There will always be noise on a 78-rpm transfer. You can remove some of the noise, but you can't remove all of it without a Warner/EMI fiasco. Naxos is a safe bet. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Cox Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Schnabel re-issue recommendations On 08/12/2016, Gary A. Galo wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Seth Winner did them for Pearl many years ago - they do turn up on > Amazon. I have the Naxos Historical CDs that Mark Obert Thorn did, and > they sound very good. Although "Not for Sale in the US", Amazon > 3rd-party vendors have them. There are a total of 11 volumes. Try > searching for " schnabel beethoven naxos" as well as " schnabel > beethoven naxos historical" to come up with all of the available > choices. Some dealers are charging over-the-top prices for them. > > There's a new set from Warner/EMI that claims to be new 96/24 > transfers: > > https://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B01GI > UNCNM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1481231831&sr=1-1&keywords=schnab > el+beethoven > > You can't beat the price. The old EMI set sounded like crap - avoid > it. The newer transfers done by EMI at Abbey Road have been much > better than their work from the 1980s and 90s. If I had to do it, I > think I'd take a chance on that new Warner/EMI set. > I bought the new Warner set. It is a dsisaster. Somebody turned the noise reduction up to 11, and the remaining sound does not resemble a piano. It is more like a cheap 1980s electronic keyboard. I think the Naxos set is the best. There is still noise, but it does sound like a piano. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]