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Posted by John Marks (M) on January 17, 2015 at 06:57:30

In Reply to: Keep up the good work posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on January 15, 2015 at 17:04:17:

You can imagine how relieved I was to find out that the mid- to late-1970s LP I bought in Nashville was also sharp and fast. But not quite as sharp and fast as the Abbey Road SACD. So my failure to hear that the Abbey Road SACD set was sharp is partially understandable.

A helpful reader in NZ emailed me the timings of the Esoteric SACD, and it does seem that it is sharp and fast, and how could it not be? If Abbey Road sent them 24/96 files (Abbey Road does not have DSD capabilities...), those files are sharp and fast; but even if Abbey Road sent Esoteric (which I highly doubt) their (the UK) analog master, which is the 1973 replacement "Re-Mix Master Tape," that tape is fast and sharp too. That tape is the origin of the problem.

The chances of Esoteric having had access to the original, created at Capitol Studios razor-blade-edited stereo mixdown master tape are in my view non-existent. So, keep your wallets in your pants re: the Esoteric SACD.

To my delighted surprise, this column really seems to have struck a chord--an A-Major chord, I think! (My favorite section of the first movement.)

So, I have renewed my efforts to get Warner Music to task someone to search EMI/Angel/Capitol's US tape vaults. I know that there is little hope of that, but if you look at what Testament gets for the fastnsharp LP and what the OOP Esoteric SACD fetches on the used market, there remains robust demand, so there should be a business case for doing it one final time, with a straight to DSD transfer, and doing it right.

BTW, the companion in the EMI set is the Berlin LvB Triple Concerto, which, snob that I am, since my student days I have thought of as the Tripe Concerto, and it is even more off pitch than the Cleveland Brahms, but I don't care. It's a grim slog though a middling piece that nobody would know had it been penned by a nobody.

The photo is from a reader who loved the column and just by coincidence had the same bottle in his cellar.

Ciao,

JM

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Topic - Mozart Mass in C Minor - Bill the K 20:14:02 01/12/15 (28)

Exultate, jubilate KV 165 - Bill the K 22:16:07 01/18/15 (0)

RE: Mozart Mass in C Minor - bald2 21:23:19 01/17/15 (1)

Exultate, jubilate KV 165 - Bill the K 22:10:43 01/18/15 (0)

Out of 92, here are Arkivmusic's Recommendations +BABE ALERT - John Marks 17:23:00 01/13/15 (11)

RE: Out of 92, here are Arkivmusic's Recommendations +BABE ALERT - Logan 19:34:19 01/15/15 (1)

THANK YOU! Yes, Miah and Lucia! And Sarah! - John Marks 20:59:04 01/15/15 (0)

Keep up the good work - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 17:04:17 01/15/15 (1)

Thanks. Please join "The Peasants with Pitch Pipes." And toast their future success with CTNDP! - John Marks 06:57:30 01/17/15 (0)

A story about her recording of Mahler's 4th - TGR 17:41:01 01/14/15 (1)

The streaming version of her Wigmore Hall recital sounds great. - John Marks 18:01:43 01/14/15 (0)

No Teresa Stich-Randall, alas - rbolaw 14:08:56 01/14/15 (1)

- famous for driving around Vienna in her Alpha Romeo sports car too! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 14:29:30 01/14/15 (0)

RE: Out of 92, here are Arkivmusic's Recommendations +BABE ALERT - jec01 07:08:54 01/14/15 (0)

RE: Out of 92, here are Arkivmusic's Recommendations +BABE ALERT - Bill the K 04:30:11 01/14/15 (0)

I like the pic - I've got that recording too - Chris from Lafayette 18:00:18 01/13/15 (0)

Bill - why is the subject of your post "Mozart Mass in C Minor". . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:12:49 01/13/15 (7)

Sorry, my mistake - Bill the K 20:06:24 01/13/15 (1)

I don't know if this is what you're hearing with Cecelia, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:25:16 01/13/15 (0)

Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" - rbolaw 12:16:04 01/13/15 (4)

RE: Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" - Travis 18:03:21 01/13/15 (2)

RE: Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" - rbolaw 09:07:16 01/14/15 (1)

RE: Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" - Travis 09:12:46 01/14/15 (0)

D'oh! You got me again! - Chris from Lafayette 12:32:03 01/13/15 (0)

I own both; both have their strengths. nt - tinear 09:07:40 01/13/15 (0)

RE: Mozart Mass in C Minor - jec01 07:18:28 01/13/15 (1)

RE: Mozart Mass in C Minor - Bill the K 09:44:03 01/13/15 (0)

RE: Mozart Mass in C Minor - pbarach 03:23:51 01/13/15 (1)

RE: Mozart Mass in C Minor - eleiko2@verizon.net 13:37:58 01/26/15 (0)

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