Deryk Barker replies to Steve Schwartz:

>>I'd like to recommend the Hollywood String Quartet.  Rhythmically
>>incredible, beautiful ensemble.  It's only possible disadvantage is
>>that it's mono (but not "historic").
>
>>Why is the HSQ not historic Steve? 1950s does it for me.

Wouldn't that make the recording "historical" rather than "historic"?

A "historic" recording is one of some special importance, such as one
of Elgar or Strauss conducting their own works, one commemorating an
event (Bernstein and the Berlin Wall), or a recording many regard as
having broken new ground or risen to new heights (the EMI Callas "Tosca").
A "historical" recording is any recording at all from the distant past,
whether regarded as important or not.

John Dalmas (pedantly yours)
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