landowska nie była "wskrzesicielką" klawesynu. w 20. wieku przed nią było już paru zawodowych klawesynistow. pozatym klawesyn tak naprawde nigdy nie wyszedl z uzyca jak to sie obiegowo sądzi. w 19. wieku wiele fabryk fortepianow produkowalo klawesyny i klawikordy do uzytku w operach i dla organistow. pozatym od połowy 19. wieku ddatuje sie moda na "autenyczne" wykonania muzyki dawnej na oryginalnych instrumentach :]
Well, I thought like you some time ago, but it's cruel, people are just people and not always one can prevent him or herself from coughing. The thing is people of 21st century would like to have control over every aspect of their life, which clearly is not possible. Plus, this recording is very old, so computers couldn't exclude coughs :).
That's a bit harsh don't you think? I attended a performance of the WTC last year by Angela Hewitt. It was wonderful BTW. A few days later in her blog she admonished the coughers. I must admit that while it may be particularly disturbing for the performer, the harshness of her comments kind of soured me on my preceptions of her as a person. A cough is an involuntary reflex. Would she rather have not had an apprieciative paying customer there at all?
You need to understand the discipline it takes to acquire the skills that you (as a listener) are given the privilege of paying for. Art is not vulgar trade, but an opportunity to learn and be changed for the better (your opportunity).
If you have a cold, stay home. An artist would rather have a small audience than a hall full of coughers. Hewitt was quite right.
To say that all performance artists feel that way is a rather incorrect statement. Not all of us do. So long as it doesn't happen for long, it's over, and the art is still happening, the world still turns. If anything, aren't you the one not treating the art as it should be if you're too busy dwelling on someone else's 1 second accident and not letting that art you appreciate take you back into its beauty?
(Also, even if you're not sick, you can still cough. I've been to performances where the place feels dusty compared to my own home, or the idiot next to me wears an obnoxious perfume/cologne. I've even known people so allergic to pets that fur on someone else's clothing sets them off.
Though I will say: coughers need to at least try to muffle the sound a little better. :P )
I'm a concert pianist. I dosen't have problems with coughers while I'm playing. I'm focus on my work and on those people who are paying attention on my playing (even if is somebody who makes a cough) and I forget everything else. Anyway, I'm agree with you, except for one thing: I also went to Hewitt's performance of WTC...and I didin't like it at all. In fact it was really desapoint. Very different play from her recordings! It's just my oppinion :)
This Pleyel harpsichord,(while absolutely non-baroque in sound),is such a charming and truly authentically colorful instrument in spirit that,when combined with her affect-oriented performance and flexible phrase-timing creates a spell of great magnitude.
although the 'early-music-movement' has progressed 3/4 of a century beyond this...I still haven't heard as convincing a Purcell...as this here.
Dear Wanda,I'll take your love and in my own way and time requite it.She must have been very difficult personally,as it takes one hell of an odiferous and rarified compost pile to create carnations and Bachelor's Buttons in the garden like this.
as I'm sure most of you know: parts of this sound like the ground for "Here the deities approve" ("Ode on St Cecilia's Day")
sunsdomain 6 months ago
Magnificent
carrietide 7 months ago
This one is a diamond . Purity .
vnikosv 1 year ago
Where is this recording from? I was not aware of a live WL recording available! I want to own it!
barrythecello 1 year ago
Where is this recoding from? I was not aware of a live WL recording available! I want to own it!
barrythecello 1 year ago
landowska nie była "wskrzesicielką" klawesynu. w 20. wieku przed nią było już paru zawodowych klawesynistow. pozatym klawesyn tak naprawde nigdy nie wyszedl z uzyca jak to sie obiegowo sądzi. w 19. wieku wiele fabryk fortepianow produkowalo klawesyny i klawikordy do uzytku w operach i dla organistow. pozatym od połowy 19. wieku ddatuje sie moda na "autenyczne" wykonania muzyki dawnej na oryginalnych instrumentach :]
jpctrp 2 years ago
There is so much air in this music. Paradoxically, set against its arabesque structure. It's so beuatiful...
wawbidaf 2 years ago
Bring back the Pleyel Harpsichord! I'm sick of "authenticity".
zzindorf 2 years ago 2
What a truly wonderful harpsichordist! it is much too unfortunate i'm only hearing her now!
mahler151 2 years ago
As always, my Queen Landowska shows the beauty and magnificence of any piece she played...
