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Mar 18^th, 2006 at 4:42pm

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I was looking on Itunes for the Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture earlier, and I noticed that there were a lot of versions by a lot of different artists. That didn't surprise me, but what did surprise me is that no song length was the same. There were versions ranging from just a few minutes to over sixteen minutes. Why is this?
Most were between 15- 16 minutes.

I'm going to go back to my brother's later and try to pick one to download, but with so many different versions at different lengths, it's gonna be a hard choice.

Out of curiosity, when in this situation, do you all just randomly pick one?

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Reply #1 - Mar 18^th, 2006 at 6:33pm

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Well depends how well you know the piece and how you like it to be done, different conducters go at different paces and do it in different styles. It's all about how you want to hear the piece.

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Reply #2 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 1:52am

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Ok. I just want to listen to like I've heard it in the past. I'll pick one, and if I don't like it, I'll try another variation Wink

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Reply #3 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 3:31am

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Indeed, I'm afraid I couldn't tell you much about different variations of the 1812 overture as it isn't one of my favourite pieces.

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Reply #4 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 4:52am

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The 1812 Overture should be just over 14 mins, any shorter and its been abridged any longer and it's being murdered.
If there's information about the orchestra and conductor then go for the one you might know, it's more than likely a well respected version.

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