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When will there be decent classical music recordings?

With "pop" music the recordings are such that you can hear the rasp of the guitar string, the echo of the piano, the tingle of the percussion ... and so on .... and in surround sound.
Surround sound is brilliant in picking out different instruments that would otherwise have been "lost" or merged with the other sounds.
Someone will say well that is not how you listen at a concert, but that is just archaic. As a friend said many years ago to me ... whats wrong with mono?!
I am sure Beethoven or whomever would have been excited if they could have presented their music in effectively another dimension.
I have yet to come across any classical recording that grabs me in the way it should, or could. Do they operate in a parallel universe musicwise?
I used to play in an orchestra so I am always looking out for the "extra"  presence in music ... in amongst it, not just watching and listening from a distance


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@rcprince.
Very interesting and accurate comments on mic'ing techniques. And thanks for sharing your mixing experience.

As for Karajan, look how many of his DG recordings were later remixed and remastered due to his insistence on overseeing the engineering process.

I far prefer a slightly more distant perspective so I can hear the blend of voices and instruments called for by the composer.
Well said; that is my preference as well. I attend the symphony each season and enjoy a mid-hall sound experience.
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