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MOZART: Original instruments ok, but NOT the pianoforte

Before retiring last night we tried to listen to the 1987 Eliot Gardiner Archiv recording of Concerto no 21. Nice orchestral sound, interesting on the period instruments but that clunky pianoforte - save me!

OK, it might well have been the sort of instrument Mozart composed on but we really did not like its sound which (on this very well recorded CD) solunded like a cross between a harpsichord and the piano, not surprising because obviously that was the stage at which the piano had reached. But it had none of the virtues of either instrument to our ears.

Maybe we have become too acustomed to the sound of the modern piano, but IMHO the pianoforte is an instrument which should be kept in museums.

Rant over

John

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Topic - MOZART: Original instruments ok, but NOT the pianoforte - John C. - Aussie 13:36:34 11/05/06 (43)
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