From Stage to Studio

Performances versus Recordings in Classical Music

Amy Blier-Carruthers (Royal Academy of Music, UK)

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Routledge
21 April 2025

Western "classical" music; Music recording & reproduction; Cultural studies; Music industry; Audio processing

Series: Routledge Research in Music

From Stage to Studio: Performances versus Recordings in Classical Music presents a cultural study of classical music-making through the analysis of live and studio performances of orchestral and operatic repertoire conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

The close listening analysis is based on detailed research into Mackerras’s private collection of over 600 reel-to-reel and cassette tapes containing recordings of over 1,000 live performances which he conducted between the 1950s and the late 1990s. This is contextualized with evidence collected during ethnographic fieldwork observations, presenting the opinions of Sir Charles, orchestral musicians from major London orchestras and opera houses with whom he was working with during the first decade of the twenty-first century (Philharmonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Opera House, English National Opera), and production team members working for recording industry leaders (such as Decca, EMI, and Chandos). This ethnography of classical music-making gives a voice to performers and music professionals, brings to light some important and heretofore hidden issues, and explores a fascinating time of intense change in the recording industry.

Including consideration of ways forward for performance, education, and recording, this book is relevant to specialist practitioners, as well as music enthusiasts interested in concert life and recording studio habits, professional performers, recordists, music students, educators, and scholars interested in classical music.

By: Amy Blier-Carruthers (Royal Academy of Music UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9780367485757
ISBN 10: 0367485753
Series: Routledge Research in Music
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 21 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Table of Contents Table of Figures Table of Appendices CHAPTER 1 From stage to studio CHAPTER 2 Live performance versus studio recording CHAPTER 3 In the studio CHAPTER 4 On the stage CHAPTER 5 Variable Performance Traits CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Final edit – Towards an aesthetic emancipation and some proposed ways forward Appendices Bibliography

Amy Blier-Carruthers is Postgraduate Research Programme Leader at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Senior Lecturer in Music Performance (Education) at King’s College London, and Research Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music.