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In Reply to: RE: Zukerman/Haydn posted by Doktor Brahms on January 27, 2017 at 08:31:06
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though.... : )
Man, it's just opinions. (But I'm glad we're all passionate about them!)
I'll admit that I'm a little irked over Z"s hyperbole, but what's wrong with that? (Viagra-besotted couch commando sports aficionados pull out each other's last remaining strands of hair arguing over the latest draft picks all the time.)I suspect that HIP profits have likely subsidized Z's latest recordings and have sometimes covered the violinist's losses. So sure: why not throw a little condescension his way? : )
Edits: 01/27/17
And, gosh, I have my own suspicions about how Zukerman's recordings have covered a lot of HIP losses. ;-)
J
As I've pointed out in this thread, for all his nasty rhetoric, what baroque music has Zukerman given us other than the usual Bach and Vivaldi standards? Very little. The HIPsters, OTOH, have given us a lot of great baroque and renaissance music that Zukerman et al. almost never play, in addition to their versions of the Four Seasons and the Brandenburg Concertos.
Not surprisingly, Zukerman's attitude was shared by many of the star violin soloists of the mid-20th century "golden age". As far as they were concerned, the HIP movement, which had already begun, did nothing for them, since their baroque repertoire consisted mainly of the music their own teachers and mentors had played in the late 19th century, and they had long since mastered their teachers' approach to that music. But a lot of great baroque music wasn't being played at all in the late 19th century.
And I don't need no stinkin' viagra.
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