Music Lane

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on May 11, 2008 at 16:54:30

In Reply to: RE: High Definition Tape Transfers posted by John C. - Aussie on May 10, 2008 at 15:19:49

I've got to order some of these myself. I've previously obtained some of this material on Rediscovery (also from RtR transfers) and MCA CD's - it will be interesting to see how the HDTT discs compare. I've found both the Rediscovery and the MCA re-issues to be quite, uh. . . variable.

BTW, I loved the review of the Vandernoot Symphonie fantastique (in one of your links) where the reviewer quoted Schumann's remark about Berlioz: "melodies so intense, they cannot be harmonized in the normal way!" Right on!

One last note: the Dorati New World Symphony derives from a Phase-4 recording, and would thus NOT be minimally microphoned?

• Post script - Chris from Lafayette 17:20:51 05/11/08 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: I've been meaning to take the plunge posted by Chris from Lafayette on May 11, 2008 at 16:54:30

  I also wanted to comment on your remark, "recording techniques went backward rather than forward as the technology improved and gave engineers too many toys to play with". While this is true of the major labels (for the most part), there are some smaller labels which have produced outstanding minimally-microphoned recordings. In particular, I'm thinking of the truly remarkable series of DVD-A's on the Nishimura label. Unforturnately, I'm not sure how available these recordings are at the moment. These recordings also need a real DVD-A player, and not just a regular DVD player.
  
  

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  • Nishimura label - John C. - Aussie 19:37:52 05/11/08 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Post script posted by Chris from Lafayette on May 11, 2008 at 17:20:51

    Tried to Google this but no luck so I suspect you are right in that they are no longer available.
    
    Seems MC/hi-res is focussed on SACD - makes sense with their dual layer CD/SACD format. However I find no difference in quality between DVD-A & SACD. The bigger determinant is the recording technique which can not only boil down to mic placement/mixing but the quality of the mic itself.
    
    That said, the bottom line is how the artistic interpretation appeals to the listener and what is great for one person does not necessarily appeal to another. All of which makes variety in life more interesting, if not controversial at times!
    
    John
    
    Sadly (or is it happily?) an incurable audio-video nutter with an indecent number of toys. Classical music forever!!!!
    
    

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