I'm happily addicted to the Blumlein-miked Vittorio Gui conducted Glyndebourne Marriage of Figaro on EMI. Genial. Lovely. Truly 3 D. How many times have I listened to Side 5? Two hundred times? And only a couple added scratches & pops.
Qobuz Figaro
No one's mentioned Figaro in five years so safe to sally forth.
Qobuz has Kleiber's Figaro in three versions. Whoever mastered the one from Past Classics, I like the cut of yr jib. I like my Figaro bright and clear as opposed to dark and muddy which happens in both the versions from Decca.
What can one say about Kleiber's Figaro? It was so good, Decca let twenty years pass before recording Figaro again. It has a sublime Voi chi sapete sung by Danco. Oh yeah, some guy named Siepi sings the title role. Probably never heard of him. And some outfit called the Vienna Phil. All captured in glorious Decca sound. Well at least on Past Classics. Did I mention the actual Decca editions are dark and muddy? This has been the complaint in the past. Now we know why. String that mastering engineer up by the ears!
Qobuz has Kleiber's Figaro in three versions. Whoever mastered the one from Past Classics, I like the cut of yr jib. I like my Figaro bright and clear as opposed to dark and muddy which happens in both the versions from Decca.
What can one say about Kleiber's Figaro? It was so good, Decca let twenty years pass before recording Figaro again. It has a sublime Voi chi sapete sung by Danco. Oh yeah, some guy named Siepi sings the title role. Probably never heard of him. And some outfit called the Vienna Phil. All captured in glorious Decca sound. Well at least on Past Classics. Did I mention the actual Decca editions are dark and muddy? This has been the complaint in the past. Now we know why. String that mastering engineer up by the ears!