I love the early sonatas; I love the early Mozart, period. I'm really fond of that moment when he was either emulating Haydn or Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach or anybody but himself. The moment he found himself, as conventional wisdom would have it, at the age of 18 or 19 or 20, I stop being so interested in him.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.
Copy Quote View & SharePerhaps the most important thing that technology does is free the listener to participate in ways that in all previous periods of listening were governed by the performer.
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