Operatic Vocals on 78s

<BODY BGCOLOR="#ECECEC" BACKGROUND="operapics/paper2.JPG"> <H2><CENTER>OPERATIC VOCALS ON 78s</CENTER></H2> <DL> <DT> </DT> </DL> <P>The vocals here date from the so-called 'golden age' of operatic singing in the early years of the 20th century. Whereas the three vocal records on the 78s demo page (which are also included here) were chosen principally for their technical quality, the recordings here were selected more for their musical interest, and in some cases the quality is not quite as good as the demo records.</P> <P>The object has been to retain as much as possible of the quality of the voices, so minimum filtering has been carried out : no digital noise reduction was available (and in any case I have my suspicions about its effect on the music). On the whole the surface noises is reasonable, with occasional slight wear noises or clicks. Equalization for the pre-electrical recordings has been carried out by ear, since there is obviously no agreed standard: my usual approach is to start with constant amplitude and then apply considerable bass and treble boost, with sufficient higher top cut to protect tweeters.</P> <P>These recordings have been transferred to MP3 files: if you need help in downloading or playing them please refer to <A HREF="../about/mpeg.html" TARGET="_blank">this page</A>.</P> <P>This page requires a frames-capable browser to function properly, however links are provided here to the various pages: you can use your 'back' button to return to this page after each section.</P> <CENTER>  <A HREF="intro.html">Introduction</A> <P span id=abc>    <A HREF="amato.html">Amato</A><BR>     <A HREF="caruso.html">Caruso</A><BR>     <A HREF="chaliapine.html">Chaliapine</A><BR>     <A HREF="galli.html">Galli-Curci</A><BR>     <A HREF="kurz.html">Kurz</A><BR>     <A HREF="litvinne.html">Litvinne</A><BR>     <A HREF="melba.html">Melba</A><BR>     <A HREF="supervia.html">Supervia</A><BR>     <A HREF="tamagno.html">Tamagno</A><BR>     <A HREF="tetrazzini.html">Tetrazzini</A></P> <P><A HREF="../index.html"><IMG SRC="operapics/home.GIF" WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=36 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom></A></P></CENTER>  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=1579724; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=14; var sc_security="d5b13e88"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c15.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1579724&java=0&security=d5b13e88&invisible=1" alt="web tracker" border="0"></a> </noscript> </BODY>