In Reply to: RE: Solti Mahler 8 has poor sound posted by learsfool on August 10, 2012 at 20:27:03:
I'm referring to his original Mahler 5, but his re-make of that symphony with the CSO (recorded in Vienna AFAIR) is much better engineered IMHO, even though it was no doubt multi-miked too. I think multi-microphoning has improved over the years - especially in the last few years.
BTW, did you see our discussion of recent purist microphoned recordings? There aren't many, but an Exton SACD has just been released in Japan of the Mahler 1 (I know, I know - just what we need!) with Inbal and the CzPO - the booklet cover proudly proclaims it to be a "single point microphone version". That's enough to pique my interest.
I disagree with you a little about your previous comment concerning audiophiles' preferences for well recorded but mediocre performances. No doubt that's true in some cases, but I feel that, in general, a well engineered recording is rarer than a well performed recording.
Speaking of which. . . both the Wit and Chailly blu-rays (as well as the older Chailly DVD-audio) have progressed sonically from what we hear with Solti in the Mahler 8, and the performances are certainly comparable, depending on what aspect of the music is important to you.
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- Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 21:14:03 08/10/12 (5)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - learsfool 23:34:06 08/12/12 (2)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 23:54:09 08/12/12 (1)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 and knob-twiddling - desertorganist 16:28:03 08/22/12 (0)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - oldmkvi 07:30:25 08/12/12 (1)
- RE: Solti's 5, 6, and 8 all sound very multi-miked to me - Chris from Lafayette 00:01:05 08/13/12 (0)