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ecarroll · 02-23-2008, 11:16 PM

Quick story:

We were recording for Erato in Rotterdam (I forget what music it was) and every single section, save the trumpets and trombones, had their own microphone or two. The trumpet and trombones were being picked up by whatever array they had in the hall. Micro-recording at it's worst.

At one point the producer came over the intercom complaining that the brass were always late to the rest of the band. . . a true genius.

On a related note, if anyone has the chance, take a careful listen to the recordings made by Kubelik and the Chicago Symphony mentioned below. They were recorded with one Telefunken mic placed directly above the maestro's head and sound marvelous. Recordings cannot capture the essence of a live concert experience (this is why tickets are still sold), but these come close. Bud sounds like Bud.

"On two stunningly engineered Mercury disks, Kubelik conducts the Chicago Symphony in music by Mussorgsky, Bartok and Smetana, giving imaginative accounts of familiar repertory. Reissued in the label's lauded Living Presence line, and expertly remastered for CD by Wilma Cozart Fine, these recordings are in outstanding monaural sound. Incidentally, it was Howard Taubman of The New York Times who, on hearing the Mussorgsky and Bartok records when they first appeared, in 1951, coined the term ''living presence.'' Even today, it is easy to understand why he was impressed.
N.Y. Times

Best and now back to our regular scheduled programming,
EC
ps: but then again, Bud is/was Bud.

02-23-2008, 11:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,706	Re: Orchestral Sound Quick story: We were recording for Erato in Rotterdam (I forget what music it was) and every single section, save the trumpets and trombones, had their own microphone or two. The trumpet and trombones were being picked up by whatever array they had in the hall. Micro-recording at it's worst. At one point the producer came over the intercom complaining that the brass were always late to the rest of the band. . . a true genius. On a related note, if anyone has the chance, take a careful listen to the recordings made by Kubelik and the Chicago Symphony mentioned below. They were recorded with one Telefunken mic placed directly above the maestro's head and sound marvelous. Recordings cannot capture the essence of a live concert experience (this is why tickets are still sold), but these come close. Bud sounds like Bud. "On two stunningly engineered Mercury disks, Kubelik conducts the Chicago Symphony in music by Mussorgsky, Bartok and Smetana, giving imaginative accounts of familiar repertory. Reissued in the label's lauded Living Presence line, and expertly remastered for CD by Wilma Cozart Fine, these recordings are in outstanding monaural sound. Incidentally, it was Howard Taubman of The New York Times who, on hearing the Mussorgsky and Bartok records when they first appeared, in 1951, coined the term ''living presence.'' Even today, it is easy to understand why he was impressed. N.Y. Times Best and now back to our regular scheduled programming, EC ps: but then again, Bud is/was Bud.