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Acoustic Re-Mix of Cantelli's Beethoven 7th Posted by Steve Luciani on September 22, 2024, 3:27 pm From the "liner notes": As one "Old Timer" told me in my early days, the transition to stereo in the 1950s was hardly a cakewalk; they had to learn as they went. To be sure, there were incredible successes from those years, but some halls were a challenge. This edition is a new mix based upon the acoustics of the hall itself in real-time. The original stereo mix was rebalanced using the acoustics of the hall itself to recreate it. Every effort to preserve the integrity of the original is present, including the sound of the 1956 analog electronics.

Re: Acoustic Re-Mix of Cantelli's Beethoven 7th Posted by Steve Luciani on September 23, 2024, 2:35 pm, in reply to "Acoustic Re-Mix of Cantelli's Beethoven 7th" I've enjoyed listening to this restoration a few times over the past couple of days, and I think what I like most are Cantelli's choice of tempi, which are very close to the historic 1936 Toscanini/NYP performance. Here's a comparison of movement timings: Toscanini/Cantelli 1. 11:33/11.16 2. 8:44/8:33 3. 7:11/8:00 4. 7:05/7:01 Previous Message From the "liner notes": As one "Old Timer" told me in my early days, the transition to stereo in the 1950s was hardly a cakewalk; they had to learn as they went. To be sure, there were incredible successes from those years, but some halls were a challenge. This edition is a new mix based upon the acoustics of the hall itself in real-time. The original stereo mix was rebalanced using the acoustics of the hall itself to recreate it. Every effort to preserve the integrity of the original is present, including the sound of the 1956 analog electronics.

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