Like you said, when music stops, it "returns to nothing from whence [it] came". But if it has an impact, it may be remembered and cause a life-long influence, just like the way people can. :) So yes, I think it can be good to live for such a fleeting thing. For people live for people, and they all return to the dust when it is time.
One person doesn't have ears.
Thank you so much for uploading. I can never stop wondering how come music has such a great impact on people all over the world, starting with little children. An how emotional it is.
Thanks for posting -- exceptionally beautiful. Grumiaux's version seems to me absolutely flawless, a paragon of the *classical* school, I'd say: that is, everything in perfect proportion, tempi regarded strictly and without liberties, expression forceful but never confessional. It fascinates me that Bach (and this piece particularly) accomodates even entirely opposing interpretations just as well. It's the perfect example of Schnabel's reference to music that is "greater than it can be played".
Solo violin in g minor is always the best. G minor does a great job of showing the violin's sad and virtuosic colors. Not to powerful but not to passive either, almost perfect balance.
I really appreciate these recordings of Grumiaux play Bach!
Music is an interesting thing though isnt it. It only lives when someone gives to it breath, and yet this creature can be powerful, weak, good, or evil. When the music stops he returns to nothing from whence he came, as will all of us. Though is it correct to live for such a fleeting thing ?
