Wilson Pereira ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Does anyone know which was the first recording of Classical Music in
>stereo?  Can anyone provide more information about how and when the
>process of recording in stereo started?  Who or which record company
>invented the whole process?  Thank you in advance.  Best regards,

The earliest stereo recordings I know of were made by Stokowski in 1932
(IIRC) as part of a Bell Labs experiment.  Alan Blumlein of EMI was also
experimenting in England at around the same time.

I don't believe there is a single inventor.

There are a few genuine stereo recordings made in Germany during WWII,
including the finale of Bruckner 8 (Karajan) and a complete Emperor
Concerto - I can never remember the pianist/conductor but am told that
the sound of anti-aircraft fire can clearly be heard.

deryk barker
([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)