dissapointing audiophile recording

Hi Schipo, Allright lets agree on Montovani and change the Readers Digest "festival of light classical music" to Longines Symphonette Society wonderful recording to the "Family library of beautiful listening". I hate to offend anyone so Kenny G is now audiophile approved!

Seriously, dont recordings have to have to meet a certain criteria? You can not have it both ways Schipo, you started the thread with Kenny G sucks but then go on to defend a lousy recording, pressing and music. Well which is it? I am sure that there are people who love KG just as much as you like light classical recordings, perhaps KG is their stepping stone to Ornette Coleman.
Bob

In classical, the Reference Recordings recording of Respighi's Church Windows is the finest recording of the worst performance I've heard of that piece. Also, the Water Lily Acoustics recordings of the Dvorak overtures with the Philadelphia Orchestra is an excellent recording of fine performances that accurately depicts the driest acoustical venue this side of an anecholic chamber--really not that much fun to listen to it. And some of the early Telarcs featured some lackluster or, to be charitable, "unusual" performances from what you would have hoped would be top-flight orchestras and conductors, as well as the overly-ripe bass drum in their early years.

J. Gordon Holt used to have a rule that the better the recording, the worse the performance. In classical recordings, that was probably true for a while, but the last decadse or so the audiophile labels have been coming up with some fine conductors and orchestras with decent performances (a benefit of the major labels scaling back), so I don't think that holds true anymore, at least as a generalization.

Anything by Pat Barber, effete, mannered, vapid and badly recorded to boot. And for more white folks jazz lite the horrible Diana Krall and marginal Holly Cole spring easily to mind. All touted as audiophile favorites.

Ana Caram, Rio After Dark on Chesky CD. Great sound, but she couldn't carry a tune with a wheelbarrow. Taught me finally to buy music I like and do the best I can with my system to make it sound good. Buying music because of the sound qualities has often proved disappointing.

Honorable mention: Byrds Greatest Hits on SACD. My 35+ year old vinyl copy from college, with scratches and all, sounds better.

Hello, Well, I guess, what the in the world do I know? Johnnyb52 (in the thread "Spelunking for old vinyl in thrift shops") just picked up the Readers Digest of Light classical and loves it! There's hope for Kenny G afterall. No offence JB52.
I have a mint copy of it also, if anybody wants it, it is free, just pay shipping!
Bob