Schubert, good question. Perhaps because I keep hoping. Hoping that someone who clearly has passion for music can change a skewed perspective.
Regards.
Regards.
Jazz for aficionados
Rok, well, I am duly busted on that Bolero factoid. Total brain fart and I hang my head in shame for my memory lapse. Bolero, nonetheless! a piece that have played more times than I care to remember. I could go on about the reasons related to its history why I made that error, but I will spare you the agony. If you care, I will gladly torture with those facts. Hey, nobody is perfect (close) and your facts in this department are so often wrong that that I confess it was easy to assume that you were wrong again :-). Obviously, I stand by all my other comments. Here's the Muti link again: https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-7ZBzIXoJDM I am going to give you a little insight into what makes for good orchestral ensemble playing and is what of the things that separates the great orchestras (Wiener) from the merely good (Proms). Listen to the entrance of the 2nd flute at the end of the flute solo; at 1:12 on the Muti. Believe it or not that is one of the hardest things in all of Bolero. The 2nd flute has to come in cold and in perfect rhythmic unison with the snare drum and in the low register of the instrument; very very difficult! The Wiener 2nd flute comes in decisively and in perfect rhythm. On the Plisetskaia recording (and most others) the 2nd flute falters a bit and sounds insecure and uncorfortale for at least several beats. Check it out; I promise your head won't explode :-) |