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Do you agree or disagree with Celibidache about live music vs. recorded music?
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November 25th, 2009
Recently, I went to a concert at which a chamber music group (Ibis) performed Dvorak’s American Quartet. The piece was wonderful, particularly the 2nd movement, the Lento, which I found absolutely transformative.
It got my husband and me talking about live music vs. recorded music. He brought up Celibidache’s contention that recorded music was not worth making.
From the experience that night, I agreed. During the second movement, there was not a single sound of any kind from the audience: not a cough, not a rustle or movement. The entire room was transfixed.
Listening to recordings of the piece later, it is still very beautiful, but it is almost as if it lacks an entire dimension from the live experience.
If you agree, what would you attribute the difference to and, if you disagree, why?
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