Author: Marnix van den Berg
Date: 2023-10-02 14:29
In my opinion, paster masters are not better or worse than modern masters.
I grew up listening to a beat up CD of Walter Boeykens playing Weber concertos. Since then I can not help but associate his tone/playing style with those works.
Are there better recordings? Very likely.
To me it is the same as the adulation that some may have for past pianists (think Glenn Gould, Horowitz, etc..) and their gold standard recordings.
If you grew up listening to them (and they made a lot of great recordings, to be sure) you might enternally have that as the benchmark. And would always be comparing the new upstart modern recording to your prized, scratchy, mono vinyl recording...
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