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In Reply to: I tried some Toscanini Beethoven on LP - can't remember which Symph. Jeez..... posted by Rick W on August 2, 2017 at 15:49:29:
Historical performances aren't for everyone. I started my interest in classical music in the late 1950s with lots of 78s and mono LPs. I'm able to "listen through" poor sound if the performance is interesting or moves me. So my first exposure to Beethoven 1 was that Toscanini/BBC recording (1937, not 1939 as I wrote by mistake), which I had because someone donated it to a thrift store, my grandmother volunteered there, and I got to take home records that had been there for a while without a purchaser. I don't care about the sound, it's as exciting a performance as I've ever heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x1GVKxAwt8
If poor sound on historical recordings bothers you, then you have dealt yourself out of listening to fantastic performances by Rachmaninoff, Busoni, Mengelberg, Furtwaengler, Koussevitsky, Flagstad, Kipnis, Pinza, Melchior, Schnabel, Fischer, Ponselle...the list goes on. But if the poor sound bothers you, there are good alternatives with better sound.
When I started listening to classical music, performances that were 50 years old came from wax cylinders and the like. Nowadays, there are lots of performances from 50 years ago that sound as good as or better than newly made classical recordings.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I tried some Toscanini Beethoven on LP - can't remember which Symph. Jeez..... - pbarach 16:45:11 08/02/17 (21)
- Charming story... - kuma 22:47:46 08/02/17 (3)
- That box was my imprint version of the Beethoven symphonies too - Chris from Lafayette 00:06:13 08/03/17 (2)
- I agree that historical recordings are not for everyone... - kuma 01:36:48 08/03/17 (1)
- Should be interesting [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 07:06:26 08/03/17 (0)
- The record I mentioned just plain sucked. - Rick W 20:00:42 08/02/17 (15)
- Here is the restored version of the record you bought... - kuma 22:12:09 08/02/17 (0)
- RE: The record I mentioned just plain sucked. - pbarach 20:22:03 08/02/17 (13)
- The best Toscanini recording I have heard to date.... - kuma 21:43:47 08/02/17 (9)
- Do try his La Mer! Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 20:44:14 08/03/17 (5)
- I only have his Phily '42 recording.... - kuma 01:59:22 08/04/17 (4)
- Carnegie vs NBC Studio.... I prefer the Studio. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 06:52:43 08/04/17 (3)
- ah ok.. that's the famous one I think? - kuma 11:54:28 08/04/17 (2)
- That's the one! I'm waiting for Pristine Classical to release it. - jdaniel@jps.net 20:11:23 08/04/17 (1)
- There are several Toscanini Carnegie recorings of La Mer... - kuma 03:03:33 08/05/17 (0)
- Didn't realize there was so much Toscanini stuff on XRCD24. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:58:53 08/02/17 (2)
- Obscenely expensive but these XRCD are real deal... - kuma 01:07:14 08/03/17 (1)
- I'm a fan of XRCD's! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 08:14:23 08/03/17 (0)
- Found an old post of mine about it. Beeth. 7th w/NYP on red label (not plum) Victrola LP. nt - Rick W 21:38:54 08/02/17 (2)
- whoa. that's old! - kuma 22:03:46 08/02/17 (1)
- Thanks, maybe I'll try that one. nt - Rick W 09:48:14 08/03/17 (0)
- RE: I tried some Toscanini Beethoven on LP - can't remember which Symph. Jeez..... - Travis 18:04:24 08/02/17 (0)
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