1971-1974 Decca Recording (on CD) of Clifford Curzon playing Mozart's Piano Concertos numbers 20 and 27, with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by composer Benjamin Britten. This is an excellent sounding CD for the times. Even more interesting because the liner notes talk about how Curzon and Britten controlled the recording process and put musical considerations ahead of technical ones. Curzon would not do recordings unless he had control over the process. The Decca engineers did a great job as well.
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I know there have been a lot of threads discussing the most amazingly 3-D holographic imaging, wall shaking, trouser flapping bass, torturous demos, magical midrange etc., but as an audiophile, I often try to remind myself that a good recording of a GREAT performance should, IMHO, be held in higher esteem than a great recording of a merely GOOD performance. With that in mind, what CDs, DVDs etc do you think are well produced or well recorded -- not necessarily state of the art -- but of sufficiently high quality and where the performance REALLY MOVES YOU or REALLY MAKES YOU VERY HAPPY to play on your system? (To get you started, Mannheim Steamroller, the Sheffield Drum Record and the Video Essentials DVD should not be on the list.) Obviously, if you know of music or a movie that is technically AND creatively superb, so much the better. I am hoping this list will provide excellent suggestions for all.
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