Red_Label -> RE: Sabicas documentary premiere Thursday (Jun. 7 2013 19:16:59)
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I couldn’t agree more. Eliot (sp.) seems to be a very nice person (this is what I hear, I’ve never met him), but his recitals always seemed to me like runaway locomotives — I kept waiting for the trainwreck, which isn’t really the optimum response. Conversely, the passion (and rhythm!) and Bream’s playing is what‘s always made him my favourite lutenist, despite all the bellyaching by purists about "playing the lute with guitar technique”. I've never seen a Fisk performance live. But when I first heard he'd done Paganini's Caprices, I just HAD to have that album and hear a classical guitarist actually DO such complicated/speedy works. I found that though I was VERY impressed with his chops (he did not let me down), his tone was very thin. And the music didn't really move me. Admittedly, that's not Fisk's fault, moreso Paganini's for those compositions. In that sense, I MUCH prefer Bach who was able to brilliantly combine beautiful melody AND technical difficulty in his compositions. But it's great to hear that Fisk is such a nice character. Speaking of "nice character", I'm a member of another forum where one of the members is a nephew of Bream's. He said that "uncle" is doing well, but fairly reclusive any more and relaxing in his sunset years -- or something to that effect. This was a couple of months ago. Growing-up where I did (and continue to live here), seeing all of these giants of music history is something I'll never get to do. I envy you for being somewhere you could witness such beauty, and having been around long enough to have done so. I'll have to make-do with YouTube. [:D] Btw... interesting that you mentioned the issue of purists and Bream's lute technique. I've found that in my varied musical meanderings... the hard-line purists of ANY genre I've been interested-in have turned me off the most. From Bill Monroe and his minions in bluegrass, to Segovia and his minions in classical. I MUCH prefer the willingness to absorb and infuse that guys like PDL have shown. It may not keep traditions pure when such influential artists do that, but being a bit of a sponge myself, that resonates with me. I can't fathom how someone could spend a lifetime doing just ONE thing, trying to do it the SAME way every time, and remain interested over time. I'm WAY too ADD to ever do that! [sm=lol.gif]
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