In Reply to: RE: Mahler + Solti posted by BillyBenBilly on August 10, 2012 at 13:29:17:
I'm sorry, but this exciting performance has subpar sound. Every incarnation I've heard, from the original LP to the latest remastered CD, has overload distortion. That is a deal-breaker for me.
The recording is also heavily multimiked, so that a single soloist ends up louder than the entire choir. There are plenty of well-done, better-sounding Mahler 8s to be found, such as the Wit recording on Naxos (also available in hi-def on BluRay), Michael Tilson Thomas, and Rattle's EMI recording.
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- Solti Mahler 8 has poor sound - pbarach 19:31:12 08/10/12 (7)
- RE: Solti Mahler 8 has poor sound - learsfool 20:27:03 08/10/12 (6)
- Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 21:14:03 08/10/12 (5)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - learsfool 23:34:06 08/12/12 (2)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 23:54:09 08/12/12 (1)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 and knob-twiddling - desertorganist 16:28:03 08/22/12 (0)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - oldmkvi 07:30:25 08/12/12 (1)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 00:01:05 08/13/12 (0)