Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-10-04 21:09
There's a lot of variability in how mistuning affects listeners. See other recent threads. Even among performers it varies to a degree, but some listeners, even avid music lovers, routinely accept ongoing pitch discrepancies without thought and pay more attention to other things.
On a newsgroup I used to frequent (rec.music.classical.recordings) there were quite a few professional musicians among the regulars, and one, a professional bassoonist, often lamented intonation problems in specific commercial recordings. Mistuned pianos particularly irked him, but he had a very accurate ear, and the discrepancies he was noticing were sometimes subtle, and most other commenters either a) didn't find the problems significant, or b) didn't notice / couldn't hear them. In the cases I could check I (not a pro) sometimes agreed with him, but sometimes the problems were too slight to bother me as a listener. I used to think the guy went a little overboard, but in fact some recordings feature pianos that are shockingly mistuned.
The Mozart linked does have some intonation problems, and they bothered me some, but not terribly. I liked some of the expressive choices, but not others - a little too much sentimentality for me. And I miss the full score.
Hmm. Having read this discussion and reread what I've written. I just listened to the link again, and the intonation bothered me considerably more than it did the first time. Hah! I guess it depends on how you have your filters set. - Never mind me.
Post Edited (2018-10-04 21:10)
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