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I don't know of any genre that demands more accurate results than classical music. (See the accuracy thread to debate what that means). There may be some niche label still pressing records, but look at the high end Chesky stuff now - SACD and 96Khz PCM surround sound. In every technical way, these recordings are better than what was possible 30 years ago.
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Accuracy again... I must say, I need to hear the Chesky stuff. I've heard it's quite exceptional. I am remiss!
Technically, I'm sure it's far superior... but artistically? I have a CD of Bartok recorded back in the late 50's that is just *so* gorgeous, moving, stunningly vivid... like you're there! Provided with sufficient playback gear.
It would be great if that were anything like the norm now...
And I do think the place for wonderful new advances is in front of the mics. We have the technology to make things happen in front of the mics that never happened before too, not just to manipulate the usual things in front of the mics in new ways after they are recorded.