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I always disliked Mozart. When learning classical piano in my early teens, I found nothing appealing about his music and used to call it 'deliberately twiddly'. Far preferred playing things like Debussy, Satie and Schubert, for instance. Mozart was just the pop music of the time.Originally Posted by Landloper
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Mozart is totally sublime.
In my opinion, of course.
John:
Rather than Uchida in the piano sonatas, never my favourite pianist, I'd strongly recommend Jando on Naxos.
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Funny thing is Geoff that I listened to a fair amount of hm during my 20s but he sort of dropped off the radar, save for his operas. I have managed to rehabilitate a few composers I'd gone off and thought I ought to give WAM another try. Work in progress.
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No smutch on intended, Jerry. Thanks for the recommendation. I have some Liszt played by Jando and like his playing. I've ordered a couple of Mozart piano sonata CDs in his Naxos series.
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Sorry, John - my previous post was ambiguous, I have edited it,
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I played a lot of Mozart in my young days and never 'got' it, preferred Beethoven of course Bach.
Nowadays .. I find the subtleties in Mozart are remarkable. A lot of expression subtly implied in the score that a youngster just beezes past. I love playing Mozart piano sonatas now, they are just a joy. So I'm with Jerry on this one.
I haven't heard anything by Jando but I also agree with Jerry on Uchida. For me I find Haebler's Mozart absolutely intoxicating.
[Off to look up Jando ...]
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Hah, yes. Now it comes back.
I recall being totally dismissive about Mozart in my youth, and berating my mother for even bothering to listen to him. A necessary precursor to Beethoven, but not needed once he came along.
I must have been about 40 before coming to realise how wonderful his music is.
My mother died when I was in my early 30s, so I'll say it now ... 'sorry, mum, you were right all along'.
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And what about Vivaldi?Hah, yes. Now it comes back.
I recall being totally dismissive about Mozart in my youth, and berating my mother for even bothering to listen to him. A necessary precursor to Beethoven, but not needed once he came along.
I must have been about 40 before coming to realise how wonderful his music is.
My mother died when I was in my early 30s, so I'll say it now ... 'sorry, mum, you were right all along'.
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Vivaldi? Funnily enough I recently picked this up, it's very good.
A lot of old-school Vivaldi interpretations with big ensembles struggled to get to the fine lines of the music, relying instead on virtuosity in the 'soloist' or 'soloists' with everyone else vamping along. I think we know a lot more about how to perform it now.
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