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Re: What kind of clarinet is this?

Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2012-11-23 23:23

>>[...]splicing, pitch-repair and other miracles of modern engineering were already possible (and common, from what a relative in the broadcasting biz has told me) on mid-century vinyl recordings.
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Which would be no different from techniques used in Western recordings (we could all insert that caveat in our favorite studio recordings, no matter which orchestra).

>>There was also a persistent rumor that some of the Melodiya recordings in the 1960s were copyright-violating re-issues of famous performances from the past [...]
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Keep in mind that stereo recordings of the Leningrad Phil from the late 50s/early60s couldn't have drawn from a very distant past (recording technology was changing rapidly, mono to stereo, etc), and there are plenty of airchecks showing the obviously excellent quality of that orchestra and clarinet section. From the recordings of Leningrad from that era, I'd stack them up against any Western orchestra, and can't think of any reason to assume other Russian orchestras weren't performing at extremely high levels as well (why on earth not? They have a long and storied musical tradition). I'm not a big fan of repeating old rumors, unless they're brought forth with new evidence.

Eric

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Mark Charette

2012-11-21 19:21