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- From: ahaley@eoe.co.uk (Andrew Haley)
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- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
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- Date: 26 Jul 92 16:40:24 GMT
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- ALAN@VM1.McGill.CA (Alan Greenberg) writes:
- : In the May 1992 Stereo Review, a reader wrote in asking if it was true
- : that the CD was designed to hold Beethoven's Ninth (which the reader
- : said was 76.5 minutes). The reply was
- :
- : "According to Dr. H. Nakajima, who headed Sony's design team for the
- : compact disc, its diameter was changed from 4 to 4.72 inches specifically
- : to fit the a typical recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony."
- :
- : Alan
-
- 76.5 minutes! Ow! That must be played at a funereal pace! The
- version I've got, which is (allegedly) played at the speed given by
- Beethoven's metronome markings, is 62:23. I think it's probably the
- fastest version ever recorded, but that's how I like it... :-)
-
- Andrew.
-