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Ray Osnato:
>Take Bernstein, for example: In the studio he could sometimes sounds
>self-conscious, like he was trying too hard to make his point. Concert
>recordings find him free and improvisatory, with phrases breathing more
>naturally. The same can be said of Haitink, Chailly, Wigglesworth and
>other podium personalities. Having heard Hamelin at the keyboard in
>recital I can attest to the fact that he is far more exciting in person
>than on discs.
In general, good artists appreciate the difference between live and
studio music-making. One extreme example is Pletnev (as a pianist,
that is; I am not very familiar with his baton-waving). Hearing his
introspective studio-performed Chopin will never prepare you for his
devil-may-care live tyranny of the keyboard, but both are more than
convincing.
Michael Cooper
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