Jon Lewis wrote:
>As to the remastering on the Gieseking set, I think EMI could've done
>better. I have a hard time believing that 1953-54 sessions can't be made
>to sound better than this. I absolutely adore his playing but sometimes
>the sound drives me up the wall, and I'm not a big sound guy. ...
>
>And with Debussy you've gotta have those overtones!! When I listen to the
>Gieseking set I just want to yank the piano about twenty feet closer to
>me-- it sounds like it's in the next room. But the playing is divine.
I agree 100%. I think they do best to leave the noise mostly untouched
sometimes, as in the Cortot Chopin set.
Michael Cooper
mad pianist