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And, did he record anything that was never released?
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When the Tiomkin recordings were done, I recall hearing that Rhapsody of Steel was recorded. Does anyone know if this is correct? Didn't EB do a recording of Tiomkin for RCA several years after this?
Not a recording of Tiomkin - that disc was conducted by Lawrence Foster. For RCA Mr Bernstein did conduct a CD of four of Franz Waxman's scores. The recording was done in Germany.
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Sep 17, 2005 - 4:33 AM
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clipton
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I tend to prefer the recording quality of the Bernstein FMC over more recent re-recordings. Most were recorded at CTS or Olympic Studios by Dick Lewzey or Keith Grant, respectively.
More recent re-recordings have gone for the "concert hall" sound (which is a valid approach) but I like the style of these earlier recordings, which used closer miking, resulting in (to my mind) cleaner, more crisp reproduction.
Paul
I think most of the Varese re-recordings were either highly compromised or flat-out ruined by their horrid, flat, distant miking -- Goldsmith's conducting of Agony and the Ecstasy sounded like the listener was in the worst seat of a vast soccer stadium: inexcusably bad. And primarily quiet Varese re-recordings - like McNeely's Torn Curtain - often can hardly be heard without jacking up the sound too high; and when the loud passages come on, it causes you to jump out of your seat. How could Varese allow this abysmal sound recording to ruin so many otherwise wonderful discs? Couldn't anyone there hear what was - or wasn't - happening??? My theory is that they listen to the playbacks on ultra-loud sound booth speakers or earphones that totally distort the reality of what they have produced. I've long considered Varese utterly hopeless in that department.
Silva, on the other hand, has vastly superior miking and sonics -- it usually sounds just right to me . . . although, in some instances, one wishes the performances were up to the sound recording. Nevertheless, I've generally been very happy with the Silva re-recordings of the past few years.
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Do you, Amer. In this very thread you have posted so much mis-information it's almost like you're doing a comedy routine. The only thing that's correct in your posts is that the recordings will soon be on CD. They will not be "shared" by a bunch of labels, they will not be on Amber Records, and if anyone actually pays attention to what is posted on this board, they'd know full well what's going on. You apparently are talking to the wrong people.
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Well, there's an old adage that a banker has more in common with a banker from another country than he has with a peasant from his own country.
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Please be SA-CDs.
Neil
So the sales will be LOWER?
SACD is pretty much a dead issue expect to audiophiles.
Ford A. Thaxton
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