A new remastering of La Scala Ring by Edward Chibas

[Gonzalo Candia]

I have recently had the chance to listen to the new remastering made by Edward Chibas of the 1950 La Scala Ring under the conduction, of course, of W. Furtwangler. My overall impression is great. I found the remastering so pleasant, balanced and sensitively made. I think it is a worthy competitor of the work finished by Pristine some years ago. The downloads can be find here: http://furtwanglersound.com/recordings/wagner/

I wonder whether you have the same impression about this work by Chibas. Any opinion, Wagnerites?

Gonzalo

[Oscar]

Wow. Do you know how recent is the remastering by Sr. Chibas?

[gggg...@gmail.com]

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/humanities.music.composers.wagner/scala%7Csort:relevance/humanities.music.composers.wagner/_KRitceFElo/AevwIJ0EHl8J

[Gonzalo Candia]

The remastering is from 2019: http://furtwanglersound.com/recordings/wagner/wagner_rhein_scala/

I think Chibas did a great job...

[Oscar]

On Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 4:05:21 PM, Gonzalo Candia wrote:
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> The remastering is from 2019: http://furtwanglersound.com/recordings/wagner/wagner_rhein_scala/
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> I think Chibas did a great job...

Thx, I'm going to get it.

[Gonzalo Candia]

I will wait for your comments!!

[meyers...@gmail.com]

Chibas does really fine work. I have the Pristine which is also wonderful

[Gonzalo Candia]

Yeah! I had Pristine. Andrew Ross did a fine work with La Scala Ring. However, the new Chibas remastering from 2019 sounds so "friendly" haha...

[Oscar]

Re Chibas's Furtwängler La Scala Ring. I finally downloaded it. What I have heard is superior to Rose's work, which, on the whole, I find is not as 'natural'-sounding vis-a-vis Sr. Chibas. Let's face it: it is not said frequently, but the end result of Andrew Rose's restorations is often a sonic 'artificiality', i.e. Digital Work Station-processed. The sound on the Venezuelan advertising executive's Ring is more focussed in production than that of the Brexited, South-of-France former Abbey Road engineer. And yes, I own the Pristine hard drive (purchased in 2016 when his computer crashed and he offered it close to half-off, if anyone remembers that), and so am able to make a direct comparison.

[Gonzalo Candia]

On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:36:15 PM UTC-3, Oscar wrote:
> Re Chibas's Furtwängler La Scala Ring. I finally downloaded it. What I have heard is superior to Rose's work, which, on the whole, I find is not as 'natural'-sounding vis-a-vis Sr. Chibas. Let's face it: it is not said frequently, but the end result of Andrew Rose's restorations is often a sonic 'artificiality', i.e. Digital Work Station-processed. The sound on the Venezuelan advertising executive's Ring is more focussed in production than that of the Brexited, South-of-France former Abbey Road engineer. And yes, I own the Pristine hard drive (purchased in 2016 when his computer crashed and he offered it close to half-off, if anyone remembers that), and so am able to make a direct comparison.

Dear Oscar, I have the same opinion. Despite the work done by Pristine, I strongly believe the Chibás Ring is the best remastering of this epic journey available in the market. Another great Chibas remastering is that of "Tristan und Isolde" (Furtwangler, 1947), which is so friendly to listen. This remastering is much, much better than the one made by Andromeda, or even DG in its fine Berlin Staatskapelle set. I have a similar opinion about the work Chibás did with the Furtwangler's Meistersinger of 1943. This remastering allows us to listen Act III of Meistersinger in its full original glory.

Have anyone of you listened to the Chibás remastering of "Tristan" and "Meistersinger"? Any opinión? Stay safe, Wagnerites!