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Thanks Don, they were certainly a stellar team! db Sent from my iPhone 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. > > This was a morning session. Respighi's Fountains of Rome was recorded that evening. > > Producer: Richard Mohr. Engineer: Lewis Layton. > > Don Tait > > > > > > -----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 > > > 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. > > db > > > > >> ________________________________ >> 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 >> >> 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. >> >> --- On Mon, 11/5/12, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> On 11/5/2012 3:32 PM, Tom Fine wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Peace, >> Paul >> >> >> > >