[78-L] Toscanini's 1943 German Requiem

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

This is a great CD (& flac download!!) although I also have several of Toscaninni's early performances on CD from the Music & Arts label.



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>From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] Toscanini's 1943 German Requiem
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>I have several of his CDs at this point, and am very impressed with his
>work. He is very much a purist, while using some excellent new software to
>create his transfers. I am slowly going through the Schnabel Beethoven
>Sonatas, and he has done an incredible job.
>
>Jeff Sultanof
>
>On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:56 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com <
>neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> is now available from Andrew Rose of Pristine Classical. Sample the last
>> 10 minnits of "Lord Make Me to Know"  -
>>
>> http://www.pristineclassical.com/LargeWorks/Vocal/PACO050.php
>>
>> I am rather astounded by the transfer. Andrew had a really sweet
>> original source to work from. Hard to believe this broadcast is from 1943.
>>
>> He added a small amount of convolution reverb, which simulates the sound
>> of a real hall. It is not just digital echo. This is the first time I
>> have heard a vintage recording with reverb added that I felt the results
>> were successful and didn't sound like a vintage recording with phoney echo.
>>
>> And if you want a low rez (128 kbps) copy for free, it is available from
>> the web site for a limited time. Andrew really is generous with giving
>> away complete low-rez samples of his work.
>>
>> Joe Salerno
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