On Jul 5, 2007, at 7:55 AM, gary digman wrote > ...Is the performance the thing or is the CD the thing?
Very good question. The things that make up a satisfying musical experience are not always the same with CD's as they are in a concert hall setting. I find that being part of an audience has a very different feel to it than listening to the exact same thing on a CD. As an audience member I'm aware of the presence of other people in a structured setting (even if it's informal), and that adds a dynamic that is impossible to achieve when listening to a recording. > Joe Pass said that when he recorded his famous solo guitar > albums for Norman Granz (Pablo Records), Granz presented him with > a list of > tunes to record as he entered the studio. Some of the tunes he had > not > played in years and wanted to do a second take. Granz refused > remarking, > "What's the matter, you trying to 'get it right?'" I suppose in the classical music world we spend our days trying to "get it right." The real trick, though, is making it sound spontaneous: especially in passages where it may seem to us that the composer was writing down his own improv. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
