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In the Thread: The dynamic range of our playback
Post Subject: Orchestral music hard to capturePosted by steverino on: 6/28/2014
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Debussy or any good composer not using loud dynamic shifts to generate tension has to compose so that the music works without it. Also they have to score it differently. But Debussy is not notating microdynamics just to be clear. And Gieseking's microdynamics are audible not in the concert hall but only from a close mic. Gieseking had to find a way to articulate phrases and notes without using the crutch of loud volume changes. In the concert hall he would have to perform those articulations so that at least front seat listeners could hear it otherwise it would have no musical import except to him.
The Romantics starting with Berlioz but more obviously Wagner, Mahler and Strauss wanted to combine softer delicate music with explosively loud music. What they did is still beyond the capacity of an audio system to convey accurately IMO whereas more limited music is often conveyed rather well. We just accept the crayon version of the Mona Lisa because we can't do better yet.
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