hmmmm maybe. Or maybe no one is the best. Can you post some comparisons? I've certainly heard better perfomances of the chromatic fantasies.
dt At 03:54 PM 2/6/2009, you wrote: >That may very well be, but it is hard to fathom, considering that at >his worst he is still better than all of us. >RT > >----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tayler" <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> >To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:10 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Karamzov--was Trench Fill > > >>I think Karamazov is at his best when he adopts techniques from >>historical keyboard players. >>His Bach Toccata (OK, maybe not Bach, whatever) has some very >>interesting, real baroque stuff in it. >>Very traditional, basic baroque. >>Would it be even better with Bach style ornaments? >>dt >> >>At 04:32 AM 2/3/2009, you wrote: >>>From: "David Tayler" <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>I'm old fashioned, I guess; I think the old ways are better. >>>Some are. Some aren't. >>> >>> >>>>I've no objection to musical freedom, I just advocate "try then decide". >>>>I also think one learns more form one note of a great player than a >>>>whole book of deconstructionist. >>>>dt >>>Exactly. You've said it. That why I try to learn something from Karamazov. >>>RT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>At 04:40 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote: >>>>>As you might expect - I advocate the same thing as Haynes, sans >>>>>balking. I'd rather deal with the last Tuesday's trills, than >>>>>anything by, say, Matteis. >>>>>RT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>From: "David Rastall" <dlu...@verizon.net> >>>>>>On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Mark Wheeler wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>You should check out Bruce Haynes book "The end of early music" >>>>>> >>>>>>I couldn't agree more. It's a very good read. Although Haynes is a >>>>>>strong advocate for the writing of "new" music in the Baroque style, >>>>>>which makes me balk a little bit. I'd rather go to original 17th- or >>>>>>18th-Century sources than try to deal with French trills in something >>>>>>written last Tuesday. >>>>>> >>>>>>DR >>>>>>dlu...@verizon.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>> >>>>>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>>>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > >
