In Reply to: The "ancients" would laugh at our idea of listening to recorded posted by tinear on November 10, 2011 at 15:18:31:
Recording is not a game or contest, and editing is not cheating. A performance is a one time occurrence, a recording is forever. Editing is done simply to attempt to ensure that what's on the recording is as close to the artists' ideal as possible. Richter's ideal is still gonna be different than, say Arrau's, even with edits.
The bass player - David Izenon - on the well regarded Ornette Coleman live in Stockholm recordings later stopped recording completely due to feeling that every time he played should be a one-time-only event.
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Follow Ups
- Ya want live and unedited, go to live performances. - Rick W 20:33:41 11/10/11 (8)
- Sorry, but I disagree. If you cannot play a piece the way you want it, you - tinear 07:45:48 11/11/11 (7)
- Should the Sonata have been published - David Smith 21:45:32 11/11/11 (0)
- RE: Sorry, but I agree with Rick W. - rbolaw 10:29:46 11/11/11 (3)
- Me too. nt - David Smith 21:40:07 11/11/11 (1)
- Five! - D Harvey 12:38:27 11/12/11 (0)
- Me too - Chris from Lafayette 11:23:15 11/11/11 (0)
- Ahh, piano sonatas do not represent the only music recorded. - Rick W 10:15:34 11/11/11 (0)
- Right---old joke: - mwhitmore 09:32:57 11/11/11 (0)