Krzysztof Lorentz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>William Copper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>It is the MUSIC, not the performance, that brings fascination and discovery
>
>Re-opening an old discussion... William's opinion seems typical for
>composers. Mine is quite opposite ...
I think it's a bit in between... the highest potential a piece can achieve
*is* in the score... but as far as recordings, it takes more than just a
technically competent performer to reveal it... (sometimes a performer of
outsize personality or technique can boost a banal piece a bit, but only
so much)
One instance... Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez... an amazingly
melodic and evocative piece from the moment I first heard it on the Decca
Bonnell/Dutoit recording... and later to hear a certain budget label
recording (not Naxos) that made it sound like mariachi... if I'd heard
that one first...:-P
Albie