I’m ready to start into the classical side of my vinyl collection, and I’ll start with my favorite piece? Any recommendations on a well-recorded, played, and -mastered vinyl pressing of this? Should I start with the '56 Heifetz? Or the Van Cliburn?
The original pressing of the '56 Heifetz rendition arrived the other day and I cleaned and spun it.
Beautifully recorded; Heifetz's violin was right there in the room with me; the recording and mastering of the accompanying orchestra seemed a bit diminished at times. A slight sense of sibilants during some of the orchestral passage, but I suspect my Benz Micro Ace is aging and needs retipping or replacing.
Well, remember that RCA was selling Heifetz more than the orchestra at the time, so they were a little guilty of spotlighting him, hence the "diminished" orchestra, IMHO.
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