This conductor you are talking about is the best baroque music conductor and organist Ton Koopman. He and Bachs music is just perfect. And sometimes he conducts later works and its always refreshing to listen to the master of old music conducting music from later times!

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Let me try to put it in modern day context. We've got original studio recordings of Beatles' biggest hits from the 1960s that would've had the intended tempo, dynamics, keys etc. embedded in them, but you also have countless of covers from who knows how many artists and fans from all over the world with widely varying interpretation that diverge from the original intention. Do you think members of The Beatles' would be repulsed/offended by those varying interpretations? Given that they have also recorded live performances that vary slightly from their own studio recordings, I think not. And in this line of thought, it would've been very likely for even Beethoven himself in his lifetime to have conducted his ensemble in a different tempo to his prescribed markings in multiple performances depending on his mood. So I really don't think Beethoven would have been offended by this particular performance of Egmont. "To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable." -- L. v. Beethoven

@@michaelng2176 yes, that's a way to see it. I understand. But play a wrong note for a mistake is one thing. If you want to play Beethoven and on purpose you do another thing, then why don't you change here and there also notes, duration... just to try other things... I don't know...it seems to me kind of "let's do it different so that people are curious to see where Ton Koopman changes". Not my idea...

@@GiuseppeCINA1970 When I quote Beethoven I was referring more to the "wrongness" that listeners might perceive according to their own interpretation, not just the wrong notes in terms of absolute pitch and rhythm. Your insistence towards Koopman not directing it in a certain preconceived way indicates that you believe his interpretation is wrong to a certain extent, to which I respectfully urge you to give it a second thought. Music, and any artistic endeavours for that matter, does not exist in a perfectly theoretical vacuum; it's supposed to be a reflection of our existential experience and encounters with our own being in the limitless space-time continuum of the universe, as well as our understanding towards our shared humanity as part of the Homo sapiens tribe. Granted that Koopman's existential understanding might differ significantly to that of you and me, it is inevitable that dissonance might occur, but it doesn't mean that his expression is any less valid. I'm also acutely aware that you might argue in the same line of thought by calling me a hypocrite. I do not intend to extinguish your right to expression. Rather, I aim to shed a different light by inviting you to embrace the vast spectrum of human expression there is to offer out in this world instead of shunning them away by referencing internalised preconceptions. Humanity is so much more than just ourselves. I don't expect you to totally agree with my argument, or even at all. But I am confident you'll agree with me that Koopman's performance is as passionate as any warm-blooded human being can possibly attempt, and I am sure Beethoven would've approved.

@@michaelng2176 In fact neither you nor I nor anyone alive today has the foggiest idea of whether Beethoven "would've approved." You have your opinion, but don't pretend that you have Beethoven's endorsement. I happen not to like deliberately disregarding what Beethoven wrote. That's my opinion. You've stated yours at length.

@@GoldinDr I never said I was endorsed by Beethoven to speak on behalf of him: to clarify, I did say "would've," which indicates a suggestion, not "must've," which you've implicitly eluded to. And in the spirit of not deliberately disregarding directions, who are you to say that this performance is not a faithful representation of Koopman's idea of what Beethoven actually wrote? You are entitled to your opinions, but so do others, including Koopman and I for that matter. I simply hope we all treat each other with an open mind, not with preconceptions.

Actually a very bad performance. The tempo is nothing like I've heard before anywhere. Very bad.

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