I have no idea as to how that is transferred to the rolls however.Īs with all music, all performers necessarily reproduce the music according to their own style and interpretation of the score, but in the case of these recordings Rachmaninov himself played the original piece during the recording session so there can be no better performance than that to my way of thinking. So I believe that all rolls are engineered to a certain degree to ensure that the loudness of the notes (determined by measuring the velocity of travel of the piano hammers during the last 1/2 inch of travel !) and the use of the pedals is captured accurately.
it can be the exact same cut as an SXL worth into the hundreds.Ĭlick to expand.Interesting that you should say that the best are the 'straight cut' rolls, I have read the story behind these recordings and I believe that Ampico went to great lengths to make the recordings true to the original, to the point of having the original pianist approve the recordings as a faithful representation of their performance. If you find a AOD with a deep-groove label you can be onto a real winner, i.e. The Sheet Music Library (PDF) is a not-for-profit, subscription library working toward the goal of building an open online collection of digitized sheet music, gathered now within this membership online library, that now contains over 7,000 sheet music books and single musical scores (>92,000 pages) for piano and guitar, as well as piano/guitar-vocal sheet music.
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One tip is to research Decca's Ace Of Diamonds reissue series as a lot of them use early SXL recordings, some even use the exact same stampers! They just take a little time to identify as they often pair works from two different SXLs. I know it's easier said than done, but that's where the SXL magic tends to lie.
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How to start and operate your own profitable business at home. It's hard to make specific recommendations as there are just so many, but if possible try to get a listen to a few early wide-band deep-groove cuts. Copen Press, 100CT Berriman Street, Brooklyn. any SXL 2000 series and the first few years of the SXL 6000s. Piano, violin, all instruments music scores. That is not to say they are bad, they are both widely respected records, but if you want to see what the fuss is about with SXLs you need to go back to the early days of simple mics, tube consoles and tube cutting lathes, i.e. Virtual Sheet Music - Download high-quality sheet music, MIDI and Mp3 files.
we are into the world of solid state, multiple mics and a little jiggery-pokery when it comes to mixing etc. Click to expand.Those are both 70s recordings and pressings, i.e.
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