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Robert Stumpf wrote:
>... While they did not cite him in the article, Stokowski once
>maintained that someday we would make recordings that sounded better than
>live. Has the stereo system changed our perception of what music "should"
>sound like? {Peace, bob stumpf
I wonder if the ability to make such excellent recordings, the editing and
engineering, make performers feel like they need to get every note right in
concert. More than likely, a person will not be willing to take chances in
performance, will give a less spontaneous reading of a work.
Some suggestions I had for the last NY Phil set (American Music) were
rejected as one could hear a few wrong notes. On the other hand, I found
some of those performances to be so full of life.
By the way, the next NY Phil set will be ten discs of Bernstein.
Karl
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