Thanks Don, they were certainly a stellar team!
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On 2012-11-06, at 10:28 AM, Donald Tait <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Reiner/CSO Pines of Rome -- Orchestra Hall, October 24, 1959.
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> This was a morning session. Respighi's Fountains of Rome was recorded that evening.
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> Producer: Richard Mohr. Engineer: Lewis Layton.
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> Don Tait
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <[log in to unmask]>
> To: ARSCLIST <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:46 am
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medinah Temple
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> A recording which may have been made in the Medinah Temple, I don't know, (I
> could check the CD but I'm in Florida at the moment and the CD isn't), Reiner's
> CSO recording of the "Pines of Rome" as released on SACD is, I believe, arguably
> one of the best orchestral recordings ever made - as regards the dynamic range,
> the frequency range and the superb stereo imaging. I don't know what recording
> techniques were involved but this recording presents a solid wall of sound
> between the speakers with accurate imaging right across. One characteristic I
> look for in orchestral recordings and strive for on my own recordings, (which
> was often lacking on "Decca-tree" recordings or Mercury's and other's 3 mike
> set-up), is near centre imaging. I want to clearly hear that the flutes and
> clarinets are slightly to the left of centre and the oboes and bassoons are
> slightly to the right. This recording exhibits that imaging. If you listen,
> for example, to another
> of my favourite orchestral recordings, Mercury's recording of Enesco's
> "Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1", also on SACD, you'll hear the clarinet and the oboe,
> playing a dialog with each other in the opening, occupying exactly the same
> position in the centre of the sound-stage. I'm not a fanatic to the point that
> my enjoyment of a recording is destroyed if this characteristic is lacking, but
> I enjoy it more if it's there.
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> db
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>> From: Roderic G Stephens <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:53:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medinah Temple
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>> Yes, the Capitol classical series on reel to reel two track stereo tapes that
> had the ZF prefix were the beginning of hi-fi sound for those of us who were
> looking for most outstanding new magnetic recordings. We shouldn't fail to
> mention the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (really the L.A. Philharmonic)
> conducted by Carmen Dragon or the hi-fi spectacular, Felix Slatkin - Young
> Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Britten - Variations on a Nursery Tune -
> Dohnanyi - ZF-23. Both on tape or disk, it's still an amazing recording that
> has been remastered and reissued at least once, last by Cisco.
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>> --- On Mon, 11/5/12, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> From: Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medinah Temple
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Monday, November 5, 2012, 10:07 PM
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>> On 11/5/2012 3:32 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
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>>> People sometimes don't associate Capitol and its engineering staff with
>>> classical recording, but they always had at least one foot in the
>>> business in the LP era. Steinberg/Pittsburgh and Stokowski/Houston
>>> recorded on the Capitol label. Capitol also did "sound spectacular"
>>> light-classical records in Hollywood with Erich Leinsdorf and Leonard
>>> Slatkin.
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>> I have a few of those; in that era it would have been Felix Slatkin, Leonard's
> dad; Leonard was just a pup then. As was I.
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>> Peace,
>> Paul
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