I have a Speakers Corner and I used to own an original. The microphone outputs were fed directly to the 3 track recorder. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program. I don't have another set to compare it to but the AP set is great is every respect. Allemande 04:18; 3 Cello Suite No. This gives the proceedings an open and airy quality, like many Mercury Living Presence recordings from this era often exhibit (but which also means that any playback transducers must exhibit exceptionally low distortion and either ruler-flat or downward-sloping response in that same 3-octave range to prevent an undue screechiness and hardness). But for me, there is something too logical about 6 suites and 6 sides. As with the original, no equalization or dynamic compression were applied but unlike the original, here the set was cut at 45rpm and spread over six 200g LPs and pressed at Quality Record Pressing. My guess is that any two-track dupe-dub made in the 1970s by Philips for the Golden Imports reissue employed some form of noise reduction that may have also tamped down the top end.

I wonder if this reissue will be available in SACD as well? But in terms of introducing yourself to classical works, try the well known ones; they’re famous for a reason: Scheherazade, Pictures at an Exhibition, Rhapsody in Blue, New World Symphony, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Symphonies 4,5 and 6, Mozart’s later symphonies, Brahms Symphonies 1-4, Violin Concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn’s Scotch Symphony. Gigue, Cello Suite No. At 14 he performed the Dvorak concerto with a symphony orchestra with but a few hours’ notice.

High-End Network-Streaming players and few D/A Converter's (DAC).

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Album including Album cover We both agreed on the preferred edition between the two sets and it was obvious. Bach's Cello Suites are marvelous and enjoyable pieces of music. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab, United States and many other countries Gigue. Other offers may also be available. Aside of that I’d love to have an overview about mastering equipment changes (upgrades as well as tube or solid state) that was used for all those masterings of the same titles Grundman did for Classic Records, ORG and AP. His favorite was sample 3 as it was more poetic and the music flows better. 2007 Preview SONG TIME Cello Suite No. He wasn’t in Bloomington visiting John Mellencamp. To me the SC has a (maybe artificial) silky, stringy but clean top end which together with the added bass and the somehow indifferent, spherical ambiance sounds more “spectacular” but less neutral and natural than the AP. The Speakers Corner has some excellent warm sound. If you want a sonic blockbuster on AP, get Fiedler’s Gaite Parisienne, made in 1954! I'm sure there are many of us who would love to know which was the SC, GI, and AP! Courante, Cello Suite No. I think the music and interpretation are fantastic, and the sound is great. So, I recommend it! 1717-23 First Pub lication. When you have to explain what you are doing, you discover what you are really doing.”.

Even the clean original Fine brought over was noisy compared to QRP’s absolutely silent backgrounds (discounting the defective lacquer “whoosh”, corrected on the second go-round). Sarabande, Cello Suite No. Spectacular sound and performances and not at all digital sounding.

Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . 3 track masters were not often used vinyl’s “golden age” including RCA and Mercury. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. Maria Kliegel is excellent on this, as is the quality of sound.

Please enter a number less than or equal to 1. That said Starker is in complete command of his cello, hisTechnique exquisite and his soul conveys Bach ethereal music. This $$$ would buy 3-5 other worldly "audiophile" releases. Agree with these recs. Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2005. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude.

First of all, this recording has excellent sound quality, which distinguishes it from the classic interpretations by Casals and Starker; so on that score, Kliegel's is much preferred.