@Maggie Browder This 1761 painting by Anton Raphael Mengs is called “Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus.” This painting was very influential in the movement known as Neoclassicism which focused on Greco-Roman themes and was incredibly popular at the time. I don’t see what’s so creepy about it. I think it’s beautiful. I love Neoclassical art.
A terrible example of a completely shallow but "HIP" interpretation, with lazy tempi for Mozarts Allegro (1st. mvt) and Allegro Allabreve (3 movement), all phrasings almost dead, without any spirit. There is nothing more insulting than a "HIP" performance that resembles warmed-up fast food from a school canteen.
I couldn't disagree more with this comment. Did you even listen to the concerto? The tempi sound fine to me, and the phrasing I found very animated. A charming performance, in my view.
I similarly disagree with dali2music. The tempi don't seem lazy at all, and there is clear phrasing and rich dynamic sound. Perhaps you dislike the period instruments, which sound differently than modern instrumentation. That difference in timbre, however, does not amount to an omission of phrasing or complexity of performance.
![Mozart - Sonata for Two Pianos in D, K. 448 [complete]](/img/n.gif)
Divino Diana Brito .
Second movement is quite melancholic.
The painting is creepy, for some reason whoever painted this and other paintings like this are just creepy.
@Maggie Browder
This 1761 painting by Anton Raphael Mengs is called “Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus.” This painting was very influential in the movement known as Neoclassicism which focused on Greco-Roman themes and was incredibly popular at the time. I don’t see what’s so creepy about it. I think it’s beautiful. I love Neoclassical art.
OK thanks for the info
@@oppie47 I think he is talking about the nude man in the middle of the painting lol.
A terrible example of a completely shallow but "HIP" interpretation, with lazy tempi for Mozarts Allegro (1st. mvt) and Allegro Allabreve (3 movement), all phrasings almost dead, without any spirit.
There is nothing more insulting than a "HIP" performance that resembles warmed-up fast food from a school canteen.
I couldn't disagree more with this comment. Did you even listen to the concerto? The tempi sound fine to me, and the phrasing I found very animated. A charming performance, in my view.
I similarly disagree with dali2music. The tempi don't seem lazy at all, and there is clear phrasing and rich dynamic sound. Perhaps you dislike the period instruments, which sound differently than modern instrumentation. That difference in timbre, however, does not amount to an omission of phrasing or complexity of performance.
This person is just trying to be terribly blasé and jaded - this recording is delightful and you really don't know what you're talking about.
Hogwood tends to let the music speak for itself. He's not so much an "interpreter" as a Gardiner type.