[Leica] Mr. Beethoven. Mr. Mozart. Talk to us

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 5/31/05 10:57 PM, "Afterswift@aol.com" <Afterswift@aol.com> typed:

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> In a message dated 5/31/05 10:46:43 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:
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>> I detest piano sonatas, regardless of who wrote them or who performs them.
>> They are BORING, and the capital letters are intentional.? Even Mozart,
>> bless his soul, could not crank out one worthy of the listening.?
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>> msmall@aya.yale.edu
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> A piano sonata is a dialogue between the piano and the orchestra. I always
> like to hear what Beethoven and Mozart had to say in this form. Unlike a
> symphony, the soloist is a stand-in for the composer and you get to hear 
> his
> voice 
> clearly. 
> 
> Bob R
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You're thinking "concerto":

Claude Rains in "Phantom of the Opera"
"I've been watching you for a long time!
You can sing my concerto!" (sic)

A sonata is a guy sitting there playing a piano. And that's it.

Solo piano music off a DVD goes with anything anywhere, all day and night.
I get less burnt out less quick on piano than anything.
Its a shame more people don't get into it. Used to be you had to rent a
piano and hire a guy or learn yourself. No more. (best would be a player
piano with piano roll by Gershwin himself)
To me that's the main good thing about digital and DVD's in music.
(I'ts weird pop music has not gone digital with all their money, only
classical it's gotten to me like listening to analog recorded music on a DVD
is like dancing on a piece of architecture)
Solo Lute or Clavichord works great from a DVD. Solo crickets you name it!
    with it's total lack of surface noise.


Mark Rabiner
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