I have at long last begun the process of digitally recording our LPs on to CDs. It’s going to be a long haul; I estimate there are a good 200 LPs to be done.<\/p>\n
I’ll begin with a few general observations on our LP collection. About three-quarters of the LPs originally belonged to my husband (who had a head start on me, and like many performers I’ve never been a great collector of recorded music). For obvious reasons none of the recordings are later than the mid-1980’s. As we were both building up a basic collection of standard repertoire the musical taste of the collection is not very adventurous and 20th-century works in particular are under-represented. Recordings of earlier music are not necessarily historically informed! It would be interesting (though I don’t think I have the time) to work out how many of these recordings are still in the catalogue. There are a lot of Melodiya and Supraphon discs which I suspect are unavailable now. There is very little opera, but a few boxed sets of other works and composers.<\/p>\n
I’ll be posting updates here after each batch. I’m noting various pieces of information about each recording as I go: as well as details of work and performers, the label and number, date and place of recording (where given). <\/p>\n
A technical note: I’m using an ART USB Phono Plus V2 preamp and (at least for recording;we’re getting some advice on editing) PolderbitS software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have at long last begun the process of digitally recording our LPs on to CDs. It’s going to be a long haul; I estimate there are a good 200 LPs to be done. I’ll begin with a few general … Continue reading