| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
Recently the italian firm FONIT-CETRA has published some cheap cds
(Lit 14,000, about 11$), with the subtitle "Le grandi scelte"
(The great choices). They are historical performancies, recorded
mainly between 1955 and 1965.
I tried the 2nd piano concerto by Brahms, played by Wilhelm Backhaus
and conducted by Von Karajan (Wien, 1962).
The performance is good, but the recording is really bad.
Even if I consider the date (1962), I think there are many recordings
much better made in those years.
Moreover, these cds are sold in a cardboard box.
My conclusion: if you don't like historical recordings, avoid these
discs.
Claudio Muggia
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| 772.1 | DSSDEV::CHALTAS | Mu� es sein? | Thu Jun 04 1987 08:37 | 7 | |
Fonit-Cetra often has poor recordings. The recording quality, of
course, it not the point of these issues. I suspect that some may
even have been taped from radio broadcasts. 'Historic Reissue'
in general (not just Fonit-Cetra), is a buzzword for 'terrible
recording of interesting performers'.
George
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| 772.2 | Pirate? | POMPEO::MUGGIA | Thu Jun 04 1987 11:45 | 7 | |
As you probably know, FONIT-CETRA is associated to RAI, the italian
radio and television state company. RAI organizes concerts in Turin,
Milan, Rome and Naples, so that they have a lot of recordings,
sometimes good. But the cd I bought is not recorded by RAI: I suspect
it can be a so called "pirate" recording.
Claudio
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