Albert - I hear what you're saying about hall perspective, but sometimes the 10th-row sound doesn't translate that well to recordings. I think when you have a live band to look at, it compensates for the lack of detail, but audio alone appears to require a closer perspective to sound satisfying. At least to me. But I definitely agree with you that there is too much close miking and over-emphasis by engineers. If you don't have it, check out the old Umbrella Direct to Disk of the Toronto Chamber Orchestra. I'm normally not a fan of D2D, but I think they got this one right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UMBRELLA-Direct-Disc-AUDIOPHILE-LP-Mozart-TORONTO-Chamber-EMB-DD6-Boyd-Neel-/150959116507?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D13535%26meid%3D3917537278889068243%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1080%26rk%3D5%26sd%3D110975976823%26
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