[78-L] Mutter 1, Gershwin 0

[David Lennick]

I respectfully disagree, David. I heard ASM in concert at Roy Thompson Hall 
(okay, not known for hearing anyone at best advantage) and she squeaked through 
a Mozart Concerto with a thin wiry tone that could barely fill the place. Jake 
Harnoy heard the same performance and thought it was full bodied, but maybe he 
had a better view of her bare shoulders. She has never impressed me as anything 
more than Karajan's puppet.

And the old joke is "Smith played Brahms. Brahms lost." Hence, the subject line 
as above.

dl

On 10/1/2011 3:58 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Mutter really is a very fine musician in her usual genre but all of the negative comments about this performance are right on the mark!  It must have been embarrassing for both of them, although Previn, who is much more at home with this style, sounded just fine;  Mutter's first entry seemed to be on the wrong beat and it just didn't get any better.  I come to this with prejudice, however, because I'm really not fond of jazz violin, whether it's Venuti, Grappelli or now, Mutter.
>
> I think the subject line should have been "Gershwin 1, Mutter 0"
>
> db
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