First interpretation...
Sound is secondary...
Nothing ever beat for me Bach violin partitas and sonatas by Szerinyg... The worst recorded version is the first one mono and transcendental one, then between his two the first is so uplifting spiritually that when i bought the well recorded stereo one i sold it on the spot ...
No comparison...The divine pulse behind the rythm was not there anymore, it was only a "perfect" version...Perfection is for first prize student...Divine interpretation fly over perfection , it breath and lives ...
I listened often the horrible recording of Scriabin by Michael Ponti, a non Russian pianist able to play Scriabin and very few out of Russia can...( i wanted to kill the recording engineer personnally)
If i want to listen to good sound it did not lack good recording but some interpretation are so enthralling i forget sound ...
My album for acoustic test when i tuned my room , not for timbre testing, but for spatial acoustic information was also the best interpretation ever of Kurt Weill three penny opera with Lotte Lenya... i knew that my room tuning was done when i was able to see the singers walking and turning their head and going singing near my ears behind my shoulders... ( no stereo affordable system can do that in a living room ) There is not much opera recording at this level of S.Q.... But beware no system will do that without a total acoustic control of the room... Or buy Choueiri filters ...It is more economical in time than working a room ( it takes me 2 years of tuning i will never do it again) ...
Sound matter for me a lot... But musical interpretation matter as much ...