Review left at the CDBaby Site of the AFMM Early CD

You think you 'get' Baroque music? This CD will astound you
Reviewer: Tobia Conforto
I haven't listened to much microtonality before, especially not applied to classical music. Therefore I met this CD with hesitation, but I was repayed with awesomeness! In this recording you can clearly hear the different tuning of the whole orchestra, one which our ears aren't familiar with; yet it has a wholesome feeling to it. You hear frequencies you don't recognize; yet you understand the notes they represent, better than if they were played on our 'universal' modern tuning. It gets better: this peculiar intonation gives all sorts of moods and 'colors' to the music, ones that I never expected to find in baroque compositions. This performance was not the experiment of a group of visionaries. They claim it to be the way music was performed centuries ago, at the time of Bach. I'm an amateur, but my ears tell me there's some truth to it. If Bach's music seems cold and bare to you, I promise you'll change your mind. If you already love it, you will be astounded. Now I'm left wondering why more music is not performed this way...
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--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Afmmjr@... wrote:
>
> You think you 'get' Baroque music? This CD will astound you
> Reviewer: Tobia Conforto
> I haven't listened to much microtonality before, especially not
applied to classical music. Therefore I met this CD with hesitation,
but I was repayed with awesomeness! In this recording you can clearly
hear the different tuning of the whole orchestra, one which our ears
aren't familiar with; yet it has a wholesome feeling to it. You hear
frequencies you don't recognize; yet you understand the notes they
represent, better than if they were played on our 'universal' modern
tuning. It gets better: this peculiar intonation gives all sorts of
moods and 'colors' to the music, ones that I never expected to find
in baroque compositions. This performance was not the experiment of a
group of visionaries. They claim it to be the way music was performed
centuries ago, at the time of Bach. I'm an amateur, but my ears tell
me there's some truth to it. If Bach's music seems cold and bare to
you, I promise you'll change your mind. If you already love it, you
will be astounded. Now I'm left wondering why more music is not
performed this way...

What an excellent vindication of your methods, Johnny!

You were just now talking about how kaleidoscopic the Brandenburg
is ... obviously it's not just "all in the mind".

Regards,
Yahya

> What an excellent vindication of your methods, Johnny!

Hi Yahya,

What CD is this, and were you the commenter?

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" wrote:
>
> > What an excellent vindication of your methods, Johnny!
>
> Hi Yahya,
>
> What CD is this, and were you the commenter?

Carl,

Johnny's subject line said it was "the AFMM Early CD".

I was not the commentator. The quote Johnny made includes this line:
> Reviewer: Tobia Conforto

If I were to direct your attention to comments I had made elsewhere,
I would tell you they were my comments, rather than masquerading as
another, as you seem to think possible. Were you actually trying to
be offensive, or were you just thoughtless?

Regards,
Yahya

> If I were to direct your attention to comments I had made elsewhere,
> I would tell you they were my comments, rather than masquerading as
> another, as you seem to think possible. Were you actually trying to
> be offensive, or were you just thoughtless?

Neither, Yahya. I'm confused as to why you would take offense.

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" wrote:
>
> > If I were to direct your attention to comments I had made
elsewhere, I would tell you they were my comments, rather than
masquerading as another, as you seem to think possible. Were you
actually trying to be offensive, or were you just thoughtless?
>
> Neither, Yahya. I'm confused as to why you would take offense.

Carl,

I'm sorry. It seems I misunderstood you. But I've taken my pills
now ...

Yahya

> > Neither, Yahya. I'm confused as to why you would take offense.
>
> Carl,
>
> I'm sorry. It seems I misunderstood you. But I've taken my pills
> now ...
>
> Yahya

No prob. :)

-Carl