tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2820264503402606920..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Art Should Be Free!Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-74783492680795275152018-01-07T07:47:54.835-06:002018-01-07T07:47:54.835-06:00Heh! So glad that I helped make you knowledgeable ...Heh! So glad that I helped make you knowledgeable about Sokolov! Actually, before DGG started issuing commercial CDs of him, there was an underground Sokolov cult that shared bootleg live recordings of him. There are still a bunch of these floating around on YouTube.<br /><br />That recording of Schubert, Beethoven and encores is truly superb, by the way.<br /><br />Trust me, I get a great deal of personal satisfaction out of writing this blog!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-58486884533618096742018-01-06T20:58:18.250-06:002018-01-06T20:58:18.250-06:00And, let me add, a big THANK YOU Bryan for giving ...And, let me add, a big THANK YOU Bryan for giving us this FREE blog, very consistently stimulating and enjoyable and educational.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48641481836174377362018-01-06T20:57:02.569-06:002018-01-06T20:57:02.569-06:00Of course we should USUALLY pay for art!
And, we...Of course we should USUALLY pay for art!<br /><br />And, well, of all the days for you to write this article....today!<br /><br />Just today, as my son was playing a classical program on his new stage (electric) piano for his peers attending his 18th birthday party, I was sitting at lunch with an excellent friend who is also an excellent pianist,who told me how much he was enjoying a new (for him) 2-cd set of Grigory Sokolov playing Schubert and Beethoven, with the "never done" twist of encores by Rameau! He was telling me "it's not just performance of music but genuine expression of art!"<br /><br />Thanks to you Bryan, I'd heard of him and even knew to say "it must be a live CD as he doesn't do studio recordings." I also told him it is you Bryan who has made me aware of him, saying "he writes that blog I've been trying to get you to read!" I said when I get some money I'll have to buy the set and he replied, "well until then I'll burn you a copy."<br /><br />Most likely I'll get hooked and start buying more Sokolov discs. I noticed that in my rock days, when I was trading and copying hundreds of live recordings by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. Before their lawyers can argue how much I'd stolen the music, I'd argue I'm still their best customer as I buy everything they issue commercially. In classical there doesn't seem to be a cult of stealth concert recorders and their underground distribution. Good liner notes and fine sound engineering make commercial discs worth buying even when bootleg versions are around.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.com