In Reply to: Best "LIVE" Classical Recordings posted by trcnetmsncom on January 31, 2016 at 10:48:29:
Five omni-directional microphones (one for each channel). . . single shot live concerts. . . 24/48 PCM recorded around 2000-2001. . . third-rate German and Czech orchestras - who cares? They play great, and these are still some of the best-engineered recordings I know of:
Formerly available on DVD-Audio, they are now available only on the e-Onkyo download site (both stereo and multi-channel), although the downloads right now are limited to Japan. (If you ever go to Japan, you should take advantage of e-Onkyo.) The two albums pictured above (Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 with Marcus Bosch conducting, and a concert of Mozart, Boccherini and Mendelsson with the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra) are the best of the lot IMHO. Tatsuo Nishimura is a genius, even though there are a couple in the series where he didn't get it quite right.
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Follow Ups
- I'll continue my "voice in the wilderness" promotion of recordings on the Nishimura label - Chris from Lafayette 19:26:52 01/31/16 (0)