Re: [ARSCLIST] Living Stereo? Don't make me laugh

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jsalerno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recall reading about one of the Rubinstein 
recordings, Brahms #1 IIRC

both mono and stereo versions were made at the same 
time, the stereo record being mic'ed much closer and 
making the piano sound hard and brittle

Joe Salerno
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David Lennick wrote:
> Just compared three copies of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with Emil 
> Gilels and Fritz Reiner conducting: original mono LP (LM 1969), "Living 
> Stereo" CD, and 1970s English pressing on "Camden Classics" CCV 5016 
> from Victrola master (VICS 1039). Interesting results. The CD is muddy, 
> distant, over-reverbed and very unpleasant. The Camden Classics/Victrola 
> is running slow, horribly distorted and full of dropouts. The original 
> mono LP sounds .. bloody fabulous!
>
> dl
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