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Post Subject: I do not know what to say.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 3/16/2010
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I think we have definition of purist recordings. Deutsche Gramophone is a huge company and the recorded zillions of events. At time they were better or worse, at time they recorded brilliantly and at time they recordings vandalized the performances. It is what it is, we have no other recordings of those events, regardless how bad they were recorded, mastered or pressed. That was my point in the post above – if to develop interest in the artistic essence of the performances then the non-perfect audio-recording techniques would bother you much less, if ever. I know where you are trying to get but I do not feel that it is a fruitful direction.
Yes, older Deutsche Gramophone recorded a bit better but this comment not actionable in my view as many of better re-masters from 90s sound more interesting then the original recordings/pressings from 60s. Still, I would stress again – a good performance of a work makes all or of irrelevant.
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