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"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message
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There are potentially many of the oldest recordings that are treasures for
the music, but I also love great sound quality. So I wish to search Amazon
for modern recordings that are re-staged and re-recorded classic
arrangments.
I'm under the impression that most first through sixth or seventh rate
conductors research the musical works that they conduct, and provide their
orchestras with sheet music that is a custom developed mixture of "Something
old, something new, something borrowed, something blue", subject to
copyright laws, available time, personal perferences, instruments, etc. Most
musicians I've worked with follow the printed music with some degree of
dilligance, but again play in accordance with their preferences, the
conductor's preferences, what they can get away with, etc. Much of the
music mongering is done by assistants.
Remember that nobody knows for sure exactly what was played on some evening
back in the 1700s, 1800s, or lacking a really detailed recording, last
Thursday night.
Many instruments of today are not identical to what they were 100 years ago
or last week.
You can say that you have a certain classic Strad but they are all a little
different, are all tuned at least a little bit differently every time they
are tuned, played with different bows, strung with different strings, played
by different musicians, etc.
Remember - violins have no frets so none of the notes can ever be exactly
the same, even just the next time they are played during the same piece of
music.
I suspect that a conductor may sometimes wish to evoke an impression of some
past performance, but usually also wishes to put his own imprint on it.
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