Thanks for posting.
leonengard 2 years ago 3
so true!
sonotantobello 2 years ago
stupendous...an eye opener
youhavegottabejoking 2 years ago
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INTERNETVID 2 years ago
Coughers should be banished for life from performances.
auntiesanity 2 years ago 4
Well, I thought like you some time ago, but it's cruel, people are just people and not always one can prevent him or herself from coughing. The thing is people of 21st century would like to have control over every aspect of their life, which clearly is not possible. Plus, this recording is very old, so computers couldn't exclude coughs :).
patrickstanik 2 years ago
It would be equally inexcusable to remove the coughs. It is a historical recording. Nevertheless, coughers should be banned for life. ;)
auntiesanity 2 years ago
That's a bit harsh don't you think? I attended a performance of the WTC last year by Angela Hewitt. It was wonderful BTW. A few days later in her blog she admonished the coughers. I must admit that while it may be particularly disturbing for the performer, the harshness of her comments kind of soured me on my preceptions of her as a person. A cough is an involuntary reflex. Would she rather have not had an apprieciative paying customer there at all?
mercoid 2 years ago 3
You need to understand the discipline it takes to acquire the skills that you (as a listener) are given the privilege of paying for. Art is not vulgar trade, but an opportunity to learn and be changed for the better (your opportunity).
If you have a cold, stay home. An artist would rather have a small audience than a hall full of coughers. Hewitt was quite right.
auntiesanity 2 years ago
To say that all performance artists feel that way is a rather incorrect statement. Not all of us do. So long as it doesn't happen for long, it's over, and the art is still happening, the world still turns. If anything, aren't you the one not treating the art as it should be if you're too busy dwelling on someone else's 1 second accident and not letting that art you appreciate take you back into its beauty?
NightshadeTea 2 years ago
(Also, even if you're not sick, you can still cough. I've been to performances where the place feels dusty compared to my own home, or the idiot next to me wears an obnoxious perfume/cologne. I've even known people so allergic to pets that fur on someone else's clothing sets them off.
Though I will say: coughers need to at least try to muffle the sound a little better. :P )
NightshadeTea 2 years ago
OK - coughers should be muzzled or muffled. ; )
auntiesanity 2 years ago
I'm a concert pianist. I dosen't have problems with coughers while I'm playing. I'm focus on my work and on those people who are paying attention on my playing (even if is somebody who makes a cough) and I forget everything else. Anyway, I'm agree with you, except for one thing: I also went to Hewitt's performance of WTC...and I didin't like it at all. In fact it was really desapoint. Very different play from her recordings! It's just my oppinion :)
leonengard 2 years ago
@auntiesanity
And if it were WL who was coughing?
1401JSC 1 year ago
Is this really Purcell? Ive read this piece listed as anonymous unlike the very similar air on ground bass.
Boliguitar7 2 years ago
Sometimes attributed to William Croft.
mercoid 2 years ago
i have many hapsichord recordings with many masters, but including all pianists:
nobody has such an alive sound
she was one of the greatest musician in 20th century
wanjabelaga 3 years ago 9
Dramatically terrific!
sonotantobello 3 years ago 3
Wow :)
esterree 3 years ago 5
This Pleyel harpsichord,(while absolutely non-baroque in sound),is such a charming and truly authentically colorful instrument in spirit that,when combined with her affect-oriented performance and flexible phrase-timing creates a spell of great magnitude.
although the 'early-music-movement' has progressed 3/4 of a century beyond this...I still haven't heard as convincing a Purcell...as this here.
ClassicalMusicReview 3 years ago 13
I love you, dear Smith. I feel the same about her playing. It was a sort of alchemy, really.
wandalewlandowska 2 years ago
Dear Wanda,I'll take your love and in my own way and time requite it.She must have been very difficult personally,as it takes one hell of an odiferous and rarified compost pile to create carnations and Bachelor's Buttons in the garden like this.
ClassicalMusicReview 2 years ago 2