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Post Subject: Sea ChangePosted by Paul S on: 1/16/2022
Steve, thanks for the scholarly perspective. I am happy to have recordings, including multiple iterations of some works, so I can listen to and even compare various performances, since it seems there is always room for variations. Regarding early music, I am certainly not an authority, but I get that we just don't know. As far as more modern music, notation is not the only thing that's changed, but instruments, assignments, and playing styles have changed over time. These differences are easy to hear when comparing old recordings to newer ones, and never mind the "pre-valve" horns Brahms wrote for. Although I am curious, and I remain interested, I don't spend a lot of time worrying about "historical authenticity", and I am always up for virtuosity.
Back to Russian Moderns, I am simply ignorant.
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