Had the good fortune to find a boxed set of the 9 Beethoven symphonien for $5 in a goodwill shop.
Very good condition, a couple of fingerprints easily cleaned. Its a Deutsche Grammophon, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1970 edition and the toningenieur (recording) engineer Gunter Hermanns. The result is easily much better than any of my CDs more recently recorded from the same mob. Spacial presence and bass much more alive and most instruments identifiable by my old and abused ears. Just like being there. I put it down to being an analogue process start to finish.
Anyway, if you should also find a copy of this vintage grab it.
Very good condition, a couple of fingerprints easily cleaned. Its a Deutsche Grammophon, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1970 edition and the toningenieur (recording) engineer Gunter Hermanns. The result is easily much better than any of my CDs more recently recorded from the same mob. Spacial presence and bass much more alive and most instruments identifiable by my old and abused ears. Just like being there. I put it down to being an analogue process start to finish.
Anyway, if you should also find a copy of this vintage grab it.
I've noticed the price is jacked on any POC vinyl at the local goodwill around here. Almost like they think they "know something" - Oh, Vinyl is coming back! Let's charge $8.95 for Lawrence Welk's Sunday Polkas featuring Roll Out The Barrel... With no sleeve...
Great find; ours would probably have it in the glass case at $50. Lately seems you only get a deal like that when they make a mistake. They did when I picked up a easily repairable Pioneer all tube receiver for ~$25 earlier this year.
Had a good laugh at finally seeing a BIG 'ol Magnavox console at the local Value Village last week. Peered and peered through the back cover holes to see any glass, as I couldnt pull it off far enough to see. Didn't matter; it was so heavy I couldnt even lift one end of it. I saw this shiny thing on the cab floor, like a foil coating of some kind. I take it that's where the amplifier used to be, before the cabinet / tuner / record player remains got donated
This week it's gone.
What, you dont like Polka? 🤣 I live in a small semi-rural community first settled by German Lutheran refugees, so wine, music and hard work feature heavily. My wife plays baritone in two of the brass bands and concerts feature those gems like Roll out the Barrel, She's too fat Polka, Trink trink Bruderlein trink etc with near 1000 guests on trestle tables, BYO food and drink and singing along. It is held in the huge show hall with its shell grit floor (excellent acoustics). The Tanunda Town Band is 165 years old and only just younger that the state of South Australia.
The burglar carried off mine 9/18/21. Also 2600 other LP's. Had a Jeep Cherokee, took 4 trips to get all tools media & sound equipment. He left the RtoR & VCR tapes. Caught him indoors, county prosecutor says he'll pay me back (HA HA)
I may as well go deaf, the MP3 everybody listens to are so (asterisks deleted). I'm going to buy a $$$$$ bassoon and start looking for a live group to play with. Every piano in every live venue around here is a (asterisks delete) Yamaha. I play in a tiny church 30 miles out that still has a Hamilton console. Every rock group requires a * import keyboard. Only Kid Rock Lynyrd Skynyrd & Elton John still use a wood piano. Oh, yeah, the burglar got my working US made Ensoniq EPS keyboard, too.
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I merely ask because I find it pretty odd to cite the year, the label, the orchestra, the sound engineer, the composer, and the works, but not the conductor. Especially this one.
To be honest I thought von Karajan is or was Deutsche Grammophon. And not sure if I have ever seen DG Beethhoven without him.
Indeed, the director is essential to evaluate the musical work, and although the musical quality goes through the task of the recording technician, there was not much to do in those years.
One or two microphones hanging from the zenith picked up everything, individual microphones were not used for different performers or groups of instruments like now, so friend Gunter was quite limited in developing his skills. I think that's where the OP's phrase came from: "almost like being there". If you have good sound equipment and a large room, you can get pretty close.
One or two microphones hanging from the zenith picked up everything, individual microphones were not used for different performers or groups of instruments like now, so friend Gunter was quite limited in developing his skills. I think that's where the OP's phrase came from: "almost like being there". If you have good sound equipment and a large room, you can get pretty close.
Not at all. Von Karajan also had an EMI recording contract, and there are plenty of other conductors of Beethoven on DGG: Giulini and Kleiber for a start.
Surely some specialist in Karajan could clarify for me, is this an audiovisual work? , it doesn't look like a live film, but it's excellent anyway
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Christa Ludwig (contralto) Jess Thomas (tenor) Walter Berry (bajo) Herbert von Karajan (director) Coro de la Deutsche Oper Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker 1968.1
Baremboin conducts the ninth without music sheet
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Christa Ludwig (contralto) Jess Thomas (tenor) Walter Berry (bajo) Herbert von Karajan (director) Coro de la Deutsche Oper Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker 1968.1
Baremboin conducts the ninth without music sheet
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Well it has audio, and visuals ... I don't see what kind of an answer you are lookking for here.