Sam Kemp ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>The sound of Karajan's recordings, though, cannot be faulted - the clarity
>accentuates further the lines that the conductor brings out well anyway.
>I think somebody already said that, though.......

Well it certainly wasn't me.  Herbie's early 80-s digital recordings (The
Planets, Nielsen 4) were some of the nastiest-sounding recordings I've ever
heard.  Given that he had total control over what was released, I suspect
his hearing was starting to go.

I don't believe that a label as diverse and large as DG has a single
'house' sound (unlike say Chandos or Hyperion or BIS).  I've heard awful
recordings and fabulous (well, OK, very good) recordings on DG made in the
same venue within a few years.

Deryk Barker
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