Another example can be found in many of the great recordings of Peter McGrath; in particular his Mahler First recorded in Florida. What Peter does to get great recordings is fairly simple; he moves the microphone far enough back in the room to capture the acoustics of the space.
Stereophile editor John Atkinson is also quite good at blending the right amount of room space and musician space to get great recordings as well.
It's a shame my favorite live recording comes from the 1950's and that there aren't more of these recordings made today that really offer us a fighting chance to have the music sound like it's in the room, but I do see the trend getting better, not worse.
That's a good thing.
Stepping back
Another example can be found in many of the great recordings of Peter McGrath; in particular his Mahler First recorded in Florida. What Peter does to get great recordings is fairly simple; he moves the microphone far enough back in the room to capture the acoustics of the space.
Stereophile editor John Atkinson is also quite good at blending the right amount of room space and musician space to get great recordings as well.
It's a shame my favorite live recording comes from the 1950's and that there aren't more of these recordings made today that really offer us a fighting chance to have the music sound like it's in the room, but I do see the trend getting better, not worse.
That's a good thing.
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