In article , Iain M Churches wrote:

"Andy Evans" wrote in message
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Can we start a baroque versus contemporary music flamewar, or is it
off-topic here?

Only is we have a quorum of two people prepared to call each other
'****s' for 192 posts. We could start a genteel discussion, but the
shock may not be good for our systems.

Count me in. I like both genres, so I could flame from either
direction. That might be fun:-)

Period instruments, until you get used to them, sound decidedly
odd to the modern ear. A fortepiano by Mathaeus Heilmann
circa 1770 tends to remind many of the joanna in the public bar
of The Frog and Nightgown.

Too true. I like fortepianos in context, but I am still not sure of
the horns used by Concentus musicus Wien as conducted by Harnoncourt in
his Teldec Bach Brandenburgs. The opening of No.2 came as a real shock
at first hearing. I think they're probably OK - but only after several
auditions to get used to them.

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John Phillips