Introduction
Our philosophy of recording
The authors of this book have known each other for over 30 years, and having all spent years at both Decca and EMI at different times, it is perhaps unsurprising that our philosophy of recording classical music has become something that we have in common.
At the core of this is the belief that the recording itself should serve and enhance the music at all times. A good recording should work with the performers and composer to excite and engage the listener and enable the sort of emotional involvement that is experienced in a live performance. The whole enterprise should have musical communication at its heart: we all love music; it is why we do what we do.
To pursue only the accurate spatial reproduction ...
