On a good recording, everything is balanced . It is more like sitting in the middle of an orchestra. It can be a valid experience if the recording is produced with the aim of bringing out the textures of the orchestration in a musical way that can be actually superior or clearer than what can be achieved in the concert hall .There are details in some of the intricate orchestrations that are never heard in the concert halls .That is the art of recording. Reproductions, such as a radio or television broadcast, may be the only contact with the arts for some people who cannot attend live arts experiences, e.g. those who are genuinely homebound, or who live in rural areas with few cultural resources. The idea of 'Live from Lincoln Center' is that the opera experience is being in the same room as someone that's singing.
Television is a very different kind of thing from film.
Television can take you there, to the place where that film or tape is originating. But it is still at a great remove. It's nowhere near as good as being there, in most cases. The kind of television that we do is supportive of the live performance activity, and is dependent on it entirely. If there wasn't an audience in the hall, we wouldn't have a television broadcast.