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RE: what is the issue with HIP

This is getting interesting. Let me offer a couple of thoughts:

1. I agree with idea that playing a piece of music with historical information sounds reasonable. But, and this will expose my ignorance, do we really have enough historical information to inform us on how the scores were intended to be played? Do we know for certain that vibrato was not used 300 years ago? Or is this supposition deducted by bits and pieces of information that are arguably wrong?

2. There is also nothing wrong with playing a piece that might slightly deviate from the historical fashion it was intended. This gives the performers and conductors a bit of artistic license which can add diversity to the music. Imagine if artistic license was forbidden, we would only need 1 sample of each score. No need to hear Beethoven from multiple conductors or symphonies. Just one, if we did not allow artistic license.

3. As I read some of the comments, there appears to be an issue with the sonic quality of the HIP performances. Is this due to recording engineering issues or the way the instruments are played or due to the historical instruments themselves?


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