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In the Thread: Playback and chamber music.

Post Subject: TogethernessPosted by steverino on: 2/2/2014

If you went to a concert with chamber music and closed your eyes how would it be different?

I think it would be because of the improved sonics. Orchestral music is more the grand gesture and the overmic'ing of orchestras disturbs this gestalt. Conversely, you are right that chamber music depends on musicians acting almost as concurrent soloists. However, the kinds of subtle interaction you note are often lost in the recording process. For the most part chamber music is very poorly recorded whether analog or digital which is inexplicable since it should be much easier to record well. Even relatively good digital recordings betray a lot of processing of the sound and this seems to be increasing. I can only infer interactions, pace Paul S, by how smoothly call and response passages, unisons and chords are managed.

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