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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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John's Column Fifth Element in Stereophile (Feb 2015) is indeed thought provoking and probably has opened up a can worms in the recording industry. In particular, he referred to Oistrakh's Brahm Violin Concerto In particular, the SACD was remixed with a reference Concert A of 446.5 Hz instead of 440 Hz, resulting in "sharp" and "too fast" performance. I have always felt the same way about this LP (Angel SFO 36033) without knowing this reason behind it. I felt the same about Oistrakh's Beethoven Concerto too (Angel S35780) - not knowing the Concert A frequency for this LP - though to a lesser degree than the Brahms.
Then I did a little experiment. I ran the TT a bit slower so that a 1 kHz test signal measured at 995 Hz - I could have gone lower but didn't. The difference I heard from the two aforementioned LP's was a lot satisfying - the performances were much more relaxed. Simply more musical and enjoyable. Oistrakh's violin is no longer harsh and fatiguing.
Next I contiued to play The Art of Victoria de Los Angeles (EMI SLS 5233). Again I came to the same conclusion mentioned in the last paragraph although to a much less extent. I am not sure if that was due to my preference for a more relaxed presentation, especially for female vocals, or many EMI records share the same problem mentioned by John Marks. Like to hear the opinions of others.
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Topic - John Marks on Oistrakh's Brahm Violin Concerto - ianm0 20:08:02 02/08/15 (47)
- RE: John Marks on Oistrakh's Brahm Violin Concerto - John Atkinson 05:44:04 02/15/15 (2)
- Good god. it's night and day. (nt) - kuma 15:44:10 02/17/15 (0)
- RE: John Marks on Oistrakh's Brahm Violin Concerto - ianm0 19:57:03 02/15/15 (0)
- Sam Tellig Said John Marks Is Full of it - Mike Porper 14:56:29 02/10/15 (6)
- Everybody who knows everything knows that I am the real reason Sam quit. - John Marks 18:08:16 02/10/15 (0)
- RE: Sam Tellig Said John Marks Is Full of it - ianm0 16:31:58 02/10/15 (4)
- Um - Mike Porper 17:46:57 02/10/15 (3)
- RE: My apology.. - ianm0 19:09:17 02/10/15 (1)
- no problemo - Mike Porper 09:41:42 02/11/15 (0)
- It's a risky proposition in these spaces... - Ivan303 18:30:38 02/10/15 (0)
- Thanks for reading and for sharing your experimentation. - John Marks 08:26:31 02/09/15 (36)
- Interesting. My findings.. - vinyl phanatic 14:25:09 02/09/15 (12)
- Have all the findings you want. They are free this week! Next week, even cheaper! - John Marks 16:02:00 02/09/15 (11)
- Ok, then - vinyl phanatic 18:11:15 02/09/15 (10)
- Not illegal, just stupid. - John Marks 18:59:43 02/09/15 (9)
- Monica's blowjob of Bill Clinton not withstanding... - Ivan303 19:14:01 02/09/15 (8)
- The proof I presented would be admissible in Federal courts under F.R.Ev. 406 - John Marks 10:38:24 02/10/15 (5)
- How about trumped up quotes - would they be admissable? - Chris from Lafayette 12:49:31 02/10/15 (4)
- I have now figured out what you mean; I did not mean that and I apologize for the misunderstanding I caused - John Marks 12:13:51 02/11/15 (3)
- Passive agression noted ("I am terribly sorry that YOU [my caps] misunderstood") - Chris from Lafayette 14:35:29 02/11/15 (0)
- Oistrakh a "midlevel" talent??? - rbolaw 13:15:22 02/11/15 (1)
- The story I heard was that Oistrakh almost did not have a Boston debut - John Marks 15:55:06 02/11/15 (0)
- LOL! I think he's already long gone for it! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 20:00:00 02/09/15 (1)
- Bill's 'Flute' was clearly tuned to at least A=448... - Ivan303 08:18:47 02/10/15 (0)
- I believe I read that the LA Phil tuned to A442 (like the BSO) around that time [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:18:03 02/09/15 (0)
- RE: Thanks for reading and for sharing your experimentation. - Todd Krieger 09:09:06 02/09/15 (21)
- I am just passing on what the authorities with the Cleveland Orchestra told me. - John Marks 13:18:57 02/09/15 (20)
- RE: More Sharper Anecdotals - amioutaline? 16:14:58 02/09/15 (1)
- "442 to 444, as someone else here mentioned was the pitch most often mentioned" - Chris from Lafayette 00:22:20 02/11/15 (0)
- RE: I am just passing on what the authorities with the Cleveland Orchestra told me. - Todd Krieger 14:15:17 02/09/15 (0)
- RE: I am just passing on what the authorities with the Cleveland Orchestra told me. - rbolaw 13:50:34 02/09/15 (16)
- From another flutist. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:57:57 02/09/15 (8)
- RE: From another flutist. . . - rbolaw 05:01:13 02/10/15 (7)
- RE: From another flutist. . . - learsfool 21:37:39 02/13/15 (6)
- Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - rbolaw 05:33:46 02/14/15 (5)
- RE: Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - learsfool 22:28:26 02/14/15 (4)
- RE: Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - rbolaw 18:45:08 02/16/15 (3)
- RE: Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - learsfool 19:26:21 02/17/15 (2)
- RE: Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - rbolaw 07:11:57 02/18/15 (1)
- RE: Yes, but the other side of that coin is .. - learsfool 22:17:46 02/18/15 (0)
- I have already noted my total lack of rodentine derrière to donate re: LvB's Triple Concerto, - John Marks 16:37:00 02/09/15 (0)
- And I believe that as you travelled further East. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:22:16 02/09/15 (5)
- When Oistrakh was born, Russia was still on the Old Calendar. - John Marks 16:53:48 02/09/15 (4)
- John - Imbibing the vodka just a bit too much are we? - Chris from Lafayette 18:50:10 02/09/15 (2)
- It was not at all clear to me that you were not casting doubt on Oistrakh Cleveland 1969 - John Marks 19:05:55 02/09/15 (1)
- Jeez - you're seeing people casting doubt where that's the farthest thing from their minds - Chris from Lafayette 19:56:34 02/09/15 (0)
- George Szell's attention to detail - pbarach 17:35:35 02/09/15 (0)
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