Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth

I just want to take a moment out to thank everyone who has replied with sincerity, and recordings to listen to.

You've all made this a more informative and fun thread than I could have honestly imagined.

Thank you.

Erik

hehe, I mean, I've heard a lot of Vivaldi which was just.... banal. Fatuous.

It wasn't like me pretending to play a violin, but it just all seemed boring and flat.

Brecon Baroque is on Tidal, yeay. :)

Speaking of "as it was intended to be played" ...


Read the sections starting at "Intended Tuning"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier

It used to be that you just hadn’t "arrived" as an up-and-coming violinist until you had released your own version of The Four Seasons and it did certainly make for some...uh...shall we say, ’wide ranging material’ since it was so evidently open to interpretation.

Ahhhhhh...

Yes, please replace "classical" with "western art music" to be more clear.

But what I mean is, there's a lot of other composers (checks, yes, I meant composer) whom I seem to tolerate a wide range of performances. I can't really tell what a great performance is vs. mediocre.

I can't even really tell you why Vivaldi recordings are good or bad... but man, my hears have a preference!!

Gaaaah!!! Yes, of course I meant conductor.

I have my headphones on listening to doctors on MSNBC discuss when to run to the hospital.  Sorry!