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Well CDs don't do the delicate string sound justice, that said...

IMHO the unique, sweet, glassy astringency of strings and winds is unmistakeable. The timbres remind me of the C Aureum at the very least.

Stylistiically of course, the OSR players use vibrato, just as HIPsers do on occasion. (See Adam Fischer rehearsing the OAE in Dvorak's 9th, IIRC.) But we certainly don't need to refer to a five point checklist before daring to acknowledge a casual similarity.

I love their corporate sound as applied to Ravel, not so much for certain Debussy works, (which needs a little more burnished glow for my tastes) and don't care for their Tchaikovsky, which isn't weighty enough. Big fan of Ansermet's PCO early Sheherazahde though. Ansermet could light a fire in his belly if he wanted.

I'd recommend the OSR's Brahms to anyone learning to orchestrate because every strand is so clear and the colors so vivid.

But alas, that OSR sound is long gone.



Edits: 05/04/16

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