RE: I think what Scott was saying. . .

Posted by rbolaw on October 1, 2014 at 13:43:12

In Reply to: RE: I think what Scott was saying. . . posted by Analog Scott on October 1, 2014 at 12:45:55:

I don't know if this straw man you're setting up has anything to do with me. I have said that certain technical standards and expectations for classical music performance are much higher today due in part to modern recording technology.

But that doesn't mean I think that is entirely a bad thing. I'm actually a middle of the roader on the current situation, I think it has both advantages and drawbacks. I've discussed this issue with many over the years, and some feel so strongly about it that if they were posting here I might be taking your side and arguing against them. When you're a middle of the roader, you take heat from both extremes.

As for Khatia's performance of the Schumann concerto (a favorite piece of mine, I performed it with my college orchestra with a good friend and classmate as the soloist), I can see how it might provoke both positive and less than fully positive reactions. However, I don't think her occasional fluffed notes would be my main focus if I were sitting in the concert hall, though perhaps there are a few too many. I do think that if I listened to that same performance 10 times, I might begin to anticipate those particular fluffed notes, and they would become irritating. That is a big reason such things are usually edited out of commercial recordings.

As for her dress and her flopping and flying hair, it's all a matter of personal taste. Of course I could close my eyes, but to me they are affectations I could do without.

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That's the gown she wore when we saw her play the Ravel G-major Concerto - Chris from Lafayette 09:55:55 09/29/14 (14)

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I think what Scott was saying. . . - Chris from Lafayette 09:54:28 10/01/14 (8)

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RE: I think what Scott was saying. . . - Analog Scott 16:51:12 10/01/14 (3)

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RE: I think what Scott was saying. . . - rbolaw 17:30:32 10/01/14 (0)

RE: I think what Scott was saying. . . - Analog Scott 12:06:39 10/01/14 (0)

I saw her at the Carnegie earlier this year... - kuma 18:45:24 09/29/14 (0)

RE: That's the gown she wore when we saw her play the Ravel G-major Concerto - Travis 10:06:42 09/29/14 (0)

RE: Babe (YT) - jec01 09:34:04 09/29/14 (0)

At about 2:49 in the video... - genungo 08:21:25 09/29/14 (0)

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