"Mike Gilmour" wrote in message
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"David Houpt" wrote in message
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Prompted me to dig through my vinyl for a recording of Soloman playing
Grieg
& Schumann piano concertos in A minor (Op.16 & Op. 54 respectively) with
the
Philharmonia Orch just to give it another listen. Answer VVG+ :-)

The same recording from the 50s I guess with Menges at the helm. Is
yours the original? Mine has the original mono recording
'electronically reprocessed' to give a stereo effect - not something
that is done now. Historical recordings on CD tend to leave well
alone apart from cleaning up the sound a bit.....

Fashions change of course.

Regards

David

Dated 1958 EMI in stereo with Menges. Nothing on the sleeve about either
the recording or venue. I cringe when I see 'electronically reprocessed'
on the sleeve due to early attempts giving only L/C/R that unbelievable
image, I would have preferred it to stay mono.


Absolutely agree - nothing more disconcerting than hearing a piano wafting
left and right across the speakers! Makes me envisage a bunch of people
wheeling it backwards and forwards!! :-)