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Now just imagine you lived during the romantic period of music where the virtuoso's highly personal interpretation of the piece was not only encouraged - it was
by vunderba 1y ago
Now just imagine you lived during the romantic period of music where the virtuoso's highly personal interpretation of the piece was not only encouraged - it was downright expected.
Even today where the printed note is considered sacrosanct - you'll still find that artists are able to inject quite a bit of their own personality into a piece.
Great example is the Well-Tempered Clavier as performed by Glenn Gould versus Sviatoslav Richter.
- nullhole 1y agoDvorak's cello concerto in b minor, Rostropovich vs Yo-Yo Ma (I'm strongly in the Rostropovich camp, myself)
- graycat 1y agoSome Rostropovich, second movement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto, as at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAMvctMEbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAMvctMEbI
- koverstreet 1y agoJacqueline du Pré played this with fire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yxtaeFuEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yxtaeFuEQ
- djtango 1y agoDespite all that I still find myself so drawn to interpretations by Rubinstein and Perahia that prize themselves on their restraint. Although Argerich is my goddess so who knows