In addition to the exceptional level of detail, there is this additional captivating tonal sleekness, which lets me listen to many of my recordings with great pleasure—especially listening to recordings of classical music performed on historic instruments.
Now let's take the recording of the Haydn Symphony No. 92 with the Freiburger Barock orchestra conducted by René Jacobs. The interpretation of Jakobs in combination with the very close-miked recording up to now left me always with a mixed feeling. On one side I enjoy the extreme transparency of that recording, which offers surprising insights about the internal structure of the symphony. On the other side, I have difficulties with the reproduction of the strings, which tend to sound rough and sometimes even harsh. Since I have heard this orchestra in a live performance, I know that this is not caused by the original instruments. Listening with the LaScala, the strings now have that natural sonic color from low to high frequencies, which I have missed painfully up to now. Please do not get me wrong; what I hear is far from being "softened," combined with a loss of detail. On the contrary: Listening with the La Scala to the "Quintetto No. 4 in Re Maggiore 'Fandango' per Corda e Chitarra," (G. 448) von Luigi Boccherini (Luigi Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna Di Madrid: Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall), the interplay between the solo guitar and the orchestra is presented with all the fine nuances possible.
Not surprising at all is the fact that the reproduction of voices especially benefits a lot from the superb tonality of the LaScala. Some time ago in my analog fundus, I discovered again the complete recording of the opera Carmen with the wonderful Leontyne Price and the Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan (The RCA Opera Treasury 74321 39495 2). The reproduction of the voices, especially those of Leontyne Price by the LaScala, is just phenomenal.
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