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Title: Flawed
Review: For "period" buffs, who says that authentic must mean bereft of emotionality? The notes of the Sinfonia are emotional. To me, bittersweet, nostalgic. The reviewer critical of the "romantic" style of expression, of course, cannot transport himself to the 18th century and it occurs to me that a performance is successful if it has an impact on the listener. Period. That said, this performance is not mpressive. It doesn't sing; it is muddy, plodding and lugubrious. The conductor and to a lesser extent the soloists have missed the point, but not because they've layered some "romantic" style on the piece. The slow tempi do not have to be a problem necessarily. There are many outstanding versions of this piece available on CD. It's a shame because Midori is a fine artist; maybe this is not her repertoire.
