Actually, Daniel, what I would like to hear about is the McFarlane workshop, which I very much wanted to attend but couldn't get away for.
Robert Margo On 10/9/06, Daniel Shoskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > >> Art is art and artists shouldn't be ranked like world tennis players. > >> Nevertheless I don't think it is too unreasonable to at least > >> think in > >> terms of broad bands of technical and artistic ability. No need to > >> quibble about specifics, but there is definitely an "A" list that > >> includes people like POD, McFarlane, Hoppy, Satoh, Lindberg, Barto, > >> Stubbs and North. > > > > I must say that I find the "A" list quite arbitrary and unbalanced > > for my > > own taste, but if it is based on personal perception and values, > > I'm ok with > > that. > > > Wow, I thought at least my A list would be non-controversial. Shows > that I may need exposure to more diverse opinions. > > > > > > > The way you put it makes it difficult to answer... > > I'll place Edin in the "A" list, but probably wouldn't take as a > > parameter > > these two recordings. > > His live performances are of a much higher level that what he shows > > on the > > cds. > > In that case, he wouldn't be the first performer to have lousy > recordings but sound better in person and I reserve all further > judgement of his skills, outside the evidence of these 2 CD's, until > I have the pleasure of hearing him live myself. > > Finally, yesterday as part of a weekend lute workshop with Ronn > McFarlane at my home, I performed in the student concert with an > amateur soprano doing Dowland (If my complaints..., from the third > book of Sting) and Campion. If anyone would enjoy the Schadenfreude > of ripping my performance to shreds (leave the singer out of this!!!) > I would be glad to send them an mp3 off list. > > DS > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
