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Compare CAs Missa Solemnis to Klemp's. Objectively speaking

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In Reply to: RE: Hey - I'm innocent. I've never used the phrase, "cats in heat"! ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 17, 2016 at 10:46:51

... I'd still call them HIP. The clarified polyphony, clean lines, rhythmic lightness are there, but also the signature string astringency that is often so maligned.

But to your point, every school has its extremes.

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That may well be true of that particular recording - Chris from Lafayette 13:35:38 03/17/16 (8)
But my point was that the majority of the CA's recordings sound far more traditional than do those of practically any other HIP group I know of.

BTW, I'm not really a fan of Klemperer in any case. I do like the multi-channel Missa Solemnis offerings, even though I'm not usually a fan of Boy-Wonder Thielemann either.
- Then there's Manze, Savall, Ensemble 415, McCreesh.... - jdaniel@jps.net 14:17:50 03/17/16 (7)
  I can't imagine why people wouldn't like these HIPsters or their artistry.
  - Those are performers and groups more like what I had in mind as contrasts to the CA - Chris from Lafayette 14:49:54 03/17/16 (6)
    Looks as if Manze is trying to pull a Harnoncourt maneuver (i.e., get his foot in the door via HIP, and then go on to conduct Vaughan Williams et al in a completely non-HIP manner).
    
    The trouble is that many aspects of HIP musicians' performances are fine, but their elevation of minimal-or-no vibrato to a virtual fetish is a more or less continuous element in their performances. You can't get away from it. I think they're misguided about it, and I'll continue to say so. (And, BTW, that's one aspect about the Collegium Aureum performances that I really did like - their willingness to relax the HIP "party line" with respect to vibrato.)
    - So you're admitting there are exceptions thank you. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 15:48:18 03/17/16 (5)
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      - Always glad to oblige! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:10:10 03/17/16 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: So you're admitting there are exceptions thank you. : ) nt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 17, 2016 at 15:48:18
        
        Remember when Teresa declared all Chamber music to be "crap?" nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:46:23 03/17/16 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Always glad to oblige! [nt] ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 17, 2016 at 17:10:10
        
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        Yes I do - but at least she liked a lot of Liszt! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 23:48:51 03/17/16 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Remember when Teresa declared all Chamber music to be "crap?" nt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 17, 2016 at 18:46:23
        
        Then she woke up one day and realized she didn't like any Classical Music. - oldmkvi 08:12:45 03/18/16 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Yes I do - but at least she liked a lot of Liszt! [nt] ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 17, 2016 at 23:48:51
        
        Ah, Teresa, DUI Lawer.
        How I miss them....
        
        Yes - it was all a big misunderstanding! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:17:54 03/18/16 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Then she woke up one day and realized she didn't like any Classical Music. posted by oldmkvi on March 18, 2016 at 08:12:45

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