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In Reply to: Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but it think that this is news: posted by Audiophilander on December 7, 2006 at 00:19:49:
There is no lack of interesting new performances. And modern DSD recordings are way better than what they did half century ago.
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They're not all great, but I'm very happy to have been introduced to the artistry of Reiner and especially Munch. I'm often finding some of those 'old performances' have indeed never been topped. A couple of examples in which I've heard just about everything available except the "legendary performance:" Furtwangler's Tristan with Suthaus and Flagstad, and the first Juilliard performance of the Bartok String Quartets.I've limited my examples to two out of reverence. IMHO there are no better performances, (and I certainly didn't imprint on them) and the sound--mono from the 50's--comunicates what needs to be communicated more than adequately. If you like these works, I can't recommend seeking out these particular performances enough. They have provided me with the most sublime listening experiences ever, and we're talking 25 years of listening.
The more reason to be presented at their best, It is getting harder and harder to fing pristine copies on vinyl. And no matter what most people think the CD transfers all lack the musicality of a good hires transfer or of the LPs.
Thee recordings represented the state of the art 50 or so years ago, and deserve to be presented and preserved at their best. Also the artistry is undeniable, and should be available for future generations to study. All recordings must be presented at their best to the widest ausience possible to reinforce their emotional end educational contributions to our common culture. OK soapbox vacated.
"All recordings must be presented at their best to the widest ausience possible to reinforce their emotional end educational contributions to our common culture."All, not just shaded dogs.
Why old RCAs are singled out for preservation of our common culture and everything else pretty much neglected? Where are SACD reissues of great audiophile quality records from Everest, Vox, Vanguard, European labels? Reiner, Heifetz, and Rubinstein are just a microscopic fraction of our common musical heritage.
Where are SACD reissues of great audiophile quality records from Everest, Vox, Vanguard, European labels?As far as Everest is concerned, there were some titles released on SACD a couple of years ago, and now there are some more titles currently being released as Classic Records HDAD’s (DVD-Audio, 2-channel 24/192, and 3-channel 24/96, packaged with a separate RBCD). Unfortunately, many of these HDAD's exhibit fleeting instances of pitch instability, perhaps evidence of deterioration in the 35mm magnetic film masters. There's already been discussion about a couple of these releases on the DVD Audiobahn, and I’ll try to post an update there soon.
and I don't think it's about "preservation". The RCA Living Stereo series is a cash cow.
HowdyAs much as I enjoy modern DSD recordings, there are a lot of great old recordings as well. I think some systems must overly accentuate the hi-freqs causing tape hiss to be too intrusive or something...
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