Hi Brian,

Well of course period instruments on their own do not guarantee a great
performance, but the only recordings of Beethoven and Handel I consider these
days are with period instruments. There are many examples of such performances
you can hear at my site if you have a look (and traditional performances too). I
especially like Beethoven played on the fortepiano. Feel free to join up and you
will be able to hear a lot more...

http://classicalmusicmayhem.freeforums.org

Rod


--- On Sun, 31/8/08, Brian van der Spuy <brianvds@...> wrote:
From: Brian van der Spuy <brianvds@...>
Subject: mcLIST~ Re: Hi from London
To: MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 31 August, 2008, 4:54 PM











[[[Hi from London

Posted by: "Rod Corkin" cmmayhem@yahoo. co.uk cmmayhem

Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:19 am (PDT)

Hi to all subscribers to this yahoogroup, I hope to gain some useful

information from it. Beethoven and Handel are my 'first loves'. Authentic

instruments a must!

Rod

http://classicalmus icmayhem. freeforums. org]]]



---This group used to be very busy, and we had amazingly knowledgeable

members here. Perhaps we still do, but it's been virtually dead for ages. A

pity. I well remember all the fun fights we had here in the past!



I sort of grew up with Beethoven, so he was my first great musical hero.



As for authentic instruments, that might just be the key phrase to start

everyone here fighting again. ;-)

I rather like 'authentic' performances. They often give one a very new view

on even the most well-known pieces, and one wonders what Handel and

Beethoven might have made of more 'modern' performances. Personally, my

tastes are eclectic; I like modern and 'authentic' performances about

equally well, as long as they are well done.



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