Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth

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Anyone who disparages Mozart or Vivaldi is , at best., an ignorant fool .

I'm a fan of both, but your claim reveals more about you that you might have intended. There is no accounting for taste; there is no need to account for taste; your preference is no more valid than anyone else's. That you insist otherwise does not make others a fool.

@stringreen ...yes, there's 'competent'....and then there's 'art' and 'inspiration', beyond mere talent....

Rendition....and Revealing.

Even 'so-so' equipment can render such to 'conditioned' ears...;)

One just has to be able to comprehend such....

....but I'm just a deviant dilettante....*S*

@stringreen I disagree with your statement that the Suzuki method “thwarts musicality”. 

First, a famous pianist (I think it was Rubinstein) said that “the music happens between the notes”. A piano is different than a violin. With a piano, you can only control the volume and length of a note. With a violin, there are many more variables that can be changed (such as intonation (an D# isn’t an Eb), the contact point of the bow and string, bow speed, accents, vibrato, left hand positions, and harmonics), that all can be used for the purpose of expressing a unique “musicality”.

Second, Shinichi Suzuki himself said that “a beautiful soul will create beautiful music”. It goes against some of the basic postulates of the Suzuki method to say that it “thwarts musicality”. Skills such as memorization can only help musicality. 

On a positive note, there is a limited number of Suzuki teachers in the world, and I’m curious who you have studied with. Will you be teaching at any Suzuki institutes this year?

Fabio Biondi's recording with Europa Galante is a breaktakingly exciting recording.  I love it.  You also sample Rachel Podger's recent version--she's very good too.

cleeds .

That is why I used the word DISPARAGE  which has nothing to do with
taste in English . 

As does your post .