Video of the day: DG's The Shellac Project
Gramophone
Monday, April 29, 2019
Acoustic recordings and Tolstoy’s readings remastered by Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon have announced a fascinating new project, produced in association with Google Arts & Culture, which seeks to restore and remaster hundreds of shellac recordings for the digital age, featuring voice recordings by Leo Tolstoy and performances by the likes of John McCormack, Otto Klemperer, Louis Armstrong and Pietro Mascagni (conducting his own music).
DG have produced a video which gives an insight into the process (below), and you can enjoy the recordings on various streaming platforms by following this link: https://dg.lnk.to/theshellacproject