I was expecting something a bit different, but that might be because last night I realized my children had never heard of Vladimir Horowitz. We sat down and watched him playing Chopin, and they were suitably impressed.
We live in privileged times, where we can hear greats from over 100 years of performing history. It's a double-edged sword, though; in the old days, the guy down the street who played the fiddle was enjoyable to listen to, because you couldn't listen to Heifetz or Kreisler on demand, where now, every amateur is compared to the greats of an entire century. It's made amateur music-making less enjoyable for a lot of people.
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I was expecting something a bit different, but that might be because last night I realized my children had never heard of Vladimir Horowitz. We sat down and watched him playing Chopin, and they were suitably impressed.
We live in privileged times, where we can hear greats from over 100 years of performing history. It's a double-edged sword, though; in the old days, the guy down the street who played the fiddle was enjoyable to listen to, because you couldn't listen to Heifetz or Kreisler on demand, where now, every amateur is compared to the greats of an entire century. It's made amateur music-making less enjoyable for a lot of people.