Saturday, November 3, 2018

light, airy and flexible

“Modern life is too fast!” isn’t an uncommon sentiment. And it turns out, that uptick in speed is impacting our music. As Rolling Stone’s Amy X. Wang reported, record labels Deutsche Grammophon and Decca reviewed several recordings of J.S. Bach’s Double Concerto, and found that more recent ones tend to be faster, with today’s tempos as much as 30 percent speedier than those 50 years ago. - Does it Seem Like that Bach You’re Hearing is Getting Faster? It's Not Just You
там же дальше по тексту: ...modern audiences are hungry for “light, airy and flexible” music

light, airy and flexible my ass. я определенно слышал на днях Concerto grosso Vivaldi - играли вдвое быстрее, чем обычно.

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