Re: BEETHOVEN SONATAS: Maria Grinberg

On 03 Dec 2003 17:44:31 -0800, David Wake
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> Beethoven can survive interpretation, or misinterpretation, just about
>> better than any other composer, in my opinion. Get the notes right,
>> and you will know that the composer was a genius.
>> 
>> TD
>
>J.S. Bach is surely more indestructible, as is evidenced by the work
>of Wendy Carlos and others.
>
>I find myself more in agreement with the remarks attributed to
>Furtwangler: "In Beethoven, a mediocre performance is a bad performance".
>
>David

I am less interested in "performance" than in the music itself. 

TD