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- From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
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- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
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- Date: 24 Jul 92 20:41:46 GMT
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- In article <1343@eouk9.eoe.co.uk> ahaley@eoe.co.uk (Andrew Haley) writes:
- >No, it's not apocryphal, but you've got a slightly distorted version.
- >The person was Akio Morita, not his wife, and one of his favourite
- >pieces is Beethoven's Ninth, which, if played fairly slowly, can be 74
- >minutes long.
-
- Actually, Beethoven's Ninth is probably the best-known piece of
- Western classical music in Japan. There are dozens of performances
- of it there a year--even "sing alongs" in German (likely the only
- German many of the participants know).
-
- >The Dutch engineers at Phlips supposedly wanted an
- >hour, which sounded like a nice round figure.
-
- And which isn't quite enough for B.'s 9th. I don't think that 74
- minutes was an exact target, but exceeding 60 minutes was.
-
- Disks are made longer by recording closer to the outside edge, where
- it is harder to keep within tolerances. As presses and CD players
- have improved, the maximum figure has gone up. The absolute maximum
- is somewhere in the low 80's.
-
- >Incidentally, one of Morita's best friends was Leonard Bernstein. I
- >wonder how long his recorded performances of the Ninth are. Anyone
- >know?
-
- I don't know off hand, but it wouldn't surprise me if there were
- differences of a few minutes between them (he's recorded several).
- Someone in rec.music.classical would be sure to know.
-
- -Ed Hall
- edhall@rand.org
-