recording method vs sound reproduction

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And in classical music multi-miking is anathema to me. I don't care how spectacular you think they are, they are not true stereo, and true stereo is all I'm interested in.

 

I agree entirely.

In my opinion, "classical" music should be recorded from a documental perspective, in order to portray the music event from a listener's perpective.

And from my experience as a listener this is only possible when no multi-mic'ing and no close-mic'ing are used.

BIS and Dorian are good examples; Pentatone, Channel Classics and Reference sound a bit artificial (overly detailed sound and less realistic acoustic ambience).

 

R

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Could I please have access to that sample?

I had a listen at the website link you posted and the tonal balance appears to be "just right" (for me).

 

Cheers,

Ric

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P.S.: I've just realised that you have a music player in your website; it looks interesting as a concept, I'll have a listen trough my main system.

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Dynamic and warm sounding, with no excessive highs; it sounds quite "natural".

 

Albéniz

 

Chopin

 

 

The room sounds a bit "dry" (un-reverberant), though.

Could this be the mp3 conversion?

 

Saludos,

Ricardo

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We use the same setup for every recording. It does not matter if it is just piano, or any other chamber music arrangement. We only use two mics and they are always placed on the same exact spot of our auditorium outside of the stage area. There is no mixing involved, left mic is left speaker and right mic is right speaker. We have obtained this sound by working the acoustics of the auditorium itself.

 

To see how this works for tenor and piano try out track 14 "Chitarrata abruzzese."

 

Songs of Paolo Tosti - PlayClassics, the art of true music

 

For soprano and piano you can try track 8 "Sliczny Chlopiec."

 

Chopin Polish Songs - PlayClassics, the art of true music

 

If you cannot stream it please tell me so. I will be happy to send you this samples.

 

I think that this "outside of the stage area" positioning is probably the "secret" to the natural sound of these recordings (a realistic and very pleasant "warmth" with no exageration of "presence" or "detail").

This is great work Mario.

 

Even if you are using a microphone with a typically "toppy" frequency response, it doesn't show.

 

Best,

Ricardo

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Mario,

 

Do you use some kind of coincident or near coincident arrangement?

 

Ricardo