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In Reply to: RE: Tape Project review PF posted by Myles B. Astor on November 02, 2009 at 19:00:08
Hi Myles:
An excellent article. I am sharing a subscription, so I only received the Arnold and the Suite Espaņola in the first series. I am in agreement on the quality of these two tapes and your ranking. I too was never as enthralled about the quality of Suite Espaņola as other audiophiles. Nevertheless I love the music and performance.
I am not completely sure, but I believe the Suite was recorded after Decca switched to solid state equipment, while the Hindemith was recorded with tube equipment at the end of Decca's "golden age" period. This may account for the some of the differences. I haven't heard the Hindemith tape, so I can't compare the tapes, but I do have the LPs, including a Spanish Discos Columbia pressing of the Suite. Frühbeck de Burgos made a lot of excellent recordings for the Spanish company that Decca never released. On LP I always thought the Hindemith a better recording than the Suite.
No doubt that the tapes are superior to the LPs. There is more of everything. I am getting the Respighi and the Nojima in Series Two. I hope I don't have to wait too long.
Jerry S.
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