musicianiship--when is it bad or good ?

A good review might make me more likely to attend a live concert,but a bad one may not.

I play a tiny bit of piano,and if a performer uses more rubato or a different articulation that I might,I figure no two performaces are the same.

I prefer ensemblesthat have been together long enough for them to understand how something will come out.

The cliche says a string quartet needs a decade to get good and I suspect that is true.

My pet peeve is a producer who puts together well known names to sell something.

There is a performance of Bach's Musical Offering that was put together with famous names,and it sounds like they rehearsed it once and then recorded it.

For me,musicianship improves the more the ensemble is together.

I believe Duke Ellington said there are two types of music good and bad. I dont believe music,art or literatrue is suggestive at all. There is bad and good we just have to wean it out, their are those with bad taste in music and art.

Mrtennis,

What difference does it make tu for JC sake?

There is a performance of Bach's Musical Offering that was put together with famous names,and it sounds like they rehearsed it once and then recorded it.

For me,musicianship improves the more the ensemble is together.

Sure!

Good musicianship is not a matter of opinion, nor is great performance. Musicians will generally agree when a piece is well or badly played.