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Continue reading “Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy, 1965 Melody LP Rip”
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Balalaika virtuosos, excellent instruments and professional sound engineering work.
Continue reading “Beethoven – Violin Concerto, D. Oystrakh 1952 LP Rip”
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The 1976 reissue, made by Russian Melodia, is surprisingly decent. The original tracks are not recorded evenly, the sound of fourth and sixth partitas in my opinion do not reach the good rate but in the first numbers there was enough beautiful moments. Gould plays divinely, the unattainable ideal of a classical pianist. The first and third partitas are the best in quality.
Recording system, v. 6 – switching to a more wide-band and clear SE-piezocrystal caused problems with the tone balance, especially on the HF, where the resonance of the “crystal – damper – cantilever” came out of the shadow. Depending on the type of adapter and cantilever, it could be reduced as much as 7-8 kHz, which, of course, was unacceptable. There were two solutions — to use a flexible factory adapter that suppresses the resonance by 90%, or to somehow reduce the weight of the system.
Clef, as always, has carelessly recorded trebles, someone there liked to twist the sibilants to the maximum. The record as a whole sounds sharp and harsh on the forte. You can abstract from the distortion when listening to good equipment, remastering Back To Music allows you to do this without any problems. Billy sings most emphatically in “It Had To Be You” and “I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore”.
Continue reading “Billie Holiday – Music For Torching, 1955 LP Rip”
Billy’s recordings on Clef and Verve were not distinguished by neat sound engineering work, sometimes they came out blurred, sometimes they were recorded with overloads and the treble was twisted to a whistle. Billie is beautiful in spite of the second hand crackling vinyl. I Thought About You is amazing.
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