Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Jeffrey Hall ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>Gee, speaking of HIP, I just read that Mullova's next recording will
>>be the Beethoven and Mendelssohn violin concertos with Sir John Eliot
>>Gardener in a period performance, with a gut-string violin. FYI.
>
>I'll stick with Monica Huggett and Mackerras, thaks all the same.

What?  Why?  Is Huggett all that good?  I have her Bach solo sonatas and
partitas, and while she does some "interesting" things, I wouldn't rave
about that set, or her playing, by any means.  On the other hand, Mullova
has proven herself a competent performer in the hyper-competitive world
of "Un-HIP." While she might not be the greatest exponent of that field,
she's at the very least a decent player both technically and musically,
and the fact that her career has survived I think says a lot about her
abilities.  Personally, I look forward to seeing what she does with her
HIP CD, if and when it comes out.

hector aguilar