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anybody know what an `opening spectator`is?
Puzzled,
Buri Don’t know but thanks for yet another great review, Buri! I too find Vengerov very inspiring and a lot of fun to watch as well as to listen to. In terms playing Mozart concerti without conductor, AS Mutter did that as well on her Mozart DVDs. It becomes a norm now? The way Mutter ‘conducting’ was minimal – just a few nods and smile. I can’t even hear the annoying whatmacallit breathing you often hear other soloists make – the sniffy sound before each phrase to give other the cue. Great stuff, Buri. Thanks. Great playing.

Regarding the 'wildness' etc..... maybe he's had too many prunes!

An "opening spectator" is one half of a pair of two-toned ladies shoes that are so old and worn that they are beginning to fall apart. ah. That explains it. The guy is musically kinky and he aspires to the bombasity of Isaac Stern. This clip completed my turn off to Maxim Vengerov An opening spectator may be an innocent listener hit by heavy sforzati.