tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post5531227118399187787..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Rudolf Buchbinder, the Rant: Why Henle are Morons and H&M Ruins IndividualismCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-78980150767899298162016-03-14T08:33:23.426-05:002016-03-14T08:33:23.426-05:00"Hyramess", much of what you say rings a..."Hyramess", much of what you say rings absolutely true. He's "world famous in Vienna", as they say, which is plenty for one career... and in any case has a splendid career going in continental Europe, too. And he's busy with his festival. As for why an artist is not more popular here or there... there are always so many factors. Perceived 'sexyness' by the jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-14411566776043871972014-03-26T15:39:49.009-05:002014-03-26T15:39:49.009-05:00I am 73, a well-trained pianist, myself, who never...I am 73, a well-trained pianist, myself, who never made a career, but who has been devoted to the study, performance and enjoyment of serious music for 65 years, even so. <br /><br />I was astonished to discover Rudolf Buchbinder for the first time just a short while ago on YouTube. How this magnificent artist -- just a few years my junior -- escaped my attention all these years I cannot imagine,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-55187369302886338562010-12-08T11:15:12.522-05:002010-12-08T11:15:12.522-05:00So in your opinion, is Daniel Harding a sound-shap...So in your opinion, is Daniel Harding a sound-shaper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-35783740823156218922010-11-05T15:03:25.890-05:002010-11-05T15:03:25.890-05:00If Risk is what you want, do Daniele Gatti. As is ...If Risk is what you want, do Daniele Gatti. As is the nature of risk, it doesn't always pan out... but I say: give the man a decent orchestra already (hint-hint: there will be decent one available the second Maazel kicks the bucket and wooing Gatti won't lack half as ridiculous as trying to get Andris Nelsons) and watch him shape and reign over creative chaos.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-82150584082775141182010-11-05T11:47:03.654-05:002010-11-05T11:47:03.654-05:00Agreed re: Karajan as the Ur-soundshaper, if you w...Agreed re: Karajan as the Ur-soundshaper, if you will :) Glenn Gould is the other. Gee, I wonder why the former is the best-selling classical artist of all time and the latter is I suspect the best-selling classical pianist of the 20th century.<br /><br />I personally think it's a damn shame that we don't have more sound-shapers in classical music anymore. The whole industry is so afraid Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-84862935248322928822010-11-04T10:06:46.337-05:002010-11-04T10:06:46.337-05:00"What I find slightly odious is the fact that..."What I find slightly odious is the fact that he slammed Henle, but yet he didn't seem to mind getting paid from said publishers for posing with their products, in their 'Aritst Gallery' (on Henle's website)..."<br /><br />Note to Anonymous No.1:<br /><br />Not Buchbinder, nor any other artist in that "Artist's Gallery" on Henle's website, gets paid forjflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-20708466736153712572010-11-04T04:33:23.505-05:002010-11-04T04:33:23.505-05:00Agreed on lack of 'sound-shapers'. Granted...Agreed on lack of 'sound-shapers'. Granted, the real great maestri have their own stamp, but in my opinion, it takes work, work and more work to achieve a recognisable orchestral sonority. Barenboim says it as well, lamenting the lack of sonic identity in modern orchestras.<br /><br />Rattle is a great musician, but he does not actively work on the sonority of an orchestra per se. And I pyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057523274746690430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-84604783218396190762010-11-03T07:32:03.521-05:002010-11-03T07:32:03.521-05:00sound-shapers: few, indeed. i tend to think only o...sound-shapers: few, indeed. i tend to think only of those whose sound i actually like 'as a sound'... but that's not to say that Simon Rattle doesn't create a very particular sound (unless you consider it merely the perfection of a 'neutral sound'). the shades of hushed gray that dominate Welser-Moest's work certainly are the result of careful tuning of his instrument.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-42671483672243832222010-11-02T18:01:23.153-05:002010-11-02T18:01:23.153-05:00Good stuff.
I'd be interested to know who are...Good stuff.<br /><br />I'd be interested to know who are considered the (apparently few) "sound shapers" in classical music besides Christian Thielemann.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-85052172656607489972010-11-02T08:42:40.339-05:002010-11-02T08:42:40.339-05:00". . . I am glad he doesn’t ask me if I work ...". . . I am glad he doesn’t ask me if I work for Henle, surely the most severe reprimand Rudolf Buchbinder can think of."<br /><br />Very funny -- I laughed out loud! <br /><br />I heard Buchbinder and the DS in Santa Barbara last week, playing Schumann's concerto and Beethoven 7. Buchbinder is terrific! This orchestra really is distinctive, as promised, and even on a night that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-55668630746310898052010-11-02T04:45:20.793-05:002010-11-02T04:45:20.793-05:00Interesting article, with valid points from Herr B...Interesting article, with valid points from Herr Buchbinder. <br /><br />What I find slightly odious is the fact that he slammed Henle, but yet he didn't seem to mind getting paid from said publishers for posing with their products, in their 'Aritst Gallery' (on Henle's website)...<br /><br />Oh, and by the way, proofreading errors mar an otherwise fine article, e.g. 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com