Restored to VIVA-TONAL Specs - Weingartner's 1928 Brahms 1st

Johannes Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op.68 1. Un poco sostenuto — Allegro – Meno allegro (00:04) 2. Andante sostenuto (12:29) 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso (21:07) 4. Adagio — Più andante — Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Più allegro (25:29) Felix Weingartner, conductor The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded on March 29/30, 1928 in Scala Theater, London Felix Weingartner was one of the distinguished pioneers of early classical recording. His Brahms, in particular, is noteworthy. The present recording is his first electrical one of this symphony. He made an acoustic recording of it several years earlier in '23/24. We've been posting the Weingartner series of the Brahms Symphonies and the new 1939 edition is ready to go. But before we do that we're going on a side trip to 1928...even then they knew how to make records that really "pop". For the present restoration both AI reference and applied engineering were used to get us as close as possible to the original source for the Viva-Tonal specs of the time. The Western Electric 387 double button carbon microphone was used with a "Rubber Line" recorder and the W.E. magnetic cutting head. The cutting transport was a gravity-driven clockwork type which turned at a speed of 75.74 rpm (compensated). The hall was the Scala Theater in London which had a stage dimension of 30.5 feet X 57.2 feet. There it is. Now all we have to do is apply those physical specs and listen to the result. The only filtering is the original rollover, which has been observed for the sake of accuracy. This probably as close as we can get to what they heard in the late '20s. (Restored with Full Fidelity for acoustic accuracy.) This is probably very close to what high-end listeners heard with a new pressing on an Orthophonic Phonograph at the time. They weren't exactly suffering, were they? 24-bit Full Fidelity restoration (2026) Paul Howard - The Yucaipa Studio In order for our posts to remain commercial-free, we do not monetize on this channel. If you wish to offer support for this kind of music and sound, you may make a donation to: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...