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In the Forum: Musical Discussions
In the Thread: Engineering over Art

Post Subject: Grab BagPosted by Paul S on: 3/16/2010

Ollie, I know of no "label" that did/does everything right, either musically or technically. The VERY OLD joke is: Great performance, lousy recording; great recording, lousy performance. And the truth is that the rarest of rare events is a great recording of a great performance of a great work. Most labels have some of these rare birds, but most labels also release mostly mediocre to less-than-mediocre fare, IMO.

If you go through the posts in this (Musical Discussions) forum, I think there are quite a few comments on "sound" and/or recording techniques along with the musical discussions. OTOH, as I write this I realize that "Good Sound" might or might not go along with "good recording techniques", depending on your definition of "Good Sound".

You should certainly own and listen to the Music and Arts version of Furtwangler/BPO performance of Beethoven's 9th, 1943. If that floats your boat, then you might even re-think your search.

Best regards,
Paul S

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