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In Reply to: RE: Yes, but if he chooses Heifetz. . . posted by vahe@flash.net on July 04, 2009 at 09:47:42
I think part of the issue is that engineering was more differentiated in the old days, and that alone influenced the "sound" we all heard of the particular artists. In general, I agree there's more uniformity today - but I do think you could still differentiate today's artists very reliably if you lived with their performances as long as you've lived with the performances of Heifetz, Oistrakh, Stern, Menuhin, et al.
Interestingly, I was just listening to one of Menuhin's recordings of the Kreutzer Sonata yesterday (the Japanese Victor performance from the early 50's on Biddulph - generally held to be superior to his subsequent performances he recorded later in life) - it can't hold a candle to the Repin performances I've heard recently.
I agree with you about the Scottish Fantasy - that was one of Heifetz's best recordings, and one where the balance was not so absurdly tipped in his favor.
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