Deryk Barker [[log in to unmask]] wrote: >Stirling Newberry ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > >>A fine reviewer gives both these objective details of the performance, >>and combines them with judgement. That Barenboim follows the traditional >>tempi and performance practice of Beethoven is an objective observation, > >Really? We know that much about how Beethoven performed his own music do >we? We have eyewithnesses. And eyewithnesses general observations from the time of early recording are the same as we have on early recordings, what I said in some recent posts which nobody seemed to take interest in. So if some persons of equal musical dignity from Beethovens time spoke, isn't that a good indication? Mats Norrman, who right now is listening to a Parsifal Suite recorded 1913 [log in to unmask]