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In Reply to: Actually, Wendy Carlos's Bach is not too bad… posted by David Aiken on April 17, 2005 at 13:27:40:
I pull out Switched On every now and then and am always taken by how good this disc really is. Carlos has a good grasp of the music (not like, say Pierre Hantai's Goldbergs, but still good) and treats it very sympathetically IMO. The disc remains higly listenable today for me. Haven't heard the remasters. Mine is vinyl. What differences do you notice?
dh
Follow Ups:
There are bonus tracks on the remasters. "Ho hum" we tend to say in regard to bonus tracks but…These tracks have Carlos talking about how she constructed her interpretations and giving examples of work in the course of construction - a fascinating insight into how she made the original discs.
There are also 2 books of notes and comments with a lot more historical info and discussion.
Even if the remasters weren't sonically better than the original CDS, I think the bonus tracks and books are more than enough on their own to justify acquiring the 4 disc set if you are interested in how performers work and the history of the early synthesiser.
David Aiken
...I appreciate the follow-up. Guess that's another one for the lookout list. Too much is never enough!
dh
Haven't heard the vinyl in a long time. The early CDs I had were the 2 CDs of the Brandenbergs. I bought the remasters when I came across the 4 disc Switched On Box Set for the cost of 1 full price CD.Carlos was working as a mastering engineer when she/he recorded the first disc and was responsible for the mastering of it. She did the remasters for this set herself, and claims much greater clarity. I would agree. It's a very clean, clear, crisp sound on the new discs.
She also has an interesting take on CD vs vinyl and would seem to be a digitophile.
David Aiken
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