Water Musick (Handel), Wassermusik (Telemann)
Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini
Recorded in St.John’s Smith Square, London by Musica Numeris
Produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-Gál
Ambroisie, 2004 AMB9946

Record of the Month (Musicweb-International)

Here’s the original ‘dry’ recording (made using Neumann KM143 microphones). The acoustic audible is from the church venue.

Here’s just the 100% wet reverb signal generated from the ‘dry’ recording above using IR 2495. Note the sense of space and distance due to the coherence of the impulse. Practically the equivalent of another pair of microphones at the back of the church:

And here’s the mix as used for the CD:

The copyright in these tracks is owned by Antonio Meneses, 2004