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Posted by Bunny on February 27, 2007, 5:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Hatto? Ha!" 1. There's no service that routinely vets and authenticates recordings before they are reviewed and released. 2. No one can say just how much digital enhancement goes into any cd, and therefore no one really knows how accurately the recording reflects the work of the artist. 2. Critics are as likely to open their wallets to a cleverly spun sob story as anyone else. 3. A Steinway D sounds the same no matter who is playing after the player reaches a certain level of competence on the instrument, as evidenced by: 4. Critics can't tell the difference between pianists unless they are told, and can't even tell if different pianists contribute different tracks on a recording of the same work because they take what is written on the cover at face value. I commend Gramophone and MusicWeb for understanding just how ripped off the general public feels hearing about something like this, even if they haven't bought Con Artist recordings. It has become apparent to me that such digital enhancements may be used for any recording from any record company. Such practices have long been routine for pop music and sad to say this may be something that becomes routine for classical music recordings as well. Perhaps it's time for all recordings to be submitted to a service for expert vetting before they are reviewed and released so that at least we will know that the product that we are getting is what it purports to be, and we will know just how enhanced the product is. Sad to say, this is not something that artists or record companies will approve. I imagine if such vetting becomes routine, more than a few musical reputations will be tarnished by this.
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Who would have expected such a conclusion to this? I've reached some regrettable conclusions myself about the recording industry and the critics who review the recordings, most important of which is Caveat Emptor.
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