The debate about the authentic performance of early music is shifting into a new gear.
And the only authentic performance of a piece of music would be the composer's own.
It is of great interest today as a source of information on authentic performance and flute technique in the 18th century.
The earlier trios are now frequently performed and recorded using authentic performance, of the kind for which they were originally written.
However, by that time its performance style had grown out of fashion, not in line with the growing "authentic performance" movement.
But then no one would want to watch such an authentic performance.
This music's grandeur was once given a different texture from contemporary "authentic" performances.
But as sometimes happens, the slightly less authentic performance is the far superior one.
In the early days of Speed, they surprised the audience with their authentic performance.
It all asked interesting questions about authentic performance.