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Re: Yes, the price is a positive, but I'm still concerned that someone might "sample a bit of everything" and then...

Posted by David Aiken (A) on March 23, 2007 at 13:45:06

In Reply to: Yes, the price is a positive, but I'm still concerned that someone might "sample a bit of everything" and then... posted by clarkjohnsen on March 23, 2007 at 08:23:50:

Well, for a start, Bambi's comments seem to indicate that these are reasonable performances. That seems a strong point in favour here.

It's possible that some people, hearing a 'dull performance' are going to recognise the quality of the music and look for a better performance. It's also possible that some people, hearing a good performance, are going to think "that's it" and not consider the possibility that there are equally good or better performances out there worth exploring. For a relative newcomer to Bach, both are possible.

I guess my feeling is that if there are some good performances in the set and the listener comes across those, then they're going to respond to them. If they find some other performances dull but the music interesting, they are going to be more likely to explore further performances of those particular works based on their other good experiences from the set.

One thing is certain. We can't save people from themselves. We all have made mistakes based on past experiences which were bad and unrepresentative of the music. In time we usually recover because we eventually do hear the music again, and we can and do change our views at times.

My fear, with a set this size, is simply that the newcomer is going to feel swamped and do something stupid like trying to listen to all of it in a too short period instead of simply picking a disc from a different aspect of Bach's work and sampling through the set that way at a reasonable pace, say a disc every 2 or 3 days or so, until they get a feel and appreciation for the music and can settle in for "a binge" every now and then. As someone who has, on occasion, purchased large sets (the Philips 32 LP set of Arrau's Beethoven sonata cycle does come to mind), I think the biggest problem people face with large sets is simply their size and learining that you don't have to justify the expenditure by trying to play through the whole set in a short time, or at some fixed pace.

David Aiken

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