Mark Knezevic <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In any case, I was wondering, about past recordings that were recorded
>specifically for vinyl distribution.  As far as I know, and I don't know
>much about this sort of thing, each side can hold about 25 minutes of audio
>at the very maximum.

I've seen some sides over 30 minutes...

>This must pose some sort of a problem for recordings of works by Mahler,
>Bruckner, etc.  ...  in that you could not fit the whole movement on a
>single side.  Would conductors in some cases have to play a passage faster
>to be able to fit one movement on a side?

No, they'd split the movement.  Just think of Pettersson's symphonies,
conductors would have to conduct more than twice as fast:-)

Best wishes,

Thanh-Tam Le
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