Marvellous music, and I think he plays the piece excellently. Bach once said "if you can't read the tempo out of the music, you shouldn't approach the music in the first place. Bach's indications never concern the tempo, solely the character of the piece (for instance vivace and grave). No two or...
I like Virgil Fox, so I'm sorry to write this; but he takes a dramatic masterpiece and totally murders it. There's just no drive, meaning or respect towards the composer here. Apart from Marie-Claire I think Jean-Baptiste Robin plays it marvellously.
Love this series, exciting and informative. I however can't see how anyone can think Smilodon attacked the belly. Anyone that has or had a cat at home knows that a cat ALWAYS attacks the neck, be it a lion,tiger or otherwise
Everybody has an off-day. Renée Fleming has given us so many good concerts I agree with Lebron1279 here, but truly this is terrible. Just goes to show that musicians are human, they'll all make mistakes at some point. True, it's quite disgusting to laugh at other peoples errors, but Lebron1279 se...
Marvellous music, and I think he plays the piece excellently. Bach once said "if you can't read the tempo out of the music, you shouldn't approach the music in the first place. Bach's indications never concern the tempo, solely the character of the piece (for instance vivace and grave). No two or...