I love them and find their approach refreshing and much needed. In my opinion, many 20th century recordings of Baroque and Classical period works are a little too far from what the composer's original intentions most likely would have been (the way the composer would have heard it - the musical conventions of the time period, the instruments themselves, and the make up of the ensambles were different in times past.) I have heard perfomances of Bach and Mozart, for example, that were way too Romanticized and subsequently distorted beyond recognition. As a musician I know that Baroque and Classical period pieces carry a lot of "baggage" and I think it's a great thing that period instrument performances are trying to give us a glimpse of what Baroque and Classical works may have sounded like to the composers themselves.
2007-07-11
05:12:36
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