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In Reply to: I'm not as sanguine about Solti - but I don't think it was all his fault posted by Chris from Lafayette on May 17, 2017 at 19:26:56:
Reiner had the benefit of Orchestra Hall before the renovation. That it was a superb recording venue is borne out by the many fine recordings Dr. Reiner was able to make there. Before Reiner, Mercury made a couple of great recordings with the CSO under Rafael Kubelik.
By the time Solti came to town, Orchestra Hall was no longer such a great place to record. I don't know who or how the decision was made but it was decided that Medinah Temple would be the new recording home of the CSO. Some of the recordings made there are really not so bad even if they are not in the same class as the Reiner/Orchestra Hall ones. I'm thinking of the Brahms symphonies from the late 1970's which coincided with the end of the analog recording era. No doubt the Decca team benefited from almost a decade of experience there when those recordings were made. Consider too that the handful of recordings the CSO and Solti made in the Great Hall at the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois were generally well received as to recorded sound. The Beethoven 9th and Mahler 7th among others were recorded there.
I think too that Solti's recordings suffered from the industry's conversion to digital recording techniques. Decca as well as other labels seemed to have a hard time adjusting to the new technology, and perhaps Decca struggled more than most. Those Decca CD's from the 1980's are pretty harsh and unlistenable.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I'm not as sanguine about Solti - but I don't think it was all his fault - robertkeir 20:42:11 05/17/17 (7)
- Yes - I agree about the Mercury Kubelik recordings - Chris from Lafayette 09:04:01 05/18/17 (6)
- RE: Yes, Decca Mehta/LAPO - Mel 12:36:22 05/18/17 (1)
- Just by chance, I was listening to the Mehta Mahler 3 in my car earlier today - Chris from Lafayette 00:20:32 05/19/17 (0)
- Solti/CSO Brahms... - kuma 12:11:14 05/18/17 (1)
- My favoite Brahms First. I wish the other 3 were as good as the first. - Opus 33 1/3 17:48:49 05/18/17 (0)
- RE: Yes - I agree about the Mercury Kubelik recordings - Inmate51 10:35:21 05/18/17 (1)
- I don't disagree with any of that - Chris from Lafayette 00:22:21 05/19/17 (0)
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