10-22-2020, 01:19 AM
Just a reminder: the Russians are very good at classical music.
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Who is the greater player of an instrument -- Vladimir Putin or the late Mstislav Rostropovich? That Rostropovich was a far better person does not matter.
If there is one set of musical works that I would collect with different performers it is Bach's cello suites, works suited beautifully to the expression of a mature performer. I already have sets by Mstislav Rostropovich and Janos Starker. When I had vinyl I had the set by Pablo Casals from the 1930's... and I want to have that again on CD.
Who is the greater player of an instrument -- Vladimir Putin or the late Mstislav Rostropovich? That Rostropovich was a far better person does not matter.
If there is one set of musical works that I would collect with different performers it is Bach's cello suites, works suited beautifully to the expression of a mature performer. I already have sets by Mstislav Rostropovich and Janos Starker. When I had vinyl I had the set by Pablo Casals from the 1930's... and I want to have that again on CD.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.