Author: Loree BF51
Date: 2012-03-31 14:35
The word "covered" must have a rather different meaning for you, than for me. Knowing this record well, for me, Lifschey's sound, does sound "covered", but I think that is exactly as it should be. Considering the four basic voice types, Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, and Baritone, I would think that the Baritone voice would be the easiest for the oboe to overpower and I think that Lifschey has admirably, taken this into consideration. Now, there are two other factors that could easily affect one's perception of his sound: one would be the type of mic used for his "pickup" and how far away it/they were from him, relative to those for the singer. This was an RCA record and assuming they were using their own mics, they might very well have been Neumann M49 or U67 types which are large diaphragm condensers with a strong high end. In comparison the great recording engineer, Marc Aubort, used Schoeps, pencil-types for his St. Louis recordings and these two mic types do not sound the same, the Schoeps being a "flatter" sound. It would be like comparing a fairly bright reed with one that is considerably less bright. Come to think of it, the strings sound rather covered to me, also, in this recording. Regards.
R. Still former student
Post Edited (2012-03-31 17:44)
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