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From: whp4@flairvax.UUCP (Bill Palmer)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: boring live performances
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Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 16:21:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 30 16:21:32 1984
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Someone pointed out that many performances they had heard recently were
dull and lifeless, and attributed this to the spectre of comparison with
'that perfect recording.'  Well, interestingly enough, a lot of artists 
and listeners feel exactly the opposite.  Some people feel that a live 
performance has a certain electricity that a recording spliced together
from a week's worth of recording sessions just doesn't have.  The April 1984
issue of Gramophone has an interesting article by Alfred Brendel entitled
"A Word in Favour of Live Recordings."  Well worth reading if you can get
your hands on a copy.

					Bill Palmer
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