In Reply to: "when such minor flaws were not yet considered fatal to a great pianist" posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 15, 2014 at 12:28:36:
She did perform and allow herself to be recorded live, unlike Glenn Gould, but like him she was one of those "nothing is ever good enough" types. She lived and performed well into the era where lots of splicing and editing was possible, and took full advantage, at least with her Beethoven cycle, but even then apparently it wasn't good enough for her.
Both Gould and Fischer seem to have had psychological issues when it came to performing and recording (and in his case, just about everything else).
But I was discussing something different, i.e., David's point, with which I agree. And that is, modern high-tech recording has made us accustomed to a kind of technical "perfection" that doesn't exist in nature, and many of today's performers try to imitate that kind of perfection in live performance, which doesn't necessarily guarantee a perfect or even a very good performance in other ways.
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- Not quite. - rbolaw 14:21:12 09/15/14 (36)
- OK, but everything else being equal, I'd rather have the notes too - Chris from Lafayette 15:53:52 09/15/14 (29)
- Hammer seeking nail syndrome - David Smith 18:43:32 09/15/14 (26)
- RE: Hammer seeking nail syndrome - Analog Scott 10:11:07 09/16/14 (4)
- RE: Hammer seeking nail syndrome - David Smith 10:12:59 09/16/14 (3)
- RE: Hammer seeking nail syndrome - Analog Scott 11:30:00 09/16/14 (2)
- RE: Hammer seeking nail syndrome - David Smith 12:12:01 09/16/14 (1)
- RE: Hammer seeking nail syndrome - Analog Scott 18:07:23 09/16/14 (0)
- +1. Couldn't put it more clearly than that. nt - rbolaw 05:13:29 09/16/14 (0)
- I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:11:28 09/16/14 (19)
- Not surprising - David Smith 05:56:43 09/16/14 (0)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Analog Scott 04:18:36 09/16/14 (17)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Tony Lauck 10:37:21 09/16/14 (16)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Analog Scott 11:34:52 09/16/14 (15)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Tony Lauck 12:40:18 09/16/14 (4)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Analog Scott 17:31:56 09/16/14 (0)
- I can't speak for Ozawa's live concerts in Boston (wasn't there). . . - Chris from Lafayette 14:23:48 09/16/14 (2)
- The birds didn't sing when Ozawa was conducting. - Tony Lauck 14:52:25 09/16/14 (1)
- I agree with you about DG SQ - the Ozawa/BPO Prokofiev series was better than most DG's however [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:55:36 09/16/14 (0)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - rbolaw 12:31:52 09/16/14 (9)
- RE: I see where you're coming from, but still. . . - Analog Scott 17:14:25 09/16/14 (1)
- Yes - excellent - that pretty much sums it up - Chris from Lafayette 01:03:59 09/17/14 (0)
- "Your endless cries for "proof" are tiresome" - Chris from Lafayette 13:59:02 09/16/14 (6)
- No más. Sorry. nt - rbolaw 15:14:48 09/16/14 (5)
- It's OK - np [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:52:45 09/16/14 (4)
- Some suggested reading - rbolaw 06:12:30 09/17/14 (3)
- Excellent article - David Smith 15:31:39 09/17/14 (0)
- Very entertaining - Thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:14:29 09/17/14 (0)
- RE: Some suggested reading - Analog Scott 07:34:47 09/17/14 (0)
- RE: OK, but everything else being equal, I'd rather have the notes too - rbolaw 16:28:53 09/15/14 (1)
- RE: OK, but everything else being equal, I'd rather have the notes too - Analog Scott 21:21:59 09/15/14 (0)
- RE: Not quite. - Analog Scott 15:50:52 09/15/14 (5)
- That's funny - rbolaw 16:43:59 09/15/14 (4)
- RE: That's funny - Analog Scott 21:53:45 09/15/14 (2)
- Oh PLEASE! - Ivan303 01:26:44 09/16/14 (1)
- RE: Oh PLEASE! - Analog Scott 04:16:26 09/16/14 (0)
- RE: That's funny - Analog Scott 20:56:50 09/15/14 (0)