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In Reply to: Classical guitar recording.. posted by whitese on May 15, 2007 at 16:17:24:
you can immediately hear departures from that sound. Solo instruments whose sound is well-known to the listener can be the best for evaluating recordings, speakers, and other components. Who really know exactly how a symphony orchestra should sound, though one generally has a much better idea about that than most non-acoustic pop music; who knows what was sone to that?what you find when you really know how a musical instrument should sound is how hard it is to get right. That goes especially for pianos, violins, and cellos, with their complex overtone structures that give them their character. I have many fine classical guitar recordings (and many poor ones), but the good ones weren't necessarily expensive; I bought a lot of them on old, used vinyl. A few weeks ago I was listening to Bach lute suites played by Bream on a guitar on an old RCA recording. The performances is not a favorite of mine, but the sound of that guitar on my system was almost scarry. It was like he was in the room, and his guitar had a wonderful sound. But I picked my speakers using solo music like this in part to maximize the realism of solo instruments. I felt that if I couldn't get the solo instruments right, then I wouldn't get anything really right.
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say a handful. And maybe a cd or two. My fairly limited collection runs from Segovia through the Romeros, to Williams and Yepes and Bream and to Chris Parkening and Liona B. on LP. I have 2 Parkening Angel CD's.One amazingly and surprisingly good sounding record is my Italian pressed copy of the Philips recording of the Concierto de Aranjuez with ASMF and Marriner, played by Pepe Romero. Not solo, but great sound.
I need your take on digital copies, as the friend I have doesn't own a record player (18 year old classical guitar player).
this post is already well into the second page. I'll either email you directly or start a new thread. I will be sure to provide the details of a CD of the complete solo guitar music of Villa Lobos, but I'm not home now and don't have the details. The sound is among the finest I have ever heard for this instrument, and the playing is wonderful. My fear is that it is out of print. A quick look for it at a store that would have didn't turn it up.Joe
I sorry for the late post.
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