| I know you are talking orchestras in general here, but I have to say, I love hearing Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart, etc., played on the Forte-Piano as opposed to the Beethoven piano we are all familiar with today. There is a clarity and gentleness that brings these works to life when they are performed on "period" instruments as opposed to modern.
Yeah, the rotary predicament has more to do with timbre than historical accuracy.
If an orchestra is going to do something on "period" instruments, it should be all or nothing. Not part of the orchestra playing on authentic instrumentation while the other plays modern. That makes no sense. |