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John Smyth writes:
>After the HIP delights of Kirshbaum, Podger, Manze & Co, I eagerly
>opened my Virgin recording of Holloway and Moroney performing the Bach
>Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.
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>Love the chamber organ. Love Holloway's phrasing. But oh, how he
>wrestles with that old violin. Not only that, but there are some serious
>intonation problems, most notably in the open sixth chords of the B minor
>Adagio.... I exchanged it for Grumiaux's modern instrument version on a
>Phillips 2-fer.
This didn't work out well at all. John had asked for recommendations,
and I praised the Holloway set. My hope was that John would love the
performances, but he exchanged it instead for a modern instrument version.
I am sorry about this. We enthuse about particular recordings and
generally want to see others loving them as well. I sure hope John does
not acquire the Winter & Winter set which is far more extreme than the
Holloway recordings. I guess I'm at the other end from John. I've heard
some of the Grumiaux set, and I can not handle that modern violin at all.
Don Satz
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