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Classics Today reviews a HIP Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

Jee-zuz!

Fortunately, Dave tells it like it is:
The false premise mentioned above stems from the idea that by using "instruments of the period," the interpretation can lay claim to some degree of "authenticity." Daphnis premiered in 1912. There was nothing about orchestral performance in 1912 so different from, say, 1950, or 2000, that it would have superseded the audible differences between orchestras and interpreters from one performance to the next. Nothing. The period instrument crowd can whinge all it likes about vibrato, or string portamento, or small bore brass, or catgut and what have you, but all they are doing is exaggerating the significance of trivial details and exalting mechanism over artistry.
I might also note Roth's studied "academician" pose on the booklet cover:



HIPsters getting their claws into this kind of repertoire is the musical equivalent of fake news! Link to the whole review:

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Topic - Classics Today reviews a HIP Ravel Daphnis et Chloé - Chris from Lafayette 09:24:08 05/12/17 (31)
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