Tom pricked my Florez bubble yesterday evening, by a) assembling a group of friends to play the Schumann Piano Quintet in our front room (they made music and I made the food), and b) over dinner afterwards, saying 'Florez isn't a patch on this...' and putting on a CD of Fritz Wunderlich.
There are performances - like Florez's - which leave you clapping and cheering and full of superlatives. There are others which leave you speechless.
2 comments:
Sometimes it's best to close your eyes and not see Florez since he is handsomely distracting. His and Wunderlich's voices are ineffably beautiful and unique. Comparisons between the two tenor types are meaningless. Why not simply accept variety of beauty? Anyway, considering the emotional pressure you describe, forget objectivity.
AZ
Absolutely right. The greater the variety of beauty around us, the better our world can be.
Post a Comment