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You wrote:
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>While we're on the subject (one of my favorites), could people suggest
>their favorite recordings of Handel for the harpsichord?
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>Everything I've read suggests that the notations that have come down to
>us are nothing like what Handel's audiences would have heard, since he
>was such a great improviser. Obviously, anybody who listens to jazz
>knows all about that. On the other hand, Handel absolutely insisted
that
>his singers "sing what I do write, or I will drop you out the window,"
so
>he seems to be one of the earliest composers to demand (or be able to
>command) fidelity to the text from his performers.
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>Any thoughts on all of this?
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>Rob Forbes
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>Robert P. Forbes <[log in to unmask]>
>Department of History
>Yale University
>New Haven, CT 06520 (203)432-0714
>
I like the Colin Tilney recordings on Archiv 427170. We don't have them
in stock, and I have a feeling they'll soon be out of print, if not
already. Interesting instruments.
Joseph
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