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In Reply to: "Not as corny as Leinsdorf" - Would that be Leinsdorf/LAPO? posted by Chris from Lafayette on June 17, 2017 at 01:03:48:
The Leinsdorf recording was issued on 2-track tape. The sound is excellent on the tape, but not the very best that Capitol did during the early stereo period. Yes, sound quality was all over the place. Big Band and other popular recordings consistently got very good recordings. With classical recordings Stokowski usually received excellent sound. His Planets recording with LA Phil is outstanding and, I suppose, a little "Hollywoodish" with his additions to the scoring. However, it has a large dynamic range, deep bass, and a big open sound, unlike other early Capitol recordings.
I suspect the variable sound quality is due to the use of different engineers and even to different recording philosophies. Capitol had been bought by English EMI, and some of the classical recordings sound like early English stereo recordings using a Blumlein miking and a more distant pickup. Early recordings by Felix Slatkin and Carmen Dragon ended up as very good or simply mediocre. The only way to know is to listen to the recordings.
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Follow Ups
- Leinsdorf's Daphis Suite - Botanico92007 13:08:10 06/20/17 (1)
- I was also thinking of the Steinberg/Pittsburgh recordings on Capitol - Chris from Lafayette 13:44:08 06/20/17 (0)
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