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Bob Draper wrote:
>Maybe we should have laws to prevent the passing off of a big band
>version of a Mozart symphony as the real thing. What it actually
>is is 'Mozart (arranged whoever)'. At least the HIP brigade are
>attempting to be honest.
I can't consider performances such as Davis or Bohm conducting a Mozart
symphony to be an "arrangement". It's mainly a larger orchestra with
modern instruments - still an interpretation of a score. And this applies
to big band performances of a Haydn symphony or of any other composer of
that time period.
Geoffrey Gaskell wrote:
>Fortunately I at least am able to listen with equal ease to Mozart
>performances conducted by Boehm, Walter, Gardiner, Hogwood, Toscanini,
>Beecham, Bernstein, Marriner, Harnoncourt, Mackerras etc
>etc.
Same here. Whereas in baroque orchestral works, I definitely want period
insturment bands, I like both for classical-era works. My favorite Mozart
symphonic movement, the first movement of the 39th symphony, works just
fine for me with the traditional and HIP approach. I don't sense any kind
of arrangement from the traditional approach. Again, it's just a matter of
what sounds right or good to the listener.
Don Satz
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