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In Reply to: RE: The record I mentioned just plain sucked. posted by pbarach on August 02, 2017 at 20:22:03
JVC XRCD24 of Elgar Enigma Variation recorded at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 1951. A single mike dangling 16 ft. above Maestro's head. (I can hear him breathing.)
This is the one JVC team flew out to BMG Tape Archive in PA to get a hold of the original 76cm/sec. tape.
They mention subsequent LP releases, even the same catalogue number, RCA apparently applied different EQ to *enhance* the sound. Quite often with bright steely upper ends and somewhat boosted bottom. (I can hear this in my various Toscanini reissue LPs ) Interestingly they note the condition of the tape is much better than what's been reported. No dropouts nor damage throughout, they did not have to do any reconstruction for the reissues. Apparently they have been kept well all these years. And you are right in that all the ones released in this series, they only picked from the Carnegie recording ( no live broadcast: they recorded some of the program AFTER the live broadcast from the Carnegie ) rather than Studio 8H due to better hall acoustics. Also, Sony's Andreas Mayer ( a terrific engineer who's done 'A State of Wonder' Glenn Gould CD as well as recent analogue vinyl reissue of the same title ) and Sony studio's archive staffs have helped them select the right master tape.
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Even with a high hiss background noise, it holds tension much better than Karajan/BPO. A tad opaque and old-fashioned but faster paced salt of the Earth. But the fidelity is very challenging even for me. I reckon later NBC @ Carnegie set would be much better and I am guessing it would be move vivid and livelier than this Philly set. ( this is relatively legato for Toscanini and does not have his usual whiplash style )
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The Carnegie, on DaCapo lp, IIRC is not as immediate-sounding.
■ Symphonic Poem "La Mer"
Recording Date & Place : April 16,1936 Carnegie Hall
Orchestra : New York Philharmonic■ Symphonic Poem "La Mer"
Recording Date & Place : March 4, 1947 RECORDING SESSIONS ( CARNEGIE HALL )■ Symphonic Poem "La Mer"
Recording Date & Place : December 2, 1947 RECORDING SESSIONS ( CARNEGIE HALL )
Orchestra : NBC SO■ Symphonic Poem "La Mer"
Recording Date & Place : Feb.14,1953 Carnegie Hall
Orchestra : NBC SOI am not sure which recording DeCapo used but recording quality varies.
Edits: 08/05/17 10/09/17
. . . with K2 processing! ;-)
They only released handful out of his vast catalogue.
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