What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.