Historical recordings as MP3?

I just happend to find a download of
the first ever New Years Concert of 1941!
Surprised by the quality I made some test
with other recordings I have on CD!
The AAC codec actually reduces the noise-level
without reducing the Quality too much!
What do you think - and how do you feel - about
classical music as MP3?

Greetings, JoEdit

I personally prefer FLAC and APE to mp3, even though their compression is less powerful, you gain a lot in the audio quality field.

Three useful sites for downloading good-quality historical performances in MP3 format (and in FLAC, in the case of the second site):

http://www.classicalmusicmobile.com/catalog/index.php

http://www.pristineclassical.com/

http://public-domain-archive.com/classic/?lang=eng

Kuhlau - I just love your avatar. What an extremely distinguished and characteristic chap you are ... thanks for the MP3 links, by the way. Wonderful!!

Contratrombone64 said:

Kuhlau - I just love your avatar. What an extremely distinguished and characteristic chap you are

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Why, thank you.

Seeing as this forum is based in Denmark, I figured having a nationalised Danish composer (Kuhlau was, of course, originally German), is entirely appropriate.

I have a webpage where I post out of copyright lp's in 192 VBR mp3 (mono)

http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter/

On my "old" page:
http://homepages.ipact.nl/~otterhouse/

there is still my fav all time LP's; Helene Boschi plays mozart 22nd PC

Temporary available: my transfer from a 1909 odeon 78rpm, Weber- Freischutz overture by the "l'Orchestre de l'Opera (PARIS)".

http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter/Freyschutz-1909.mp3


enjoy!

Rolf

Kuhlau said:

Why, thank you.

Seeing as this forum is based in Denmark, I figured having a nationalised Danish composer (Kuhlau was, of course, originally German), is entirely appropriate.

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I'm afraid my avatar's a bit of a nob, or rather, an old ivory stop ...