Interview with Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, Part 1 - the Music of Brahms 

What a marvelous man. What he said right at the end reminds me of quote, the source of which I forget except he was a writer. He said that some things become so familiar they become rubbed smooth of meaning. This can apply to any work of art. I remember when I stood in front of Picasso's Guernica. It was an overwhelming experience. Same thing hearing the Bach Chaconne live for the first time. Suddenly it wasn't familiar any more. At the age of 63, there's lots of music that I only want to listen to live now. The Schubert Quintet, for instance. To my mind there should always be something special about it and there should be the risk that something might go wrong. This was a piece I first heard 50 years ago on a chamber music course. There is something about the timbres and sonorities Schubert creates that you only get when you're in the same room as the players.