Posted on 08/26/2014 9:41:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
I had never heard of auto-tuning until a contestant on American Idol accused one of the judges of hypocrisy for criticizing the contestant’s pitch while the judge used auto-tune on her performances. LOL
Back when I was lead singer in a band, there was no auto-tune, though my audiences probably wished there was.
Without getting into the specifics of where, when, and how, I once recorded a world renowned symphony orchestra on a linear PCM recorder at 96Khz using a pair of hand crafted and matched binaural microphones while sitting in a seat just above the stage. My excuse for this bit of digital piracy was that it was one of my favorite pieces. When heard though a set of high-end headphones, the recording is every bit a brilliant, subtle, detailed, and as deep as what I heard in person. In fact it’s better. Also, no matter how often I listen to it, I hear new things every single time. In this case, the recording was much, much better than the live performance, if only because I could never have gotten so much out of it with just one hearing.
It is sad. I most vividly remember an electrifying live LA Phil performance of Sebelius 2nd Symphony, and another time, the deep, distant shadows down the nave of the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle from Puccini’s “Tosca”.
But it’s so damned expensive....
But it’s so damned expensive....
The productions are so poor now that it makes the performances too expensive. I hate to part with my money for a revisionist opera production. I've never been real big on symphony performances because there is not much to see. Also, here in Houston, we don't have a world famous conductor. For example, I would have loved to have gone to some LA Phil performances with Giulini back in the day. Speaking of Tosca, the Covent Garden Blu-ray with Georghiu, Kaufmann and Terfel is very good (though I think I had to order the Blu-ray from the UK)..
I put a hold on that Tosca you mentioned at my local library. Terfel indeed seems quite talented.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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