In Reply to: Classical WAF posted by Bill the K on March 24, 2021 at 06:38:33:
Actually, this is done a LOT on recordings of concerti for solo instrument plus orchestra. And it arguably better suits the composer's intent to have the soloist stand out from the accompaniment.
I have a box set of all Paganini's violin concerti, and the solo fiddle is mixed very much front and center, even in the loud tutti passages. To me, it sounds right there, although in an unamplified live performance it would be somewhat more swallowed in the mix.
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- "A single violin is as loud as the whole orchestra" - Brian H P 12:18:18 03/24/21 (10)
- RE: "A single violin is as loud as the whole orchestra" - Todd Krieger 06:41:19 03/25/21 (0)
- Classical concerts - Daveslater 01:01:51 03/25/21 (0)
- RE: "A single violin is as loud as the whole orchestra" - DustyC 16:19:34 03/24/21 (2)
- I think the Heifetz recordings were notorious for that [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:19:55 03/24/21 (1)
- Yeah but now I can turn down the center channel [nt] ;-) - Kal Rubinson 18:46:46 03/24/21 (0)
- And you can make a solo instrument stand out, even with a very simple microphone arrangement - Chris from Lafayette 12:54:42 03/24/21 (4)
- RE: And you can make a solo instrument stand out, even with a very simple microphone arrangement - Todd Krieger 06:36:24 03/25/21 (3)
- That would be an interesting project - to try to find the exact Telarc recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:36:40 03/25/21 (2)
- Good Questions!!!! ......... - Todd Krieger 22:35:04 03/25/21 (1)
- Todd - thanks for the very detailed response - Chris from Lafayette 02:16:55 03/26/21 (0)