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A few years ago I embarked on a project
to record a set of six Sonatas by Benedetto Marcello. A small but
very unfortunate accident was a major factor in my never completing
the set. The hard drive with six as yet unreleased movements crashed
– actually fell off the dolly with all my equipment and shattered
on a cement floor – taking with it the final two movements of
Sonata IV and all of Sonata V. After such a setback, it was
difficult metaphorically as well as literally to pick up the pieces
and go on. Also, the recording process, where I would load both of
my instruments and all my recording gear into a car and drive to an
undisclosed location, usually in the middle of the night, to make the
recordings, had become increasingly burdensome, so I went on to other
things.
Quite some time ago now, someone
informed me the links to the audio files no longer worked, and,
indeed, when I checked, the file hosting service I had been using was
long ago defunct. I was content to leave it at that until recently
someone else accused me of deception or trickery, implying that the
disappearance of the audio content had somehow been arranged on
purpose, as away to hide my shame. In
defense of my honor and, paradoxically, at the risk of losing it
again quickly by re-exposing these recordings to public scrutiny, I
feel I have no choice but to make them available.
It is
natural to occasionally entertain doubts about one's path in life,
specifically as related to one's choice of profession. From my
perspective, near the top of the list of occupational hazards, right
below being forced to look at photographs of myself, would be
listening to recordings of my playing, which has made this endeavor
particularly difficult.
Below
are links to all of the relevant posts, with links to audio files
(hopefully) intact.
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