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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Backhaus, Schmidt-Isserstedt

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Backhaus, Schmidt-Isserstedt

Tower Universal Vintage  PROC-2134/6 (3 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral


Beethoven: 5 Piano Concertos, Consecration of the House Overture, Egmont Overture, Leonore Overture No. 3

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor)

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Comment by PaulSARenaud - June 22, 2018 (1 of 3)

As with all new Tower Records and/or Esoteric classic releases: Please, anybody who has this or these releases or has been able to listen to them in depth and/or read the new liner notes, please comment on the quality of the new masterings. These are iconic recordings and I own an old RBCD version. Potentially excellent analogue recordings from Decca, but is the steep price justified and has Tower been able to have new remastering(s) done with the original analoge tapes?

Comment by PaulSARenaud - February 17, 2019 (2 of 3)

No reaction in almost 10 months. Any owner? I am a big Backhaus-fan and listen to the RBCD version.

Comment by DYB - February 19, 2019 (3 of 3)

I do own this. The sound is very nicely cleaned up; warm and there's a wonderful clarity. It is not completely "de-hissed," which is not a criticism. People's opinions on this will vary; complete de-hissing can remove some valuable audio as well. Unfortunately I did not do a side-by-side comparison with the regular CD pressing before I got rid of my regular CDs of this. I wish there was a way to post a short preview so people can judge the sound for themselves.

For what it's worth, these were remastered by Classic Sound in January 2018 at 192 kHz/24 bit from original analog tapes.