Rodney Corkin writes:
>I'd like some opinions regarding period instrument performace of
>Classical period music, especially Beethoven.
Beethoven's symphonies lend themselves very well period instruments. For
example I have a cycle of them by the Hanover Band (under two conductors)
and I find myself playing them quite as often as I put on Furtwaengler,
or Wand, or Celibidache,all using modern instrumentation. But there is
a definite difference in sound. The funereal parts of the Third or the
Seventh sound drier, more neutral, as do the joyous parts of the Sixth.
HIP delivers a more matter-of-fact Beethoven. But for those who
(sometimes) like a less lapel-grabbin' sound, HIP can be the answer IMO.
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