In Reply to: DB - I do understand where you're coming from posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 14, 2016 at 12:18:40:
I haven't heard the Minnesota Orchestra in many years. However, I have heard the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall many times. Their pianissimo is as soft as anybody's, e.g., the end of Mahler 9. I never have trouble hearing the softest notes they play, and they are not deafening me at full blast either. In contrast, I can't hear the opening of Vanska's Beethoven 9th at a reasonable volume at home without getting NAILED (and not in a good way) at the louder sections of the performance.
I don't claim to know what BIS does with these MN Orch recordings, but they aren't listenable on my system.
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- RE: DB - I do understand where you're coming from - pbarach 15:56:50 08/15/16 (2)
- RE: DB - I do understand where you're coming from - ahendler 16:48:07 08/15/16 (0)
- Interesting - Chris from Lafayette 16:36:49 08/15/16 (0)