the "extra" presence in music ... in amongst it, not just watching and listening from a distance
Surround sound is brilliant in picking out different instruments that would otherwise have been "lost" or merged with the other sounds.
Someone will say well that is not how you listen at a concert, but that is just archaic. As a friend said many years ago to me ... whats wrong with mono?!
I am sure Beethoven or whomever would have been excited if they could have presented their music in effectively another dimension.
I have yet to come across any classical recording that grabs me in the way it should, or could. Do they operate in a parallel universe musicwise?
I used to play in an orchestra so I am always looking out for the "extra" presence in music ... in amongst it, not just watching and listening from a distance
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There's HiFi .... and then there's music. HiFi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi3OGE6t7ws Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU2P3aRk8ko HiFi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmg5PACkAz8 Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn7VfXH2GY HiFi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tly3aLdFeM Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jKP5qPOFxk Not knocking any of it. All of the above can be found in my LP collection. Just pointing out that there is a difference. OP |
"mic every instrument individually, and then have the conductor work with audio engineers to bring the piece back to life." it's not a nightmare, it can be done. the best solution is to store the individual instrument recordings as master. Then have the different recording engineers /studios to "mix" the different instruments recordings according to their "taste" then market under their on labels . Since each audiophile have their different perception on the correctness & presentation of complex works, i guess this way we could have higher chance of getting the music style we each prefers. -philip |
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