concert/recording voicing was: news articles

timothy ehlen tehlen at uiuc.edu
Thu Mar 16 10:47:55 MST 2006


>One observation I have is I think the recording industry 
has sort of skewed 
>our expectations of what we should hear at a live concert.  
I mean, how many 
>concerts have you gone to that you can hear the piano (with 
orchestra) the 
>way you can hear it in a recording?  Not many, I would 
think (unless it's in 
>a rather small hall and they're playing Mozart).
>
>Barbara Richmond, RPT


Barbara,

Depends on the pianist and conductor; yes, good balances and 
dynamic ranges are possible--with all composers!

With regard to the student you heard, it's a common problem 
that most students need to address (and many pros too), that 
they lack projection.  I think it's good to speak up about 
it, but I understand your reluctance to do it just the same.

Tim



>David Anderson wrote:
>
>That¹s the one.....thanks, Jason, for the correction.  
It¹s been on my iPod
>so long I didn¹t remember the name of the CD. I highly 
recommend the
>purchase of this CD for serious study of piano recording 
and concert
>prep...keep in mind this was a LIVE recording, so that 
Barbara Renner, the
>concert tech, had to balance the near-field sound and the 
sound in the back
>of the hall.  Usually, if the piano sounds good in the 
hall, it¹s a bit too
>rangy, ³attack-ey² for recording, but she balanced the 
voicing of the
>hammers in a masterful way.
>And the tuning----amazing.  Musical.  Solid.  Some of the 
best unisons I¹ve
>ever heard, and the artist takes full advantage of the 
singing, long-sustain
>tuning in his performance---you can tell he¹s listening to 
EVERYTHING.
>
>Best,
>
>David Andersen
>
>
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