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Norman Lebrecht replies to Satoshi and me:
>Satoshi Akima wrote:
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>>Recordings may be an evil but they are equally necessary. Imagine the
>>sort of help it would provide us had J.S. Bach left recordings of his own
>>works? Recording is a critical way of documenting musical history. Indeed
>>if it were not for recordings I doubt we would even be discussing Klemperer
>>at all.
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>I don't deny the value of recording as a point of reference. But I do not
>consider listening to a record to be a genuine musical experience. Music
>must posses the ability to surprise and shock. A recording, once heard,
>remains the same for all time. ...
On the other hand, you live in London and have access to many live concerts
from world-class performers. For me (and probably more people), neither of
those things is true. It's an attitude you can afford to take and I can't.
I should say that I do regularly attend live performances in New Orleans,
but I can't say that most of them live up to, say, a Chailly concert.
Steve Schwartz
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