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In Reply to: I too am not that enamored of Norrington... posted by C.B. on April 15, 2005 at 17:27:07:
but the point I was trying to make (which I hope was not lost on you as well) is that conductors such as Norrington, Mackarras and Harnoncourt are not music historians in the truest sense. They merely benefit from the work of others, such as the three pioneers in this field that I cited. Their work as performing musicians may be variable, depending on their intrinsic musicianship.I totally agree. They do a bit of research themselves, read what others have to say, and then do what they think sounds best. This last part is important, which is what I think separates Norrington from others. Conductors like Gardiner and Harnoncourt know better what sounds best. And someone like Gardiner can be quite inauthentic.
I would, however, call Hogwood a scholar, or at least he tries to be as scholarly as possible. When he recorded the Mozart Symphonies, he brought Neal Zaslaw in as an advisor, who played an active role in the project. I would also call the performers I mentioned, Bylsma and Bilson, scholars. They have done lots of research and written about period performance styles (I mean once you're publsihed...).
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