JohnW
pfm member
Really top recording of a Pop group with gifted instrumentalists around singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lorilieberman4
The session was recorded live by Mark Levinson with the same pair of omni mics Denon used for its recordings, AFAIK (Brüel&Kjaer). Valve mic preamp built be Levinson directly onto a 2-track Nagra recorder without any mixing. Nice album also Lot of ambiance around the musicians, piano and percussion mostly a bit farther away as one is used to, guitar, acoustic bass and vocalists right before you in your listening room. In "Women like me" Lieberman is backed by 2 more female vocalists, 1 of them Amanda McBroom, and the three are separated in space wonderful. (Only to be beaten by the "Rosenkavalier"-Finale with its 3 soprano heaven )
I've heard no better recording in "popular" genres.
I am really anxious to hear this with the L2 MDac some time, but I fear I'm far off on the list. Maybe still 40 entries before me?
Maybe 30 or so...