We live in a classical music époque with strong roots to the romantic period - a proud pianistic pedigree only a few generations old. The ideal of our time is to perform and interpret music with the highest respect for the composers - trying to evoke the traditions of the past, but also to reimagine the work through our own artistic capabilities. Why then are we so often ambivalent about historical recordings from the beginning of the last century? There is usually a clash between what modern day musicians and audiences hear and what is conceived as tradition. Skepticism occurs and we start questioning the circumstances of the recording technology - sometimes not validating the performance - blaming on recording technology issues, or the age and health of the recording artist.
