Browse: RQR (series)
Remastered Quadro Recordings.
In the early 1970's, Philips Classics was already highly aware of the advantages offered by multi-channel music reproduction compared to the stereo techniques in use at the time.
The quadraphonic tapes (4-channel recordings) from that period are a classic example of a recording technique way ahead of its time. The advantages of a multi-channel recording and reproduction system are self-evident: the sound is much more natural, the resolution is better and the spatial impression is much more convincing than stereo.
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Claudio Arrau's 1970s Chopin and Schumann, on SACD in marvellous 'Quadro' sound, is by turns revelatory and flawed. His rubato sometimes works against the music, but the insights make this compulsive,... — More…
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Beethoven & Bruch - Violin Concertos
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Heinz Wallberg
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Both of these symphonies are much rarer visitors to either the concert hall or the recording studio than the Third Symphony, but there's by no means a shortage of appealing music in either piece.... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 & 99
RecommendedRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Recorded in modern stereo sound, Colin Davis and the magnificent Royal Concertgebouw are equally moving in the Largo (Haydn Symphony No. 89), keeping the music poised between hymn and celestial... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2007, First Choice
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