Walter Meyer wrote:

>There may still be a few readers on this list who haven't heard
>the comment that the stereo effect in this early recording [1957
>Karajan/Schwarzkopf, etc] was so exaggerated that the Marschalin and
>Octavio, in the opening scene must have been on a forty-foot bed.

Which is why the re-transfer was released [as approved by Mme.
Schwarzkopf] in mono, preserving the Walter Legge balances.
 [ US # CDCC 56113]

Regards,

Bill Karzas                     [log in to unmask]