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The Complete Brandenburg Concertos

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The Complete Brandenburg Concertos --- 1996-07-23

*** Concertos 1 to 3 *** Recorded in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, January 3-5, 1994. Microphones: Schoeps MK-2L On-Stage Microphone Preamplifiers: Millennia Media HV-3 Digital Recording Processor: DCS 900 20-Bit ADC Recorded on Mitsubishi X-86E 20-bit Digital Recorder Microphone and Interconnecting Cables: Music Interface Technologies Proline Interconnecting Speaker Cable: Livewire Monitored through Krell "Studio" 20-bit DAC Monitor Speakers: B&W 801 Matrix, Series 2 Power Amplifiers: Threshold S-1000 Class A/AB Stasis Control Room Acoustic Treatment: Sonex from illbruck/usa Digital Editing: Sonic Solutions 20 to 16-bit Encoding: Apogee UV-22 Hyper Resolution CD Encoder *** Concertos 4 to 6 *** Recorded in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, January 3-5, 1993 Microphones: Neumann M-50b (vacuum tube) & Schoeps M-221B/MK-5 (vacuum tube) Console: Studer 961 Digital Recording Processor: Lexicon 20/20 AD 20-Bit A/D converter Recorded on Mitsubishi X-86E 20-Bit digital recorder Microphone & Interconnecting Cables: Music Interface Technologies Proline Interconnecting Speaker Cables: "Livewire" Monitor Speakers: B&W 801 Matrix, Series 2 Monitored through Apogee Reference Standard D/A converter Power Amplifiers: Threshold Model S/1000, Class A/AB Stasis Control Room Acoustic Treatment: Sonex from illbruck/usa Digital Editing: Sonic Solutions During the recording of the digital masters and the subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain was transformerless. The signal was not passed through any processing device (i.e., compression, limiting, or equalization) at any step during production. Special thanks to Joseph Chilorio, Mechanics Hall Productions, and Soundmirror, Inc (and Barbara Pease, keyboard technician). Harpsichord by Owen Daly, Salem, Oregon