Wanda Landowska gra "A Ground" Purcella
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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.
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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
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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")
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Magnificent
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And if it were WL who was coughing?
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This one is a diamond . Purity .
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Where is this recording from? I was not aware of a live WL recording available! I want to own it!
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Where is this recoding from? I was not aware of a live WL recording available! I want to own it!
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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 :]
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There is so much air in this music. Paradoxically, set against its arabesque structure. It's so beuatiful...
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Bring back the Pleyel Harpsichord! I'm sick of "authenticity".
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What a truly wonderful harpsichordist! it is much too unfortunate i'm only hearing her now!
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