[Romita]

Consiśtency = even handed, balanced across the range of performance and artistic variables.

It's subjective and complicated. Don't worry about it.

Understood, i don't pay attention to those details at the level you do, perhaps. Thanks for explain!

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Understood, i don't pay attention to those details at the level you do, perhaps. Thanks for explain!

It's like water flowing in a pipe. There can be variable levels of turbulence.

 

[Romita]

It's like water flowing in a pipe. There can be variable levels of turbulence.

Now it's even better. Perhaps that's because someone can like or not to X performance or Y sonata from X.

 

[uchihaitachi]

Understood, i don't pay attention to those details at the level you do, perhaps. Thanks for explain!

Artists like perahia and pires try to interpret what the composer intended to the best of their abilities, they try not to colour their performances with their personal idiosyncracies. Barenboim on the other hand tends to play how he wants depending on what he feels. As a result some performances (especially live) sound quite odd and unbalanced.

 

[eyeresist]

^ I'd say every performance is an interpretation, unless you're just listening to a MIDI file.

 

[uchihaitachi]

Yeah at the root of it everything is an interpretation. There are however stylistic frameworks on how certain composers 'should' be played. Typically Mozart is played with elegance, lightness of touch and so on. Barenboim plays mozart more like beethoven.

 

[eyeresist]

For people who prefer Beethoven I suppose that's a good thing?
But for me the archetypal Mozart direction is "grazioso".

 

[Romita]

Artists like perahia and pires try to interpret what the composer intended to the best of their abilities, they try not to colour their performances with their personal idiosyncracies. Barenboim on the other hand tends to play how he wants depending on what he feels. As a result some performances (especially live) sound quite odd and unbalanced.

I tought of Barenboim always the opposite. He don't like to change tempo and play what's written in the sheet, maybe is a matter of interpretation. But i agree, in some performances, i didn't like the lack of fluency, for example, Mozart. I like his Beethoven sonatas, at least most of them, but i agree with you, he play Mozart like Beethoven.

 

[uchihaitachi]

  I tought of Barenboim always the opposite. He don't like to change tempo and play what's written in the sheet, maybe is a matter of interpretation. But i agree, in some performances, i didn't like the lack of fluency, for example, Mozart. I like his Beethoven sonatas, at least most of them, but i agree with you, he play Mozart like Beethoven.

I like his beethoven. Don't like his chopin and mozart. His chopin is sometimes quite dire 

 

[Romita]

  I like his beethoven. Don't like his chopin and mozart. His chopin is sometimes quite dire 

I should listen to his Chopin, never did, but i have Rubinstein performance, i doubt i could find a better one.

 

[uchihaitachi]

  I should listen to his Chopin, never did, but i have Rubinstein performance, i doubt i could find a better one.

Alfred cortot plays chopin unlike anybody else, even compared to rubinstein. Beautiful improvisation like playing. 

 

[DjBobby]

 
No, I have been meaning to go, although I have been to Vienna several times. It's on the must do list!
 

 
You should then hurry up, they almost shut it down last year because of the lack of funds. After some hefty protests and online petition, they decided to keep it going. 
 

Barenboim on the other hand tends to play how he wants depending on what he feels. As a result some performances (especially live) sound quite odd and unbalanced.

 
I personally don't like Barenboim neither as a pianist, even less as a conductor. But his books are great readings. Very philosophical and yet practical, I enjoyed reading how his brilliant mind works.
 

There are however stylistic frameworks on how certain composers 'should' be played. Typically Mozart is played with elegance, lightness of touch and so on. .

I like his Beethoven sonatas, at least most of them, but i agree with you, he play Mozart like Beethoven.

 
Horowitz said in one of his movies something like: I play all music romantic. But in a different styles 

 

 

[Romita]

  Alfred cortot plays chopin unlike anybody else, even compared to rubinstein. Beautiful improvisation like playing. 

Beautiful indeed. Thank you for sharing. Maybe it's my recording of Rubinstein, but i find his bass phrasing very enjoyable, not so much with Cortot.

 

[Romita]

Got the full DVD few days ago, one of my favourite violin works of all:
 

 
Beautiful performance. Although this quality do not match the DVD.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

4 Seasons is so frequently played. Like Beethoven's 5th or Pachelbel's Canon.
 
My fav 4 seasons is by Simon Standage, Pinnock, English Concert. It's period instrument, but still good.