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From today's perspective, yes, it was a unique sound

I've heard it (the OSR sound) on LP, CD, and hi-rez download, and, needless to say, I think CD actually does better than the older medium in conveying the delicate string sonorities. YMMV and all that.

Yes, the OSR players use vibrato. In fact, they use a hell of a lot more vibrato than any of your average HIP ensembles. (I mean, really, no one is going to mistake the OAE, even playing Dvorak, with a non-HIP orchestra - even if Fischer does allow them a soupcon of vibrato!) But I do agree that the OSR's corporate sound today (as heard on their newer recordings on the Chandos and Pentatone labels) is nothing like it was in the Ansermet era. Today, the OSR playing Bruckner actually sounds pretty good - something I can't imagine anyone saying during Ansermet's time! ;-)


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