What is Historically Informed Performance?
In this introductory episode, postdoctoral researcher Marten Noorduin discusses the characteristics of HIP, the influence it has had on the mainstream, its success in the 1980s and the crossovers afterwards, the authenticity debate, new sources for research, and what the TCHIP project aims to do.
Parts of the following recordings are included:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, Symphonies 1-9, Overtures, London Classical Players, cond. Roger Norrington (EMI 0724356194328, 1999; reissue of recordings between 1987 and 1989).
Bach, J.S., Matthius-Passion, Munich Bach Orchestra and Munich Bach Choir, cond. Karl Richter (Deutsche Grammophon 00044007341490, 2006; reissue of a 1971 recording).
Bach, J.S., Matthius-Passion, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig, cond. Riccardo Chailly (Decca 4782194, 2010).
Beethoven, Ludwig van, Symphonies 1, 8, and 9, Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Leonard Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon 0734497, 2008; reissue of recordings from 1978 and 1979).