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Szell engineers had their good days...and bad. My fav Don Quixote is Szell's and the recording is very decent

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jdaniel@jps.net

In Reply to: RE: SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS... posted by Tone! on September 30, 2014 at 20:11:21

Szell's Wagner as well.

I hope a special place is reserved in hell for the guys that recorded the Szell/Fleisher Brahms and Beethoven concerti. Not to mention his Brahms Symphonies. Sizzling strings! Ouch.

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Is the SZELL/CO/FLEISHER Beethoven 5th really that bad? - Tone! 21:00:40 09/30/14 (2)
Musically, I consider it the pinnacle of Emperors. But despite a fair bit of expected tape-hiss, I find the sonics quite acceptable.
Or was it the tape hiss downside you were referring to?
(My mind tends to filter it out after a few minutes...)
Have you heard this reading on a non-US vinyl pressing?
(Or the SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS Compact Disc?)
The sound is pretty good for the era IMHO.
I could be wrong, but I wonder if this is another example of poor US vinyl pressing...?

Edits: 09/30/14 09/30/14
- I generally do not buy Columbia records, but that is more of a hold-over from my 78 days... - J. S. Bach 13:12:51 10/01/14 (0)
  ...where acoustic Columbias had poorer sound quality and did not "hold up" to multiple playings as well as acoustic Victors. That seemed to follow through in the early electrical era, too. Later (late 30s through the end of production of 78s) Columbias seemed to have improved; I have a few early 50s discs that really are impressive.
  
  Later Gator,
  Dave
- IMHO Columbia string sound can be a bit tizzy or "hot." nt - jdaniel@jps.net 21:17:54 09/30/14 (0)
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