This is an exemplary historical reissue. It does not revel in the poor sound quality of the original 1930s recordings; rather, the engineers have tried to deliver a product faithful to Wanda Landowska's original intentions -- which, as we learn from the detailed and informative notes by Landowska's disciple and companion Denise Restout, were quite ambitious when it came to sound quality. She worked closely with engineers to determine optimum microphone placement for the different registers of her complex Pleyel harpsichord. ...
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This is an exemplary historical reissue. It does not revel in the poor sound quality of the original 1930s recordings; rather, the engineers have tried to deliver a product faithful to Wanda Landowska's original intentions -- which, as we learn from the detailed and informative notes by Landowska's disciple and companion Denise Restout, were quite ambitious when it came to sound quality. She worked closely with engineers to determine optimum microphone placement for the different registers of her complex Pleyel harpsichord. It does not select old performances at random; rather, these were recordings that followed closely on famous Landowska concerts, most importantly her 1933 performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations -- the first performance of the entire work on the harpsichord in the twentieth century. It does not overwhelm the listener with dull historical detail in the notes; Restout was present when these recordings were made, and her recollections are relevant and to the point. And best of all,...
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