>Tom wrote: To all who seem to disaproove of Jean Rondeau, if only I could
play like this I would be BOTH moved and astonished.

Hi Tom, how are you!

Maybe you would indeed, but this is no indicator of how good M. Rondeau's
interpretation is. More generally, I have many times voiced my disagreement
with some relatively recent "fads", for example:
1) playing all slow movements non-mesuré, 
2) playing mostly a careful selection of French pieces that do not require
inégalité,
3) playing fast movements with a virtuosity that in many cases contradict
the technique they were expected to be played with. 

And therefore:
1) I belong to those who would be very unhappy to play like M. Rondeau.
2) I am very happy instead that some top specialists in French Baroque (at
least one of them a renowned member of our list) do NOT follow the above
"fads", and are very stylish performers of French Baroque music.

Best
CDV



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