tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post2603031346577668397..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Where tonality met serialismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-22984562951011371892008-10-13T22:02:00.000+01:002008-10-13T22:02:00.000+01:00Well, the Suessmayr was the first I was familiar w...Well, the Suessmayr was the first I was familiar with, and I can listen to it with fondness. However, I cannot bring myself to think of it as Mozart, as it, to my ear, PLODS.<BR/><BR/>I was impressed with the study and work Levin put into his. There were new bits and pieces discovered on which he did base a good deal of his work, and I believe that (most) of the liberties he took are well-reasoned. The biggest reason I like it, honestly, is that when I turn it on after listening to something that is FULLY Mozart's, it is much harder to tell the difference. It has some of the life and verve that Wolfie seemed to inject even into his most somber works.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to tomorrow's post! You have me extremely curious as to what it might be.La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-72122948637230823842008-10-13T21:50:00.000+01:002008-10-13T21:50:00.000+01:00Unfashionably Süssmayr. Pragmatically, because I'm...Unfashionably Süssmayr. Pragmatically, because I'm old enough to have learnt to love the Mozart <I>Requiem</I> from Colin Davis' 1967 recording which uses the Süssmayr completion.<BR/><BR/>Practically, because to reconstruct you have to first deconstruct what is Mozart and what is Süssmayr. It appears that is very difficult as Süssmayr destroyed some of the composer's original sketches.<BR/><BR/>But I'm a blogger, not a musicologist. So I'm happy to bow to superior scholarship on that one.<BR/><BR/>And, by complete coincidence, there is a very unreconstructed <I>Mass</I> on tomorrow's <I>path</I> - in two hours to be precise.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-34424227571264088892008-10-13T21:20:00.000+01:002008-10-13T21:20:00.000+01:00There are worse hobbies to have, certainly!I am cu...There are worse hobbies to have, certainly!<BR/><BR/>I am curious to know what your favorite reconstruction of the Mozart might be, if you've ever put any thought into the question.La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-57869873872522073832008-10-13T17:06:00.000+01:002008-10-13T17:06:00.000+01:00I worked with a lady a long time ago who, when ask...I worked with a lady a long time ago who, when asked what her hobby was, replied 'requiems in a minor key'.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-35860275781114074952008-10-13T17:00:00.000+01:002008-10-13T17:00:00.000+01:00I am, in a small way, a collector of requiems. At ...I am, in a small way, a collector of requiems. At last count, I think I had 25 different composers' works in my collection. I will certainly have to look up Martin's as well. <BR/><BR/>The Duruflé is just amazing music all around. I rotates up there with the Levin reconstruction of the Mozart, and the Verdi, for the place of honor as "My Favorite Requiem."La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.com