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Re: Music Minus One

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-06-19 14:16

I got most of the MMO recordings when they came out on LPs and found them quite variable, but overall worthwhile. The Mozart and Brahms Quintets and the Mozart and Beethoven Piano Quintets were rather well done and were certainly better than playing along with a full recording, but the lack of flexibility -- you had to play with them rather than everyone listening and adjusting -- made it difficult.

Many LP turntables had a speed adjustment that made tuning easier, and at least on LP the Brahms Quintet was a half tone up so more buyers could play it on the Bb. Fortunately, my turntable had enough adjustment room to take it down, and the strings sounded better, too. To adjust the pitch on a CD, you'll need to run it through Audacity or rip it to an MP3 and use one of the free pitch adjusters.

The quality of the later LPs declined. On one of them (I think the Beethoven Trio or perhaps the Brahms Trio), a baby starts crying in the next room and goes on for 30 seconds until someone closes the door.

Ken Shaw

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