Pan Classics 2006 Catalogue - Euroton Musik AB

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recording cannot replace a concert experience!” - so
runs the opinion of many music lovers and musicians.
Indeed, there is much to be said for this assertion. The range of
arguments advanced extends from the musical to the physical.
And they appear compelling. The difference between a living room
and a concert hall, between reproduction equipment and a real
orchestra, is too great.
But if one asks “Should a recording replace a concert?” then it
becomes more diffi cult. A recording - and in a broader sense a
CD production - is an art-product. The most modern technology
makes a valuable contribution to its realisation. It helps to
achieve results that would be impossible in the concert hall,
for by means of a recording time is called into question in two
respects. It gives the performer the possibility of communicating
his interpretation of the score independently of the moment and
as closely as possible to his own conception.
It gives the listener the possibility of enjoying it independently of
the moment - either with a glass of good wine, with the score in
his hand,or while reading the introductory text. Or there could be
combinations of these, the variety is inexhaustible and the range
of possibilities enormous.
It is precisely within this range of possibilities that our philosophy
took shape. The way we have chosen ressembles a voyage of
discovery at whose different locations we have to make a choice:
the choice of programme, the choice of performers, the choice
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of recording venue and the appropriate technology, the choice
of musical material by the producer, the choice of graphics and
documentation. At the end of our voyage of discovery is your
choice to enjoy our productions - or else a concert.
Enjoyment is a matter of choice…
«U
n enregistrement ne peut remplacer l’événement constitué
par un concert !» est une opinion largement répandue chez
beaucoup de mélomanes et de musiciens. Dans les faits, bien
des choses installent cette croyance. Les arguments avancés se
rapportent en l’occurrence aussi bien à des aspects musicaux
que matériels. Et ces arguments paraissent convaincants : Il y
a bien trop de différences entre un salon et une salle de concert,
entre un support audio ou une stéréo et un véritable orchestre. La
question suivante se pose toutefois :
« Pourquoi un enregistrement devrait-il se substituer à une
exécution de concert ?»
Nous sommes d’avis que les deux choses ne sont en aucun cas
mutuellement exclusives.
Un enregistrement - et par extension la production d’un disque - est
un travail artistique. Les techniques les plus modernes rendent
de précieux services à la réalisation de celui-ci. Elles permettent
des résultats qui seraient impensables dans une salle de concert,
car la notion du temps est remise en question deux fois :
D’une part, l’enregistrement confère la possibilité au musicien de