In Reply to: Well, I was the proud owner of a Camilla Wicks Green label Capitol pressing. WTF posted by jdaniel@jps.net on September 23, 2016 at 20:59:14:
Fine work by the young Ms. Wicks with Sixten Ehrling. Sibelius himself was a fan of hers. But as for sound quality, even Camilla herself wasn't happy. I read an interview of her in which she complained there was a flaw in the recording equipment which made her sound out of tune. I then listened to the LP, not great sound even by early 50s mono standards, but I could hear no trace of any intonation problems. I shrugged. Life went on.
Years later it was finally reissued on CD by Biddulph. Listening carefully to that, I'll be d@mned if a slight trace of wobbling pitch instability didn't raise its ugly head.
Bottom line, it's nice to have the Sibelius-approved Wicks version, and its also nice to hear the vastly better recorded latest high-rez versions. It's all good.
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- I have that one too. - rbolaw 07:11:34 09/24/16 (21)
- I agree. In any case Sibelius shelved. New Petrenko Prokofiev Romeo released - jdaniel@jps.net 08:59:29 09/24/16 (20)
- Downloaded the DSD128 file and just listened to Acts I & II.... - Russell 01:04:01 09/25/16 (1)
- We're sold here at 'Chez Ivan'... - Ivan303 07:13:48 09/25/16 (0)
- Well, it may be 'Pure DSD' but it sounds pretty good at 16/44.1.... - Ivan303 20:49:23 09/24/16 (9)
- Darn you, I cant listen until tomorrow morning, but locked and loaded. Glad you liked. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 21:47:54 09/24/16 (8)
- At 2:24, it's a long listen.... - Ivan303 07:04:20 09/25/16 (7)
- Just finished Act I. The grand, phallic orchestral plunges in the balcony scene are nigh-on perfect - jdaniel@jps.net 10:17:40 09/25/16 (6)
- Enjoy! RE: Hurwitz... - Ivan303 10:43:41 09/25/16 (5)
- I liked it, even the smaller scenes are so well-characterized, such as "Masks;" great sense of intrigue.... - jdaniel@jps.net 12:06:16 09/25/16 (4)
- I'm far easier to please... - Ivan303 12:12:35 09/25/16 (3)
- You can always download the DSD snd convert it to PCM - Russell 13:04:15 09/25/16 (2)
- More... - Ivan303 14:43:06 09/25/16 (0)
- As the CD is not even available for sale in Europe as yet... - Ivan303 13:58:04 09/25/16 (0)
- RE: "New Petrenko Prokofiev Romeo released" - Ivan303 12:08:40 09/24/16 (7)
- RE: "New Petrenko Prokofiev Romeo released" - srl1 17:27:10 09/24/16 (1)
- And so it is! Thanks! - Ivan303 17:47:12 09/24/16 (0)
- $28 at Native DSD.com, will be listening tomorrow morning. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 13:07:48 09/24/16 (3)
- RE: $28 at Native DSD.com, will be listening tomorrow morning. Nt - Ivan303 13:20:10 09/24/16 (2)
- RE: $28 at Native DSD.com, will be listening tomorrow morning. Nt - rbolaw 16:22:07 09/24/16 (1)
- To my good fortune, inmate 'srl1' found it for me on TIDAL... - Ivan303 17:57:34 09/24/16 (0)
- OK, Spotify free with ads.... - Ivan303 12:28:48 09/24/16 (0)