DGG product values... - hans

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DGG product values...

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Posted by hans on November 22, 2002 at 01:06:50

In Reply to: This has been my experience also....... posted by newbee on November 21, 2002 at 08:11:52:

Just another example to show DGG's deteriorated product values go back a long way.
Take Orff's Carmina Burana by Jochum, THE definitive performance according to many, including me. First play the Originals CD issue. Than play a late (ca. 1980) LP pressing in floppy vinyl (yellow label with the white rim). Finally, try to get an early 1968 pressing on heavy vinyl (with the "tulips" label). In each case the step up in sonic quality is astonishing. The CD is flat and shrill beyond belief. The late pressing is still fairly flat in perspective and has a limited bootom end, but at least the violins don't sound like white noise anymore. The early pressing has amazing depth and bass power and rivals the best of Decca or RCA from this vintage.
The current CD issue is a very far cry from the original LP. So much for "Originals"......

DGG is not alone. Everybody is whining about the death of classical all the time, especially the "established" labels. But with product values like these it's inevitable. And frankly they don't deserve any better. The Universal group (and the EMI group, and the Bertelsmann group, or any other "group" for that matter) is at the end of its lifespan when it comes to classical music recording. The death can be witnessed by looking at "phenomena" like Vanessa May, Andrea Bocelli or The Three Tenors. Who can we blame for this? The big corporate MBE mentality.
Hopefully the market hasn't been destroyed completely and small labels making quality product (which fortunately DO still exist) can survive. End of sermon.

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Topic - DG Originals shrill - jkend 06:56:41 11/20/02 (16)

See my earlier post - K CLAM 21:12:12 11/20/02 (3)

Re: See my earlier post - jkend 03:19:26 11/21/02 (2)

Re: See my earlier post - K CLAM 19:53:45 11/21/02 (1)

Re: See my earlier post - jkend 07:15:02 11/22/02 (0)

WWS!D - TA 08:30:40 11/20/02 (8)

This - Severius! 17:49:37 11/20/02 (7)

Philips is better! - cpdunn99 12:31:39 11/22/02 (0)

"Shrillness is a product of the DG recording practices" - clarkjohnsen 06:10:06 11/21/02 (0)

And This - hans 02:40:05 11/21/02 (3)

This has been my experience also....... - newbee 08:11:52 11/21/02 (2)

DGG product values... - hans 01:06:50 11/22/02 (1)

Re: DGG product values... - TOOL 16:20:50 11/22/02 (0)

Re: This - jkend 20:14:10 11/20/02 (0)

Re: DG Originals shrill - TOOL 08:05:08 11/20/02 (2)

Re: DG Originals shrill - jkend 08:11:11 11/20/02 (1)

it is an equaliser but it's digital instead of the old analogue ones ... - TOOL 08:38:56 11/20/02 (0)

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DGG product values... - hans 01:06:50 11/22/02 (1)

Re: DGG product values... - TOOL 16:20:50 11/22/02 (0)

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