tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900238259918775283.post548061656439674083..comments2023-06-15T02:09:03.931-07:00Comments on Nicholas R. Jones: The World As Museum: Cleveland Orchestra: Adams to BeethovenNick Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394515146981087058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900238259918775283.post-44232278241585911952011-07-25T15:03:51.896-07:002011-07-25T15:03:51.896-07:00I don't understand why you call Haydn's de...I don't understand why you call Haydn's decision to write a concerto "unusual" --- he wrote many concerti, and several of them were for keyboard and orchestra. --- I can't argue with your review of the Beethoven except to confess my surprise: how could the venerable Cleveland Orchestra perform in a less than stellar manner when playing Beethoven's 8th (which they have recorded more than once)? I hope that your aesthetic sense was momentarily off and that the orchestra was its customary brilliant self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com