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In Reply to: RE: Questions For You posted by pbarach on September 16, 2021 at 14:29:52:
"As I've said, FWM's conducting style and the sound of the orchestra have changed in the last few years."Maybe he made some adjustments to criticism he was getting......
"Your ability to hear the orchestra since 2012 has, as far as I can tell, been limited to you tube clips, perhaps PBS shows, and internet radio programs. All of these sources have poor audio quality (e.g., PBS sound is dynamically compressed in the extreme, the internet radio concerts on WCLV or from the orchestra or WCLV website are 128 kbps)."
You're probably correct, but you may not realize that the dropoff in bit resolution doesn't impact sound quality as big as you think.....
NPR even has a "test" for this..... And even through a high-resolution headphone rig, I always get at least two of them wrong....... (Although I never got the "classical" clip wrong.)
"I'm not even mentioning the two poor DG recordings with FWM/TCO because every conductor has recorded some duds (e.g., most of the Dohnanyi Mahler recorded in CLE)."
I agree, the Cleveland Orchestra throughout its history hasn't exactly been dealt a great hand when it comes to recordings......
Although I don't think they're bad enough to not critically evaluate the playing...... (If I think the recording is getting in the way of the performance, I won't comment on the performance.... A recent Hybrid SACD/CD of Paavo Jarvi conducting NHK performing Wagner's "Ring Excerpts" is a *horrid* recording.... I cannot even comment on the performance itself on that one.)
"And you have denigrated the woodwind playing and string section (prior to Preucil getting canned)."
Oh well......
"Probably the most accurate reproduction of the string section (or part thereof) and winds would be in the Decca recordings of Mozart concerti with Uchida."
I was never a fan of Uchida..... (You may have noticed that I've never commented on these particular performances. I would have likely done so with a pianist more to my liking.)
"The performances would have been better had there been a conductor,"
Gads..... Uchida conducting the orchestra?
Yuja Wang has also done this..... It was horrible.
"but they are faithful reproductions of the orchestra at Severance Hall--and I know, because those concerti were recorded live and I was in the hall for several of them. I was also present in the hall at Boulez's last series of performances in Cleveland, which included the Mahler 10 Adagio -- released on DG. Nothing wrong with the string section there... "
The Boulez Mahler 10 "Adagio" is on YouTube..... (Not a fan of late Mahler.) But I guess that doesn't count......
Edits: 09/17/21
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