tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post7614022981520773274..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Martin Stadtfeld Plays More BachCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-11068826574686897212010-06-10T09:00:48.747-05:002010-06-10T09:00:48.747-05:00Agree and agree, especially about Hewitt as the wa...Agree and agree, especially about Hewitt as the way to go for the concertos with piano. My first pick would be for harpsichord and period instruments -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006IQFL/ionarts-20" rel="nofollow">Trevor Pinnock</a> (complete enough for the completist and now heavily discounted), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UEQ1/ionarts-20" rel="Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-23036416260811160742010-06-10T08:50:19.953-05:002010-06-10T08:50:19.953-05:00Absolutely agree again... there are artists *impor...Absolutely agree again... there are artists *important* for classical music and there are artists I definitely want on CD and the two may not necessarily be the same. <br /><br />To above list of concerto recordings I'd add Angela Hewitt. I may have a harder time being enthusiastic about her recordings <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2008/03/angela-hewitt-lectures-us-on-bach.html" rel="jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-21053302725347518652010-06-09T17:51:46.175-05:002010-06-09T17:51:46.175-05:00Yeah, there are so many amazing Bach concerto disc...Yeah, there are so many amazing Bach concerto discs out there-- Gould especially, but also Perahia, a fine recent addition by David Fray, and many others-- and Stadtfeld's doesn't begin to compete. He plays them fast and crisply. That's about all there is to say about them.<br /><br />For some reason I still keep my eye on this guy, though, probably because he has some (if far from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-65164283303796273842010-06-09T17:33:33.192-05:002010-06-09T17:33:33.192-05:00agreement. it's not bad... it's just not s...agreement. it's not bad... it's just not special, either.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.com