Pearl Acoustics - Great Recordings of all time
In this video Harley Lovegrove explores his four key elements that make up truly great recordings. (very short overview):
1. You need a great location, one whose acoustics match the type of content. A location that inspires the musicians and support team, in one way or another.
2. You need outstanding instruments, suitable for recording (not always the same as performing).
3. You need great musicians, they need to be ‘ready’ in every aspect. Diverse, able to challenge one another, and yet perform as a really tight unit.
4. You need great music!
Harley chooses ‘A kind of Blue’ by Miles Davis and ‘Hotter than July’ by Stevie Wonder as typical examples of pre and post digitization recordings.
In this video, there are excerpts from ‘The Making of Thinking About Belgium’, a short Young Belgian Talent documentary video by Guillaume Zhang. You can watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8RkKI41VXE (it’s in Dutch & French with English subtitles).
The music Harley Lovegrove plays out with is Aveline Gram playing ‘Scherzo No. 2 in Bflat minor Op. 31’ by Frederic Chopin. You can hear it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6aw3lgz0KWoa0XIBatl0fV?si=c5d94172c7064655
You can buy a copy of the CD from The Pearl Acoustics website here (all funds go to Aveline Gram and the not for profit music foundation: Young Belgian Talent who financed and made the recording).
https://shop.pearlacoustics.com/product-category/cds/
Here’s the link to the ‘Great Recordings’ Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Bcm27pFxOwVlIkYtDtqUf?si=-viglUAfQseSZ2FHW3EtfA