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In the Thread: Playback and chamber music.
Post Subject: TableauxPosted by Paul S on: 2/2/2014
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Interesting Question, Romy. Whatever it is that goes missing in hi-fi, I know I try to "make up for it" with "details" that I hope will convey the "conversational" aspect of the duets, quartets, etc. Whatever it is, it is largely just this quality that I am after when I listen to "chamber" music. I have not yet thought about the point at which this particular phenomenon ends, but at a certain point, with a certain number of performers, it becomes "orchestration", where the conductor pretty much "directs" the interplay. I have to say, I will soon go out to my listening room to hear some salon-type music, to hear the way the timing, and the inflection, etc., etc. play out. It is amazing to think of the way the thread of a conversation can weave such fantastic tableaux. One thing the best performances have in common is, the audience is somehow included.
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