Phew. What a discussion. I was away for a few days and just finished
digging through my inbox.
Forlorn hope has been my favourite for decades and is still in my top
ten not necessarily only among lute music. What a piece! In my humble
opinion, Edin's interpretation is as well interesting as fascinating
as, alas, disgusting. I like his rather fast tempo which is about what
I am heading for. I very much like his nuances, e.g. a portato bass
over very light, hushed treble figurations. Brilliant! Too much lute
music is played in an overly introverted manner which is often dull
and boring.
But I utterly dislike the jarring sounds at 1:27 ff. WTF is this good
for? And why does he change to a comparatively sweet tone a few bars
later? The music does not call for this, why these effects?
Smattering! The minor ending is abominable, it almost destroys the
piece, although I understand what Roman says, I just cannot follow.
I do not mind the silly video. I did not like Genesis' (or rather
anybody's) stage show although I still love their music. The video is
not important.
I'd extremely like to hear a sensitive musician like Edin play without
what are for me cheap effects. One can sense great things hidden under
silly shenanigans.
g
On Jan 24, 2008 12:57 PM, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=rVWvfnGpF-Y
'nuf said...
RT
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