Unintended concert screw ups :P

[Ntalikeris666]

I have a CD by a modern composer, Kaija Saariaho, which includes a recording of the world premiere of a cello concerto, Notes on Light, and I'm almost certain there is the sound of someone coughing in thee background that they didn't edit out.

Well, if you ask me, i like those kinds of imperfections. Recordings that are Utterly clinical are a little unnatural. For example i have a collection of Glenn Gould's performances, which include all the coughing and all the other "imperfections" that might be in a live concert. Still, i love it.

[JHC]

I think it boils down to what you want from a recording, either a flawless studio rec or a live recording complete with coughs scrapes etc, personally I prefer live recordings warts an all.

[Montefalco]

I don't mind the different mess-ups on some CD's - it makes them interesting. I don't really have a preference, as long as the music is good.

[Corno Dolce]

Yes actually ... PDQ Bach, with Peter Schickele

Yes, the *Wurst of PDQ Bach*........